Formation runs. I conjure up sweat running down my back, a side ache, and the sound of somebody calling a cadence. Even today, on a trail run here in Colorado......

SEEK Wow, it is April and here at Planting Roots we will begin to focus on our new quarterly theme of Seek. As I think about the word SEEK, I......

We all used to be or do something. No doubt you have heard it too. “Before I joined the Marine Corps, I …” “Before I married my military guy, I......

  Each of us who has served or is serving had to go through boot camp. My first-hand experience of going from civilian to military life happened in the summer......

  I turn the page, calendar blank as a new year begins. A new year filled with days yet to be lived, time waiting for the light of eternity to meet the......

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,......

My home of birth and record is Tennessee. A southern upbringing instilled the importance of courtesy. Personal factoid: I was voted, “Most Courteous” in high school. You need proof? When I......

  I laced up my boots and straightened my starched uniform every morning as I left for work before the sun rose above the horizon. I was a Soldier and......

I was thirty feet in the air on a three foot by three foot wooden platform with my toes hanging off the edge. Before me was a 500-foot-long cable that......

What’s up girlfriends?! Fall is upon us with all of its splendor and beauty. I love the fall–it’s one of my favorite seasons. Well actually, it is my favorite season.......