The two grandmasters of the Shaolin Temple Shi DeRu (Shawn Xiangyang Liu) and Shi DeYang (Shi WanFeng) who are two descendent disciples of the late Great Grand Master of the Shaolin Temple Shi SuXi (aka: His Holiness Upper Su and Lower Xi). Credit: Shi Deru (a.k.a. Shawn Xiangyang Liu) / CC BY-SA 3.0. Shaolin Kung…
The quiet, unseen labor of bearing Christ’s presence—like a plowman’s work—teaches us that through broken bread, love is made full and mercy becomes the hands with which we till the world. —D. +++ Humility arrives like the low stoop of a plowman under the yoke—quiet and steady, unseen in its worth. It lingers in the…
The church thrives when spiritual poverty humbles us to receive grace and compels us to open our hands in hospitality, but without these, it stumbles as a house unfit for the feast of Christ. —D. +++ Spiritual poverty is the soil of the kingdom, where humility grows like wild grain, coarse yet sustaining. Christ began…
Pexels photo by Los Crew. Cropped. Mezcal, often overshadowed by its more famous cousin tequila, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the heart of the agave plant, known as the piña. This spirit is deeply rooted in Mexican culture and tradition, offering a unique and complex flavor profile that has captivated enthusiasts worldwide. All…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
By Michael Kurcina Mike credits his early military training as the one thing that kept him disciplined through the many years. He currently provides his expertise as an adviser for an agency within the DoD. Michael Kurcina subscribes to the Spotter Up way of life. “I will either find a way or I will make…
Image of the Berlin Wall taken in 1986 from West Berlin side by Thierry Noir at Bethaniendamm in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The Wall’s infamous “death strip”, on the east side of the Wall, here follows the curve of the Luisenstadt Canal (filled in 1932). / CC BY-SA 3.0. The Cold War was a period of intense geopolitical…
National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade circa 1950s.National Security Agency photo. The Venona Project was a top-secret counterintelligence initiative launched by the United States during World War II. Its primary objective was to decrypt and analyze encrypted messages transmitted by Soviet intelligence agencies, such as the NKVD, KGB, and GRU. The Project, which ran…