trb, I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award at http://pixiedustbeach.wordpress.com/
We may not always see things the same way, but I appreciate your honesty. It’s difficult to think differently than what the church preaches – glad to hear your thoughts via this blog.
Its award season and I’ve nominated you for The One Lovely Blog Award because I think your blog is lovely. I hope you can accept my nomination. Looking forward to more great posts on your site.
Thanks Biscuit (do you mind if I call you Biscuit?) but I must decline your nomination because I just participated in the One Lovely Blog Award and I cannot answer any more questions about myself for fear of boring myself and others. Those are good questions, though, and I will say that for me every day is a bad hair day. All my life I have taken pictures to various hairdressers and all my life they have taken one look and said, “No, Sweetheart.”
I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award – the details are in my latest blog post. I see I’m not the first to do so, so please don’t feel under any obligation to respond and complete all the requirements. Just keep your lovely blog going.
Yes, I think I would enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation about God and Faith, food and healthy living. More importantly, I would like to know more about your ministry to the women on the streets. I am a former PK (preacher’s kid) and trained as a Social Worker with experience with sexual abuse victims and jail experience with prostitutes, who has now retired. I have been waiting to hear God’s voice about where I go next – and – while I wait, I am interested in your experiences. I see that you are interested in remain anonymous, but whatever you can share, I am interested in absornbinb.
Thank you Celia. Until recently, my ministry has been to middle school and high school students (and sometimes college). I have been talking to them about making healthy dating decisions and laying the foundation for a happy, healthy marriage.
A few years ago I wrote a Bible study on when, why and how male/female relationships went so awry. I piloted it with a group of young adults and then with a couple of groups of women. In sharing it with the women, I learned that it really resonated with those who came from certain backgrounds and I wondered whether it would be helpful to those who had been caught in the web of human trafficking, etc.
So, I contacted a ministry that reaches out to prostitutes and invited them to a retreat where I could share some of the concepts from the Bible study that I thought might be helpful to them as they minister to others. I also invited them to bring some of the women who had come out of that life as a result of their outreach (those who have been clean for at least three years.) I wanted to hear their stories and learn from them. And I wanted them all to have some well deserved rest and some time away from the pressures of life to just enjoy God.
All this to say that I haven’t really been working with women on the streets except to bless them with the retreat. But, I am very happy to say, I received a phone call the other day from the woman who heads up the street outreach. The women who went on the retreat are gathering in a few weeks and she invited me to join them. So who knows?
Why are you reluctant? Because Christ is bigger than denominations? Because He is challenged by sectarian spirit and competition. Because He is the destination and not some assembly’s tradition or warm atmosphere. Because He has sent another Comforter who is not to be ignored or stifled. Because scripture is only the road-map and daily vitamin. I think I’m starting to get it my Friend and fellow writer. Join with me in looking again at Hebrews 13…Doug
I love your posts. Well, I only have read a few (I just stumbled upon the one you posted today, Dec. 18th), but I already love your style. Cheerful and honest and charming. You must be also a very lovely troublemaker, I can tell.
I love God too. Non-denominational church here in Northern California. Many blessings.
I expect I will enjoy your blog very much, I grew up Catholic and in 2006 became a Baptist. I am reluctant at times too lol…
I am writing to ask if you could point me to a tutorial on how to make the separate categories ie you have HOME, ABOUT, STORIES FROM THE ISLAND, etc. My blog is new and very disorganized and I’d like to fix that (I also use Ryn)
Hello k, welcome to my blog! I don’t know of any Ryu tutorials but I’m sure they exist. It doesn’t seem like Ryu has as many options as some of the other themes. Try googling it or typing it into WP help. I’m just figuring it out by trial and error. Here is how to add categories to your menu bar:
Click on Appearance then Menus.
Click Categories in the left column and you will see a list of all your categories.
Check the ones you want to be included in your menu and then click Add to Menu.
If you don’t have categories yet, go back and add them to each post.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info (like how to click on Appearance, etc.)
I’ve been meaning to pass on some information to you since you are so involved in the Lord and His ministry, because I thought you might enjoy some of the things posted on my two ministry blogs as well. “Hangin’ Out With God” gets response and input from many other ministries, and you might want to connect with some of them too. “Healing From Jesus” gets hundreds of visits each month from well over a hundred nations — from people who need the Lord and His healing touch. They don’t often comment on that site, but they do e-mail us at the ministry for prayer requests. When I first put that site up, I did not try to advertise it or draw people to it. But the Lord just started drawing people by the thousands because there are so many out there who need His help.
Anyway, I’ll give you the links here in case you want to visit either of those sites at some time in the future. You will find comments on “Hangin’ Out” from other Christians who blog, and then you can follow those links if you’d like to connect with them. https://hanginoutwithgod.wordpress.com/ https://healingfromjesus.wordpress.com/
No longer ‘anonymous’ – that’s awesome! I have some catching up to do on your blog 🙂 it’s taking me a bit of adjustment to be calling you by your real name!
It’s always pleasing to learn that there are still individuals around who have strong beliefs and values but are tolerant of others who do not share the same opinions and attitudes. I’m a non church going christian with quite liberal views but strong ethical principles.
I enjoy reading your blogs and its more than pleasing to see you are developing your own attitudes to the standard approaches to life taken by the churches. Go for it with enthusiasm.
I read the first part of your post, but I’m not going to look at the topic you assigned until I pour the coffee. Not sure I understand the 5 minute/10 minute thing though? I just choose how much time I want to spend on it and then write as much as I can?
Yep, Julie, I did not know either what the meant with that time thing. I just set the timer to 10 minutes. I wonder how it turned out. Have a great day, Julie 🙂
Thanks waffle. I’ve been procrastinating. Though I’m flattered, I’m also feeling like I ought to respond with a CREATIVE post. And I fear I’m not. But I will… One of these days…
Welcome Dawn, I think I’m going to like you! I do like apologetics in that I like logic, reasoning things out and a good, clean (even heated) debate. I don’t do a lot of that sort of reading anymore, but when I did, I liked the classics – More Than a Carpenter, Evidence That Demands a Verdict, The Case for Christ. I have to admit I don’t know who is writing what these days. I feel just fine about a hot pot of tea, but coffee is my first love.
Hi Julie, thanks so much for the follow. I’m so glad it brought me here! I look forward to reading more of your fun and creative posts. . . . Wish we were closer and I’d take you up on that cup of coffee and gooey baked good! 🙂 Blessings, KD
“Your life is a story. Each day you get to write a new page. So try to fill those pages with responsibility to God first, to others, and to yourself. If you do, in the end you will not be disappointed!”
I do hope you published your book by God’s grace, AMEN!!!
Hi there – I found you through the Daily Prompt. I guess there is a good reason for those. I love your About page which I learned you like to talk about God and so do I. So, you have just added a new follower.
Hi Julie, I can relate to your blog address: The Reluctant Baptist. If my 55 yr old brain remembers, I’ll be back to visit again.
Blessings from a Canadian Christian (Baptist) ~ Wendy
I resemble your title. For the moment I am content as a Baptist. But I do recognize the strain and division that denominational titles can cause. Blessings!
Hi, Julie. I noticed you don’t have any place open for comments on your newest post “Most.” Frankly, I don’t blame you, considering some of the comments you might get. But I just want to tell you that it is a great article, and so, so needed.
In the Spring of 1967 at the LA induction center, I was as my religion. I wasn’t sure what to say. They stamped Protestant on my dog tags. A year later, in Vietnam I had no doubt….. I look forward to following your blog. You seem like someone I should know.
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trb, I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award at http://pixiedustbeach.wordpress.com/
We may not always see things the same way, but I appreciate your honesty. It’s difficult to think differently than what the church preaches – glad to hear your thoughts via this blog.
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Thank you pixie. I appreciate your honesty, too, as well as your writing skills.
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Somehow I believe we will. Love your posts. 😊
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Thanks! I look forward to getting to know you.
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Its award season and I’ve nominated you for The One Lovely Blog Award because I think your blog is lovely. I hope you can accept my nomination. Looking forward to more great posts on your site.
http://fromthestickstothebricksandbackagain.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/and-the-nominees-are/
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Thanks stickstobricks! I’ll check it out.
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I presented you with a Liebster Award! Check it out here http://isthatahairinmybiscuit.com/2014/10/07/i-got-an-award/. I hope you can participate! 🙂
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Thanks Biscuit (do you mind if I call you Biscuit?) but I must decline your nomination because I just participated in the One Lovely Blog Award and I cannot answer any more questions about myself for fear of boring myself and others. Those are good questions, though, and I will say that for me every day is a bad hair day. All my life I have taken pictures to various hairdressers and all my life they have taken one look and said, “No, Sweetheart.”
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Haha! Love it! One of those, huh? And, yes, you may call me Biscuit! 🙂
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Hahaha! Love it.😁😁😁
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I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award – the details are in my latest blog post. I see I’m not the first to do so, so please don’t feel under any obligation to respond and complete all the requirements. Just keep your lovely blog going.
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Thank you!
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Yes, I think I would enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation about God and Faith, food and healthy living. More importantly, I would like to know more about your ministry to the women on the streets. I am a former PK (preacher’s kid) and trained as a Social Worker with experience with sexual abuse victims and jail experience with prostitutes, who has now retired. I have been waiting to hear God’s voice about where I go next – and – while I wait, I am interested in your experiences. I see that you are interested in remain anonymous, but whatever you can share, I am interested in absornbinb.
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Thank you Celia. Until recently, my ministry has been to middle school and high school students (and sometimes college). I have been talking to them about making healthy dating decisions and laying the foundation for a happy, healthy marriage.
A few years ago I wrote a Bible study on when, why and how male/female relationships went so awry. I piloted it with a group of young adults and then with a couple of groups of women. In sharing it with the women, I learned that it really resonated with those who came from certain backgrounds and I wondered whether it would be helpful to those who had been caught in the web of human trafficking, etc.
So, I contacted a ministry that reaches out to prostitutes and invited them to a retreat where I could share some of the concepts from the Bible study that I thought might be helpful to them as they minister to others. I also invited them to bring some of the women who had come out of that life as a result of their outreach (those who have been clean for at least three years.) I wanted to hear their stories and learn from them. And I wanted them all to have some well deserved rest and some time away from the pressures of life to just enjoy God.
All this to say that I haven’t really been working with women on the streets except to bless them with the retreat. But, I am very happy to say, I received a phone call the other day from the woman who heads up the street outreach. The women who went on the retreat are gathering in a few weeks and she invited me to join them. So who knows?
May I ask where you live?
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Amen to the tired of church nonsense bit 😉
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Why are you reluctant? Because Christ is bigger than denominations? Because He is challenged by sectarian spirit and competition. Because He is the destination and not some assembly’s tradition or warm atmosphere. Because He has sent another Comforter who is not to be ignored or stifled. Because scripture is only the road-map and daily vitamin. I think I’m starting to get it my Friend and fellow writer. Join with me in looking again at Hebrews 13…Doug
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Hebrews 13, what a lovely way to start a Sunday morning. Thank you for taking the time to comment and thank you for taking the time to understand.
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I love your posts. Well, I only have read a few (I just stumbled upon the one you posted today, Dec. 18th), but I already love your style. Cheerful and honest and charming. You must be also a very lovely troublemaker, I can tell.
I love God too. Non-denominational church here in Northern California. Many blessings.
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Thank you Gabriela. It is nice to meet you. Many blessings to you, too.
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TRB…a gift for you and friends.
https://issuudotcomslashdewane.wordpress.com/
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Thank you Doug. I’ll pour myself another cup of coffee and start reading.
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I expect I will enjoy your blog very much, I grew up Catholic and in 2006 became a Baptist. I am reluctant at times too lol…
I am writing to ask if you could point me to a tutorial on how to make the separate categories ie you have HOME, ABOUT, STORIES FROM THE ISLAND, etc. My blog is new and very disorganized and I’d like to fix that (I also use Ryn)
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Hello k, welcome to my blog! I don’t know of any Ryu tutorials but I’m sure they exist. It doesn’t seem like Ryu has as many options as some of the other themes. Try googling it or typing it into WP help. I’m just figuring it out by trial and error. Here is how to add categories to your menu bar:
Click on Appearance then Menus.
Click Categories in the left column and you will see a list of all your categories.
Check the ones you want to be included in your menu and then click Add to Menu.
If you don’t have categories yet, go back and add them to each post.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info (like how to click on Appearance, etc.)
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wow that sounds doable, lol. I’ll let you know!
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Julie, thank you for the help with the like button. It works. You are such an angel!!! 💖 💖 💖
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You are very welcome. I’m glad it worked. 🙂
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Yes, thanks to you!!! 💐 And thank you for following me, Julie! 😊
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I’ve been meaning to pass on some information to you since you are so involved in the Lord and His ministry, because I thought you might enjoy some of the things posted on my two ministry blogs as well. “Hangin’ Out With God” gets response and input from many other ministries, and you might want to connect with some of them too. “Healing From Jesus” gets hundreds of visits each month from well over a hundred nations — from people who need the Lord and His healing touch. They don’t often comment on that site, but they do e-mail us at the ministry for prayer requests. When I first put that site up, I did not try to advertise it or draw people to it. But the Lord just started drawing people by the thousands because there are so many out there who need His help.
Anyway, I’ll give you the links here in case you want to visit either of those sites at some time in the future. You will find comments on “Hangin’ Out” from other Christians who blog, and then you can follow those links if you’d like to connect with them.
https://hanginoutwithgod.wordpress.com/
https://healingfromjesus.wordpress.com/
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Thank you! I will check them both out over coffee tomorrow morning. How wonderful.
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No longer ‘anonymous’ – that’s awesome! I have some catching up to do on your blog 🙂 it’s taking me a bit of adjustment to be calling you by your real name!
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I have some catching up to do on your life! Post, post, post!
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Yes yes, I need to indeed!
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It’s always pleasing to learn that there are still individuals around who have strong beliefs and values but are tolerant of others who do not share the same opinions and attitudes. I’m a non church going christian with quite liberal views but strong ethical principles.
I enjoy reading your blogs and its more than pleasing to see you are developing your own attitudes to the standard approaches to life taken by the churches. Go for it with enthusiasm.
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Thank you. What a nice thing to say.
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Hi. I nominated you for a Versatile Blogger Award. Thanks for your great blog! https://postliminy.wordpress.com
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Thank you Allie, I’ll check it out.
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Hi, I thought you might be interested in the Freestyle Writing Challenge. It doesn’t take too much time: https://erikakind.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=4478&action=edit&message=6&postpost=v2
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Thanks Erika. I’ll give it a try when I sit down with my coffee tomorrow morning.
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Hey, wonderful! Don’t worry, the less you think the better it gets 😉
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I read the first part of your post, but I’m not going to look at the topic you assigned until I pour the coffee. Not sure I understand the 5 minute/10 minute thing though? I just choose how much time I want to spend on it and then write as much as I can?
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Yep, Julie, I did not know either what the meant with that time thing. I just set the timer to 10 minutes. I wonder how it turned out. Have a great day, Julie 🙂
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Ive nominated you for the creative blogger award.https://wafflemethis.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/another-award/
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Thanks waffle. I’ve been procrastinating. Though I’m flattered, I’m also feeling like I ought to respond with a CREATIVE post. And I fear I’m not. But I will… One of these days…
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Hi Julie! Your smile always shines so brightly just as your posts and therefore I nominated you for the Starlight Blogger Award: https://erikakind.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/such-a-beautiful-real-neat-and-versatile-starlight/
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I am so in. Do you like apologetics? Do you have some favorite authors? Oh, and how do you feel about a hot pot of tea? (Strong and black, that is…)
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Welcome Dawn, I think I’m going to like you! I do like apologetics in that I like logic, reasoning things out and a good, clean (even heated) debate. I don’t do a lot of that sort of reading anymore, but when I did, I liked the classics – More Than a Carpenter, Evidence That Demands a Verdict, The Case for Christ. I have to admit I don’t know who is writing what these days. I feel just fine about a hot pot of tea, but coffee is my first love.
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It just seems natural that a Julie should “follow” another Julie 😉
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Julie, we need a load of sunshine from you 🙂 : https://erikakind.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/the-sun-has-set-but-still-is-shining/
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Thank you for thinking of me, Erika. Good (and tough) questions!
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Not for you, Julie… definitely not or you 😊
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Hi Julie, thanks so much for the follow. I’m so glad it brought me here! I look forward to reading more of your fun and creative posts. . . . Wish we were closer and I’d take you up on that cup of coffee and gooey baked good! 🙂 Blessings, KD
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“Your life is a story. Each day you get to write a new page. So try to fill those pages with responsibility to God first, to others, and to yourself. If you do, in the end you will not be disappointed!”
I do hope you published your book by God’s grace, AMEN!!!
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Thank you, Daniele, nice to meet you.
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From Doug Blair…Hands are down at my side. Smile is on my face. Eyes are looking into yours. Sister.
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I don’t know what this means, but here you go, comment approved.
Note: Comments that contain a link are automatically held in the queue for approval, so I don’t always see them right away, if ever.
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Hi Julie! Just a way to let you know how encouraging I think you are: https://erikakind.wordpress.com/2015/11/17/lets-go-thunder/
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Thank you Erika!
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You are welcome 🙂
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Hi there – I found you through the Daily Prompt. I guess there is a good reason for those. I love your About page which I learned you like to talk about God and so do I. So, you have just added a new follower.
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Thank you Barbara. I’m looking forward to getting to know you.
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Hi Julie, I can relate to your blog address: The Reluctant Baptist. If my 55 yr old brain remembers, I’ll be back to visit again.
Blessings from a Canadian Christian (Baptist) ~ Wendy
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Thanks Wendy, this 56 year old brain hopes you come back soon.
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Giggle. 🙂 Miracles still happen.
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I resemble your title. For the moment I am content as a Baptist. But I do recognize the strain and division that denominational titles can cause. Blessings!
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Hi, Julie. I noticed you don’t have any place open for comments on your newest post “Most.” Frankly, I don’t blame you, considering some of the comments you might get. But I just want to tell you that it is a great article, and so, so needed.
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Thanks for the heads up Sandra. It wasn’t intentional and I wondered why some who usually comment didn’t. I’ll look into it.
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In the Spring of 1967 at the LA induction center, I was as my religion. I wasn’t sure what to say. They stamped Protestant on my dog tags. A year later, in Vietnam I had no doubt….. I look forward to following your blog. You seem like someone I should know.
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