Roots in Ripon

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Monday, August 28, 2006

Rancor, or the Golden Rule?

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Now here’s a topic I’ve been intending to write about for some time. You may be saying to yourself, “I know what this word means . . . at le...

Monday, August 21, 2006

These are the Times

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Recently President Bush referred to those terrorists who are creating so much trouble in the world as “Islamic Fascists.” He has been roundl...

Monday, August 14, 2006

Hooray for Hollywood!

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At present, I am on my two weeks of Annual Training which is being conducted at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego. As usu...

Monday, August 07, 2006

Welcome to America

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I stopped to get a haircut today, but not at my normal barber. There were a number of errands I had to run before leaving town for a couple ...

Monday, July 31, 2006

Manly Myths

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For several decades now we have been subjected to a new societal philosophy regarding men. It started about the same time we began to lose o...

Monday, July 24, 2006

Born Again

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Last week I was on a trip to New Orleans where headquarters for the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing is located. I was staying in the Landmark Hotel...

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CHUCK ROOTS: Ripon, CA, United States; I am a husband and father of two daughters, Laura and Jenny, and three granddaughters, Alyssa Grace, Brooklyne Paige, and DeziRay, and two grandsons, Daniel and Colson. I'm a retired Evangelical pastor of the Free Methodist denomination, and a retired Navy Chaplain. As a former enlisted Marine I served in Vietnam. As a Navy Chaplain I served with the Marines in Kuwait, Iraq and Djibouti.

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