Stand up or stand-up in a military sense, is United States military terminology or jargon which means to formally activate and commission a unit, formation or command structure. The inverse would be to “stand down” the unit, which means to deactivate or decommission it. (Wikipedia) Where we stood […]
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I’m Alive
I’m alive. And I will live…until I die. I could have a terminal disease or feel on top of the world, in control, and it just doesn’t matter. I am alive now, here, this moment. Maybe the wolves stand howling […]
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Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it, about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank — the nobles with scepters and staffs.” (Numbers 21:17-18, NIV) Israel gritched and griped, […]
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God with me, one-on-one coming back home where I’ve never been before. God with me, one-on-one. Who would have thought he’d single me out, talk to me, be with me one-on-one. What peace, what love, what serenity, joy, glory. What […]
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Intolerant, you say? Well, we were frightened. Naturally, we began to act like most everybody does when afraid. After all, isn’t fear the true basis of intolerance? Yes, we were intolerant. (The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. […]
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