FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: LCpl. Christopher Blake Rodgers ~ 18 October 2021

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Hi everybody!
(((HUGS)))

[MoochPooch]

Hi Kathy! Thanks for another great bio.

[SkyDancer]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...lots of playing and singing in church today? Do you usually have the same musicians each week?

Some good adventures with Blue on Saturday?

It looks like snow here, but it’s too warm....low, dreary skies.

[PROCON]

Thanks for honoring tonight’s Hero, Kathy.

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There are actually two worship teams who switch off weeks. I didn’t play today.

However, I did get to ride Blue, and met some awesome christian Bikers at a “Back-The-Blue” Motorcycle run, then i went to my sister’s house for a cook-out and jam session in homor of my birthday.

I s played the bass all evening with my frinds. Classic Rock, of course.

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Monday,
October 18, 2021

A Time to Speak

Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1–7

There is a time for everything . . . a time to be silent and a time to speak. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7

For thirty long years, the African American woman worked faithfully for a large global ministry. Yet when she sought to talk with co-workers about racial injustice, she was met with silence. Finally, however, in the spring of 2020—as open discussions about racism expanded around the world—her ministry friends “started having some open dialogue.” With mixed feelings and pain, she was grateful discussions began.

Silence can be a virtue in some situations. As King Solomon wrote in the book of Ecclesiastes, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: . . . a time to be silent and a time to speak” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7).

Silence in the face of bigotry and injustice, however, only enables harm and hurt. Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller (jailed in Nazi Germany for speaking out) confessed that in a poem he penned after the war. “First they came for the Communists,” he wrote, “but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.” He added, “Then they came for” the Jews, the Catholics, and others, “but I didn’t speak up.” Finally, “they came for me—and by that time there was no one left to speak up.”

It takes courage—and love—to speak up against injustice. Seeking God’s help, however, we recognize the time to speak is now. — Patricia Raybon

Why is it important not to be silent during discussions about injustice? What hinders your willingness to engage in such dialogue?

Dear God, release my tongue and heart from the enemy’s grip. Equip me to see and feel the harm of injustice so that I may speak up for those hurt by this sin.

Bible in a year: Isaiah 53–55; 2 Thessalonians 1

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch...is your arm all healed? Hope your fall is going well and you are a long way from snow.

We had about 4” of snow, but it is slowly melting from the lawns. Streets have been dry for a couple days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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Man...is my spelling OFF tonight!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...oh boy...a week at home.

Hope you have nice weather the whole time.

Are you studying for your next Denver trip?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, Pro...another Marine we need to remember. He gave his all! God Bless and keep him!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Typo read here...never even noticed. And no worries.

[Chewbarkah]

Thanks for posting this tribute. And thanks to LCpl Christopher Blake Rodgers for a life of service — you are not forgotten.

[SkyDancer]

Hai Kathy! (((HUGS))) Yeppers, always looking at stuff that comes up for my next recert plus going to Dallas for gun requal. Right now it’s foggy and rainy just the way I like it. Got the fire going as well.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[luvie]

Marine Lance Corporal Christopher Blake Rodgers
May 4, 1990 – September 1, 2010
God rest the soul of this great hero!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Another nice, cool day there? It would be great if fall sticks around this time, wouldn’t it?

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

It was lovely! I had to wear a sweater to church this morning. Then hubby forgot to turn on the heaters for the auditorium and it was really chilly in there! LOL!

Was it as nice there? Were you able to go out and enjoy the day?