Devotions for Warriors: A Christian Perspective of the Civil War contains stories from the U.S. Civil War and a spiritual perspective of use to both military and civilian Christians.

Veterans Day (USA)

November 11th

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget

that the highest appreciate is not to utter words,

but to live by them. -- John F. Kennedy

The amazing story of one Japanese diplomat who defied orders and saved 6,000 Jews from the Holocaust is at this link. Although ordered not to issue any travel visas, this hero and his wife signed up to 300 visas a day, not stopping for lunch and working well into the night. He was ordered to leave the country, but continued signing visas as his train was leaving. In 1985 Sugihara was awarded Israel's highest honor -- Righteous Among the Nations.

With the Lord

Paul Pettijohn, CCC Military Ministry associate director and former Officers' Christian Fellowship director, died early this morning following a brain aneurism. Please pray for his family, and give thanks for his devotion to military ministry through the years.