We hear a lot these days about the trauma suffered by soldiers who go to war, but is it possible for a soldier to be traumatized by not going to war?  If you think about it, there was a period between the end of the Vietnam Conflict and the Operation…

As many of my readers know, I am a veteran.  I served for twenty years in the United States Air Force.  I don’t make a big deal out of it.  I don’t have regular contact with other veterans.  I don’t belong to the American Legion or the VFW.  Yet recently…

As I sit here contemplating the weekly Bible study I attend with my wife, I can’t help but think the role that religion plays in my writing.  I don’t intentionally write about religion, either the institution or the activity, but it always seems to be there somewhere.   Religion in some…