70 Years Ago—November 30, 1939: Soviet Army invades Finland.
65 Years Ago—November 30, 1944: As Japanese advance in southern China, Chiang Kai-shek removes two army divisions from Burma to protect Kunming.
UNDER HIS WINGS
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 29, 1944: Submarine USS Archerfish sinks Japanese carrier Shinano on its maiden voyage.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 28, 1944: Allies open port of Antwerp, Belgium as first convoy arrives.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 27, 1939: Nobel Committee announces cancellation of 1939 Peace Prize.
65 Years Ago—November 27, 1944: British carrier sinks German ship Rigel carrying 2250 Soviet POWs; 415 survive.
65 Years Ago—November 27, 1944: British carrier sinks German ship Rigel carrying 2250 Soviet POWs; 415 survive.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 26, 1944: US 491st Bombardment Group loses 16 of 28 B-24 Liberators over Misburg, Germany in only 15 minutes.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 25, 1944: German V-2 rocket hits Woolworth department store in London, killing 160.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 24, 1944: US B-29 Superfortresses bomb Tokyo for the first time. Japanese capture Nanning, completing a land corridor between occupied China and Indo-China.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 23, 1939: Britain begins rationing of bacon and butter. US celebrates Thanksgiving after Roosevelt moved holiday from last to fourth Thursday of the month to extend the Christmas shopping season.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 21, 1944: Near Formosa, submarine USS Sealion sinks the Kongo, the only Japanese battleship sunk by a sub.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 20, 1939: First mines are laid in British waters, dropped by German aircraft.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 19, 1939: Germans erect barricades around Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto.
65 Years Ago—November 19, 1944: British Fourteenth Army launches offensive in Burma toward Mandalay and Rangoon.
65 Years Ago—November 19, 1944: British Fourteenth Army launches offensive in Burma toward Mandalay and Rangoon.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Dangers of Hot Sauce
In our family, Tabasco sauce has its own punch line.
Many years ago, when our son Stephen was in kindergarten, Anna was two, and Matthew was expanding my waistline, I served gumbo for dinner. Nothing's ever hot enough for my husband, Dave, so he poured on the Tabasco.
"What's that, Dad?" Stephen asked.
"Tabasco sauce." Dave waved the bottle, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Want some?"
Stephen's face grew white, and he shook his head. "You shouldn't use that. It's dangerous."
Kids that age say odd things, especially Stephen, so we laughed it off and finished dinner.
The next day, Stephen came home from kindergarten, sporting his "red ribbon" for the anti-drug program he'd just completed. He plopped on the floor to play with his little sister. Some time later, I heard Stephen's big brother voice, the one he used to impart words of wisdom to his sister. I tuned in to hear the wealth of five years' experience in the world.
Stephen shook his finger at his sister. "Anna, you must never use Tabasco sauce, 'cause Tabasco's a drug."
Tabasco. Tobacco. It all made sense. Some well meaning speaker had told the children of the evils of tobacco, but for Stephen that was a foreign word.
No one in the family uses tobacco. Tabasco, on the other hand...
Whenever that bottle comes out of the pantry, someone says it: "Don't use that! Tabasco's a drug."
Many years ago, when our son Stephen was in kindergarten, Anna was two, and Matthew was expanding my waistline, I served gumbo for dinner. Nothing's ever hot enough for my husband, Dave, so he poured on the Tabasco.
"What's that, Dad?" Stephen asked.
"Tabasco sauce." Dave waved the bottle, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Want some?"
Stephen's face grew white, and he shook his head. "You shouldn't use that. It's dangerous."
Kids that age say odd things, especially Stephen, so we laughed it off and finished dinner.
The next day, Stephen came home from kindergarten, sporting his "red ribbon" for the anti-drug program he'd just completed. He plopped on the floor to play with his little sister. Some time later, I heard Stephen's big brother voice, the one he used to impart words of wisdom to his sister. I tuned in to hear the wealth of five years' experience in the world.
Stephen shook his finger at his sister. "Anna, you must never use Tabasco sauce, 'cause Tabasco's a drug."
Tabasco. Tobacco. It all made sense. Some well meaning speaker had told the children of the evils of tobacco, but for Stephen that was a foreign word.
No one in the family uses tobacco. Tabasco, on the other hand...
Whenever that bottle comes out of the pantry, someone says it: "Don't use that! Tabasco's a drug."
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 17, 1944: US submarine Spadefish sinks Japanese carrier Shinyo in the Yellow Sea.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 16, 1944: US First and Ninth Armies launch new offensive in the battle for the Huertgen Forest in Germany.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 15, 1944: Royal Navy announces that British submarines have sunk 69 Japanese vessels in five days.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 13, 1944: In France, US Seventh and French First Armies launch offensive on German Siegfried Line.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 12, 1944: British Lancaster bombers sink German battleship Tirpitz in Tromsoe Fjord, Norway, using Tallboy bombs; 902 killed.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thoughts on This Veteran's Day
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the First World War came to an end. The Armistice was signed for the War to End All Wars, but peace was built on a shoddy foundation, and war returned, nastier than ever. The end of the Second World War brought the United Nations and the promise of rational negotiation and eternal peace. Instead the nuclear era brought the tense decades of the Cold War, flaring up in brutal regional wars in Korea, Vietnam, and throughout Africa and Central and South America. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall brought optimism for a peaceful, democratic world. This was shattered by the terrorist tactics of a new enemy without borders to attack or a government to negotiate with. A cowardly enemy that cheers when children blow up children or when unarmed soldiers are murdered on their home base.
The human heart yearns for peace but is drawn to war. We can argue about it and talk about how it shouldn't be this way, but it is.
That's why our armed services are vital. Our veterans have repelled the forces of Fascism, Totalitarianism, and Communism, and for this we owe them our eternal gratitude. Our active servicemen and servicewomen are currently fighting the forces of Islamic Terrorism, and for this we owe them our active support and appreciation.
On Veteran's Day, we thank the members of our armed services, past and present, for protecting our lives, our homes, and our freedom. May God bless you in your efforts.
The human heart yearns for peace but is drawn to war. We can argue about it and talk about how it shouldn't be this way, but it is.
That's why our armed services are vital. Our veterans have repelled the forces of Fascism, Totalitarianism, and Communism, and for this we owe them our eternal gratitude. Our active servicemen and servicewomen are currently fighting the forces of Islamic Terrorism, and for this we owe them our active support and appreciation.
On Veteran's Day, we thank the members of our armed services, past and present, for protecting our lives, our homes, and our freedom. May God bless you in your efforts.
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 11, 1944: Movie premiere of Thirty Seconds over Tokyo with Spencer Tracy.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 10, 1939: “The Venlo Incident”—Germans kidnap two British agents in Dutch town of Venlo to accuse them of the assassination attempt on Hitler.
65 Years Ago—November 10, 1944: Japanese take US air bases at Kweilin and Liuchow in their drive through southern China.
65 Years Ago—November 10, 1944: Japanese take US air bases at Kweilin and Liuchow in their drive through southern China.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 9, 1939: Adolf Hitler survives assassination attempt at the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich.
65 Years Ago—November 9, 1944: In France, US Third Army launches offensive over Moselle River toward Metz.
65 Years Ago—November 9, 1944: In France, US Third Army launches offensive over Moselle River toward Metz.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 8, 1944: Canadians secure Scheldt Estuary to protect port of Antwerp, Belgium. British launch offensive in western Burma toward Akyab.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 7, 1944: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term. Japanese execute Soviet spy Richard Sorge.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 5, 1944: US B-29s bomb Japanese-occupied Singapore for the first time.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Stuffed
Christmas is coming! Did that fill you with the warm fuzzies or make you want to scream?
I’m afraid I now fall in the screaming group. Don’t get me wrong—Christmas is a joyous time to celebrate the birth of our Savior, but the month of December brings a crush of expectations. Decorating and baking and entertaining and Christmas cards, and worst of all, the shopping, wrapping, and mailing. I love the people in my life, and I want to find the right gifts for each one. This gets harder each year, because everyone seems to have everything they want and need. Still, we buy more.
And the credit card debt grows. And the pile of toys in the children’s rooms grows. And our closets get crammed with more and more until they overflow, so we fill our garages with stuff until they overflow, then we rent self-storage units to fill with all that stuff. Still, we buy more.
Jesus tells us, “‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions’” Luke 12:15.
How much of our time is spent working to pay for our stuff, shopping for stuff, taking care of our stuff, and figuring out ways to better store and organize our stuff? What if we realigned our priorities and spent our money and our time on things with long-term value? Family. Community. The Lord. How would that look? Warm. Fuzzy. Peaceful. Like Christmas is meant to be.
What about you? Do you have any creative gift ideas to reduce the flow of stuff in your life?
I’m afraid I now fall in the screaming group. Don’t get me wrong—Christmas is a joyous time to celebrate the birth of our Savior, but the month of December brings a crush of expectations. Decorating and baking and entertaining and Christmas cards, and worst of all, the shopping, wrapping, and mailing. I love the people in my life, and I want to find the right gifts for each one. This gets harder each year, because everyone seems to have everything they want and need. Still, we buy more.
And the credit card debt grows. And the pile of toys in the children’s rooms grows. And our closets get crammed with more and more until they overflow, so we fill our garages with stuff until they overflow, then we rent self-storage units to fill with all that stuff. Still, we buy more.
Jesus tells us, “‘Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions’” Luke 12:15.
How much of our time is spent working to pay for our stuff, shopping for stuff, taking care of our stuff, and figuring out ways to better store and organize our stuff? What if we realigned our priorities and spent our money and our time on things with long-term value? Family. Community. The Lord. How would that look? Warm. Fuzzy. Peaceful. Like Christmas is meant to be.
What about you? Do you have any creative gift ideas to reduce the flow of stuff in your life?
Today in World War II History
70 Years Ago—November 4, 1939: US Congress approves “Cash and Carry” clause in Neutrality Act to sell arms to Britain and France.
65 Years Ago—November 4, 1944: Liberation of Greece is complete as final German troops evacuate.
65 Years Ago—November 4, 1944: Liberation of Greece is complete as final German troops evacuate.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 2, 1944: Liberation of Belgium is complete as Canadians take Zeebrugge.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Today in World War II History
65 Years Ago—November 1, 1944: Japanese begin releasing 16,000 bomb-carrying balloons to float to the US (about 150 arrive).
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