By James Kissinger Today is December 31, 2008. Another year has come and gone. A time for reflection. For most of this year the password into my email account has been “phoenix2008.” A daily reminder that, like the mythical bird, this would be the year I arose from the ashes to live again. [...]
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By James Kissinger “Next to me in the blackness lay my oiled blue steel beauty. The greatest Christmas gift I had ever received, or would ever receive. Gradually, I drifted off to sleep, pringing ducks on the wing and getting off spectacular hip shots.” — Ralphie, speaking of his Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range [...]
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By James Kissinger I met Coin Harvey shortly after I moved to Rogers, Arkansas in 1985. Okay, I didn’t actually “meet” him, he’d died about 50 years prior, but I learned of him. A buddy and I used to drive out east of town on Hwy 94, following the road until it literally [...]
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by James Kissinger This week I paid a visit to Carl Walter. Carl repairs shoes in downtown Rogers, Arkansas. He’s been plying his craft for a whole lot longer than I’ve been around. Sixty one years to be exact. As I stood in his store I did the math in my head and figured out [...]
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By James Kissinger I recently came across the story of the Spanish Conquistador Hernando Cortes. I vaguely remembered it from a world history class I had in college, but like most 19 year olds I was just there for the credits and didn’t take too much away from the lessons that history can teach us. [...]
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By James Kissinger ”An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo Ideas matter. Our hearts are drawn to ideas. It’s why I write. It’s why there are shelves full of books in our homes. Why are you reading this today? Whether you realize it or not, [...]
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Image by Tangent~A By James Kissinger I love the stories of the Old Testament. They’re usually about someone screwing up, and I can so relate to that. But occasionally someone will get it right. One of those men who did get it right is Abraham. To me, the story of him willfully offering his only son, [...]
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“On behalf of every man Looking out for every girl You are the God and the weight of her world So fathers, be good to your daughters Daughters will love like you do.” – John Mayer – Daughters By James Kissinger I have two daughters. Audrey, 11, and Sally, 9. Being a father to little [...]
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