Monthly Archives: February 2025

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Encounters with the Greatest Generation

I had a wonderful encounter with a man of the Greatest Generation today. I presided at his funeral.

I walked into the chapel, and his family was gathered in a semi-circle in front of the casket. There were talking about him, their memories and all that he had accomplished.

This man was amazing! He was naval intelligence in the cold war, briefing Presidents’ Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon weekly.

He designed the hulls of Arleigh-Burke class Naval Destroyers.These vessels are the backbone of the Navy, with 74 currently in service, and nineteen more in production.

If that wasn’t enough, he also worked for NASA as a mechanical engineer. It was his idea in the 60’s to have astornaunts in their full EVA suits get into pools to simulate weightlessness.

He was involved in both the Apollo and Gemini missions, counting Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gus Grissom and other space pioneers amongst his colleagues and his friends.

We need another Greatest generation don’t we? We need men and women who had a greater sense of self- civic duty minded, altruistic and willing to serve the greater good. So few of them left… without new people to stand up and replace them, I believe we will be in deep trouble in this nation.

May God continue to bless les him, and bring peace to his family.

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Where the hell have I been???

You know that’s a very good question.

It’s been a rough couple of years I started to get sick and didn’t have a lot of energy so I semi -retired from the church and just sort of lounged about working my day job and doing everything the doctors told me to do.

It all culminated in the end of 2023. I was living in the hospital, struggling from day to day. I received my liver in transplant in February 2024. This was a life-changing experience for me. we found out how close to death after transplant. My old liver was only functioning at 9%, they said I had less than 30 days before complete failure.

Not that I have a new liver I am in better physical and mental condition and it had been in a long time.

I’ve lost 170 pounds in 11 months… talk about a big difference! I weighed 340 when this odyssey started, 247 on the table, and 180 today. I feel the best I have ever felt in my life.

I’m back back in active ministry working a full-time job. The church is doing really well Church, growing vibrant and alive. We are striving to be the light in the darkness… because there’s so much darkness in this world now thanks to the government.

We are here for everyone and anyone who needs assistance a hug prayer or to laugh.

So that’s it! Thanks for taking a peek! There’s gonna be a lot more coming on a regular basis, so be sure to check in.

May God continue to bless you all.