Posts from May 2014

Posts from May 2014

PSALM 2

1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the LORD and against his Anointed One. 3 “Let us break their chains,” they say, “and throw off their fetters.” 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. 5 Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, 6 “I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill.” 7 I will proclaim the decree of the LORD: He said to me, “You are my…

PASSING THE TORCH

Flanders Field is a U.S. military cemetery in Belgium.  Buried there are 368 members of the armed forces who died in World War I.     Canadian poet John McCrae wrote a famous poem about it called “In Flanders Fields.” In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead,  Short days ago We lived, felt…

THE SECRET IS OUT!

March 12th, 1943.  British Lieutenant General Frederick Morgan steps into a crowded elevator at Scotland Yard in London.  He is on his way to his first meeting as the newly appointed Chief of Staff at Supreme Allied Command.  The purpose of the meeting?  To plan the invasion of Europe and bring World War 2 to an end.  The project code name?  “Operation Overlord.”     Initial target date:  May 1st, 1944. The plans were “top secret,” hidden even from the hundreds and…