1 Kings 19:9 - "Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

So the word of the Lord came to him “what are you doing here Elijah”. This is one of the most important questions God will ever ask us. His questions probes the reality of our spiritual state. He is asking “how did your service to me become dry and desolate?” He wants us to know that when we fail to esteem...

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Knight of Cups (2015), Terrence Malick ★★★★★ movie of the week

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016), Thorsten Schutte ★★★★★

Stranger Things (2010), Eleanor Burke, Ron Eyal ★★★★

Logan's Run (1976), Michael Anderson ★★★ rewatch

The Conscientious Objector (2004), Terry Benedict ★★★
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I say this over and over, yet I even fail at throwing the white flag in and giving up. It's seems to be getting harder and harder tho. Oregon trip was supposed to save my sanity, let me take a breath and forget for a minute, give me some time away from reality with Jacobey, and make a memory with him and Matthew with Craig and family for the 2016 summer. Something that I can smile at when I look back on this summer and year, instead of just the day to day divorce hell and all the bits and pieces...

The Church will begin to take on more of a "military mentality" in the coming times. We are called to be an army, and in many ways we will start to reflect this in a much more serious and focused demeanor in the leadership and the people. There is something about conflict that does focus our senses.

We have been in a war against darkness of the most desperate kind for the whole history of the Church, but not all seem to understand this or live as they would if they did...

a lot of hype these days about how dangerous a police officers job is today. on recent news many people and politicians alike are saying screw the city budget lets pay our Cincinnati Police more because they deserve the high salaries!
Ok, but take a different look. starting annual police patrol officer salary $49K many Cincinnati police officers make over a 100K a year.
their is no routine day for a police officer! we all know that but is it really that much more dangerous than many...