tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682801684496402143.post2113262302565618125..comments2018-04-04T12:48:51.725-07:00Comments on Popular Apostasy: For God and CountryChristianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511448246257996674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682801684496402143.post-66431645323495828862013-11-11T17:39:51.031-08:002013-11-11T17:39:51.031-08:00My uncle's ship moored in Pearl Harbor during ...My uncle's ship moored in Pearl Harbor during the early morning hours of December 7, the last to arrive and perhaps the first to sink. In the months that followed, he labored resurrecting the hulls of sunken ships.<br /> <br />I remember him describing a sailor tossing bones and skulls into a pile, and the spontaneous laugh of one when close to tears, and President Obama's alter ego Roosevelt who he held responsible.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511448246257996674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682801684496402143.post-74853472617523849132010-12-08T23:13:41.267-08:002010-12-08T23:13:41.267-08:00Yes, he survived that day, but with the memory of ...Yes, he survived that day, but with the memory of a buddy and the question: "Why him, not me?" David returned to the soil, married, had children, and as aimless years went by, he was haunted by the question: "Why not me?"<br /><br />Then one night in a small church, down on his 70 year old knees, he found the answer, the Prince of Peace.<br /><br />Not long ago, his pastor was at the hospital with his wife and son. "Dad, you are the best father a son could ever have." David, gasping for breath from the apparent decadence of earlier years, with effort and in kind responded "you are the best son a father could ever have." And as final exchanges waned, his pastor ask: "David, do you want the service at the church or the funeral home?" Then David with joy and peace and a smile consistent with his latter years shot back: SURPRISE ME!<br /><br />"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1).Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511448246257996674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682801684496402143.post-68215522186847946842007-12-12T00:43:00.000-08:002007-12-12T00:43:00.000-08:00My grandfather too was on the Oglala. Well he was ...My grandfather too was on the Oglala. Well he was assigned there, but crazy enough, he got leave for that week and was gone to marry my grandma. Their anniversary is Dec. 3, 1941. Needless to say, he lost a lot of his buddies and all of his possessions. I wonder if he might have known your uncle...Rofonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751198767788844082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682801684496402143.post-75872791811907448642007-12-11T21:31:00.000-08:002007-12-11T21:31:00.000-08:00Wow. Was he hurt?Wow. Was he hurt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com