Aerial view of the historical peninsula and modern skyline of Istanbul During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) played a crucial role in gathering intelligence and conducting covert operations. One of the key locations for OSS activities was Istanbul, a city that served as a strategic hub for espionage in the Middle…
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Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Illustration by Sidney Paget for the Sherlock Holmes story “The Final Problem” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which appeared in “The Strand Magazine” in December 1893. The original caption was “THE DEATH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.” Illustration cropped. Bartitsu, a Victorian martial art developed by Edward William…
What Falls Away Is Not Wasted by Donavon L Riley It is not hard to be Christian—it is impossible. No one, in their right mind, willingly steps onto a path that, the more truthfully it is followed, leads directly to their own unraveling. And yet, this is the unyielding invitation of Christ: to let go…
It Is Not The World That Is Remade Here, But You by Donavon L Riley If you wish to know Christ—not as a concept to be studied, but as a living presence that presses close to your ribs—then you must step into the liturgical year as if it were a forest, dense and alive. The…
In this episode I talk with Coach Tony Blauer, inventor of the Spear System, and a huge influence on my training in martial arts and combatives. We discuss the reality of fighting and training realistically for it, and the importance of truly knowing fear.
What Can And Will Be by Donavon L Riley Christianity has too often bowed at the altars of power, offering its wild and untamed Gospel to the machinery of politics and profit. Yet the Gospel of Jesus Christ is no child of culture; it is the fiery root from which true life springs. It does…
By Paul Conway Founder Paul J. Conway’s firefighting heritage runs deep through 3 generations. His father, the late Charles B. Conway, served 34 years with the New Berlin, WI Fire Department (21 of them as Fire Chief). Following his father’s footsteps, Paul extended the family legacy from New Berlin to the Milwaukee, WI Fire Department,…
Social Media Scatters; The Church Gathers by Donavon L Riley Scrolling through social media feels like wandering a wasteland of shattered mirrors, where every shard reflects a distortion of humanity. Voices rise, not with substance, but with glittering fragments of loneliness. Each post seems to cry, “Look at me,” yet offers nothing to truly hold,…
Something Is Coming by Donavon L Riley Advent comes like the slow drawing of night, and no one escapes it. Not the believer, not the skeptic, not even the one who mocks it all as myth. Advent is deeper than creed; it is woven into the soil and sky, into the way the earth leans…