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9.12.2020 This is our dad. For as long as we’ve known him, he’s been a writer. Sometimes it was in the form of cards, letters and eventually emails he would send from whatever corner of the earth the U.S. Army sent him over the course of his nearly 30 year career. Most recently it’s been disguised as good old fashioned Facebook rants. But he’s even been known to spin a yarn at bed time with his Grandbabies or write the occasional short story.

He’s 60 years old today and for a birthday of this magnitude we wanted to give him this platform for his voice. A voice we’ve come to rely on for insight, wisdom, jokes, the occasional uncouth comment, advice, encouragement, hard lessons and good old fashioned Facebook rants.

If he’s read this far down, he’s already shrugging off the compliments and he’s downright appalled at the suggestion that he’s an author of any sort. So we’ll let you be the judge.

Please enjoy the handful of pieces we’ve pulled together on his behalf, and any other entries he chooses to add to what we hope will be a life-long body of work he never stops perfecting. Leave your comments and participate in the discourse at the bottom of each post. He wants to hear from you and then set you straight, or at least give it a try. I bet he’ll let you teach him a thing or two as well, he’s always been a good student, in spite of what he will tell you – There’s a lot of right ways to learn.

With all our love,

C & D

Hi, I’m Kevin, of “Kevin’s Thoughts”

Kevin is pretty much like you – perhaps he is one of the many voices in your head – not good or evil – not edifying or justifying – more curious and concerned – Kevin’s thoughts typically address a wide arrange of topics similar, but not limited to…

…the spontaneous events and conundrums of the day.

…observations and questions consequential to society, culture, and the pulse of the nation.

…the Church wrestling for footing against ‘church stuff’.

…the funny, foolish, flattery, and flippant that is the human condition.

So, why does Kevin feel the need to share his thoughts? About a dozen years ago, Kevin discovered the many venues of life are (mostly) not at all what he thought they were – this revelation stimulated Kevin’s curiosity and concern, which has evolved into ‘Kevin’s Thoughts’ – here are some bullets that identify the fame from which Kevin views the world around him:

60+ year old white male, married (38+ yrs), father of adult children, grandfather.
Follower of Christ, desiring to be the Church He left on earth.
Retired active duty military for 27+ years culminating into a Command Sergeant Major – still working, treading financial waters until full retirement.
Five combat deployments totaling 64 months – Kevin has some deployment related issues.

What are the things that keep Kevin up at night, and subsequently motive him to draft his thoughts:

Inequality – all things pretending to be equal, that are truly unequal.
Abuse – abuse of power, the weak, the system, the Church.
Humor – life and people are freakishly funny and enjoyable – worthy of being captured.
Love and Kindness – characteristics of Christ, enough said.
Kevin’s awareness of his own vulnerabilities and disappointments.

Kevin’s less weighty interests and topics