TRace Adkins – Jackson Community Church

Reflections on Veterans Day

SONGS for VETERANS DAY (patriotic & critiques, plus songs from different veteran and veterans’ family experiences): Paradise by Craig Morgan (country): https://youtu.be/f8tn020YucU Just Came Home by Darryl Worley (country): https://youtu.be/KwpO8Q1u4Ss Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen (rock): https://youtu.be/EPhWR4d3FJQ America by Neil Diamond (rock/pop): https://youtu.be/wTSLRbm8L9E Dear Uncle Sam by Loretta Lynn (countrry): https://youtu.be/ZwOhZufXYso Letters from […]

Reflections on fathers, patriarchs, parents, and men in our lives who shape and change us. For Father’s Day weekend.

This Father’s Day I want to recognize the kind, patient, sensitive, and caring men who serve as father figures and role models in our children’s lives. They are uncles, teachers, caregivers, cooks, drivers, security guards, and coaches. They are there every day in every way. They gently guide our children through their days, offering advice […]

Reflections on journeys: identity, name and personhood at the border during times of change and passage

We know what we are, but not what we may be. ― William Shakespeare When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. ― Ralph Ellison The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ― Mahatma Gandhi He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human […]

Reflections on Memorial Day: those who serve & sacrifice, those who work for peace

Only the dead have seen the end of war. — Plato This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home … it’s not a celebration, it is a day of solemn contemplation over the cost of freedom. — Tamra Bolton Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is […]