Do Not Disavow

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Do Not Disavow By: Rick Davis   When Charlemagne established law Salic in barb’rous land, The gospel flourished, and he saw Christ’s praise on every hand.   (“Do you approve his methods now?”) I do not disavow.   King Godfrey took Jerusalem From bloody paynim hands And brought a halt to Musselmen Invading Christian lands.   (“He did some mean things anyhow!”) I do not disavow.   King Richard with his scarlet shield And passant lions ‘bossed Rode forth again unto the field To regain what was lost.   (“His deeds at Acre you allow?”) I do not disavow.   Unto the Germans Luther brought The gospel full restored, And Calvin at Geneva taught The glory of the Lord.   (“The Jews? Servetus? Holy cow!”) I do not disavow.   Stonewall and Lee like knights of old Fought for their native soil, The true and lovely to uphold Against the tyrant’s spoil.   (“Those vile racists ...
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Blue Angels

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Well, we set out for our first letterbox this morning. We headed to Timbrook Park a few miles from home. My son was the nature expert with his various nature guides. My daughter was the keeper and reader of the clues.

Intrepid explorers at the trail-head.

After following the clues to the location, we were surprised to find that the letterbox had been stolen! We walked around the area for a while before deciding to give up and just go for a walk on one of the trails.

Lovely Timbrook Park

However, as we were turning to go I saw a camouflage container lying in the middle of a huge clump of thorn bushes. Risking life and limb, I dug it out to find that it was indeed the letterbox, (tossed into the thorns perhaps by an injudicious late night partier who found it and was upset that it was not a can of beer)!

Having ended a successful treasure hunt, we headed home to a well-earned breakfast.

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