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Father

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you!” James 4:8 The archetypical Father, the One to whom all fathers draw their name, the model father of perfection for all fathers to copy, the supreme teacher of »

D-Day Changed Your Life

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 The greatest amphibious assault of all human warfare, modern or ancient, took place last Thursday, 80 years ago, mostly in »

Sweet or Rotten

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us always spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of Him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being »

Just Him and Me

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “And this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.” John 17:3 We are social creatures. Our lives are interwoven in relationships with many other social creatures. We do »

Always on My Mind

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to »

All Sinners

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit AND ATE, and »

Today

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “Today, you will be with Me in paradise.” Luke 23:43 Not many bystanders in the crowd that watched Jesus’ crucifixion could hear all the words Jesus spoke from the cross. Indeed, it takes all four accounts from the four »

After the Empty Tomb

By Chaplain (Col) Stephen W. Leonard, USA, Ret. “But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay.” Matthew 28:5-6 »

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