Roots in Ripon

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Monday, August 27, 2007

The Fear Factor

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Maybe it’s just me – but I don’t think so. What I mean is this: There are way too many conflicting messages being thrown at us all the time...

Monday, August 20, 2007

Semper Fi

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The phrase “Semper Fidelis” (Semper Fi, for short) embodies for all Marines, both past and present, a certain something that can’t be easily...

Monday, August 13, 2007

Skivvy Drawers

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This past week I have been involved in my two weeks of Annual Training (AT) in the military. As the Wing Chaplain for the 4th Marine Aircraf...

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Monday, August 06, 2007

The Mantle of Responsibility

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It seems to be something of an epidemic. Has our society chosen to ignore all sense of responsibility? I was reading through the list of new...

Monday, July 30, 2007

A Monument to God

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I don’t actually remember the year, but it was sometime between 1956 and 1958 when my family took a trip from our home in New England to Was...

Monday, July 23, 2007

My Comfortable Town

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It’s been a long time, but I remember a story that was required reading when I was in school. It was called “Our Town,” written as a three-a...

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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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