Faith, Fiction, Friends

To understand the short stories of   Narine Abgaryan   in   To Go On Living , I realized rather quickly that I had to learn more about a con...

I’m not sure how to describe Robert Schultz. Poet. Novelist. Photographer. Artist. All of the above.   He’s written one novel,  The Madhouse...

James McNally is a former Marine who’s been working as a war photographer. He has plenty of work, unfortunately – Afghanistan, Iraq, other p...

After Ephesians 6:10-24   Living in a prison cell, the older soldier seeks help, not rescue or supplies, but help of a different kind, the h...

After Ephesians 6:10-24 Expecting the weight and awkwardness of metaled defense, it’s surprising to find a different kind of armor, the kind...

After Ephesians 6:10-24   Know your strength; know its source.  The battle is on, and the enemy isn’t whom you think it is (know the differe...

With  Empires , the latest poetry collection by  John Balaban , there’s a way to start it that helps bring clarity to what he’s writing...

The Pax Romana, or “Roman Peace,” was the period in Roman history from approximately 14 B.C., when Caesar Augustus consolidated power a...

He heard the war was over; voices flashed the news along the lines, over the radio he laid down his gun and began to wa...

I am too old for war but I go, anyway, or in spite of; the war demands all. I see a sea of white linen extending up hillsides...