Sworn beneath the old gods (and new).
Carried like iron under the cloak.
Personal writing on faith, family, politics, and life. Discussion is welcome. Debate is not the purpose.
Faith · 2024-11-05
In Iraq, one of our soldiers was being medevaced to JBB. At the same time, a senior leader was more concerned about late and missing NCOERs. The evaluations were late. Some were missing. That mattered. [more]
Faith · 2023-08-22
Blood can make a claim. It cannot make a lie true. That is where a great deal of family, tribe, community, and religious talk begins to fail. Loyalty is a real obligation. It is not a decorative word for liking people who make life easy. [more]
Faith · 2023-06-20
The worst person in the room is not always the one raising his voice. Sometimes he is calm. Sometimes he has good posture, correct paperwork, and a tone of weary professionalism. Sometimes he uses phrases that make cruelty sound like process and cowardice sound like prudence. [more]
Faith · 2021-12-07
"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it any futher." Darth Vader. The promise changes after you have already acted on it. That is the part that does the deeper damage. Not the ordinary disappointment of being told no. [more]
Faith · 2021-11-09
The hand matters because it stayed. That is the part I keep returning to. Not the wound as decoration. Not the missing limb as a convenient symbol for sacrifice. A hand can be lost through accident, punishment, stupidity, courage, or bad luck. [more]
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