A devotional to help military families stay connected during deployments

On this 2011 Memorial Day, thank you for your sacrificial service to our country and our Lord.  We will never forget. . . .

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. — John 15:13 Time spent with chaplains is precious time. Recently we shared that precious time with a Navy chaplain who gave us a glimpse into his world of [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” —Jeremiah 31:3 I remember my Dad, an imperfect but very faithful man. Married almost 61 years, a WWII Medic in the Battle of the Bulge, a school principal [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. — Philippians 2:3,4 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “If [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. — Psalm 46:1 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears. — Psalm 34:4 We have much in common on board the ship. It wasn’t that [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.” — Revelation 19:7 We’ve watched two weddings recently—one on TV and the other through photos on Facebook (because we were [...]

Editor’s Note:  This devotion was originally posted on May 6, 2010.  My son returned from Afghanistan in the fall last year and is currently stationed with his family in the U.S. Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.  – Philippians 4:8 Look around you—the ranks of our military are filled with [...]