Lone Star Parson

  Do you remember Leo XIII's 1890s Bull Apostolicae Curae , proclaiming Anglican Orders "null and void" due to defective form ...

  Typical Kitchen Glocks Tomorrow we rightly remember and honor the fallen, today we celebrate the holy and undivided Trinity. Part of that,...

  And big thanks to LL , who helped make this not unimportant evolution possible. No small thing. There is hope, my friends, in our youth. Y...

  That'd be Fort Hood, of course, for my eldest's official promotion to Sergeant. It'd been a while since I visited the Great Pl...

  What a beautiful Epiphany morning, crisp and clear with the sun rising over the common behind the Compound. I say "common" but I...

  So what's it like in LSPland?  all three of you ask with bated breath. Well I'll tell you. It used to be all about horses, guns an...

  Well done, boy, go for that commission. Keep your eye on the ball. Just sayn'. Your Old Pal, LSP

  Here's how it went down. 0600 and the phone rings, "What?" slightly terse perhaps. "Hey dad, I'm at the 7-11 next t...

We love it when our children do well and, of course, it grieves us when they don't. So well done boy on passing your promotion board thi...

  Finally bit the bullet and got a new rig , which meant reaching over to the monkey, yes, a floor safe, extracting necessary bullion from t...

  After spirited, uplifting Sunday worship we ended up at Fort Hood's training grounds. Well, one of the entrances to the thing, and the...

  Boy With Fish Elements of USARMY were asking, tragically, plaintively, "What shall we do?" Quick as a flash Command issued order...

Today's mission was elegant in its simplicity. Get haircuts, for myself and the signalman, eat lunch and then drive in triumph to Fort H...

"So how's the Army treating you today, son?" I asked insouciantly, "It's been a good day dad, an easy day, except for...

  Well, not me, just the eldest, and I have to say that plate rig's pretty heavy so I gave him a hand as he packed up to return to the F...

  Here's the deal. Back in the day I told the Private that he could have my rig when he passed Basic and AIT. I, like a champion, would ...