Be careful when you try to plan out how something will go. It will probably not happen that way. Sorry for my absence the past many days – I have literally been sick with a “bronchial infection” for the majority of the time Cliff has been gone. There went my plans to work out almost

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Hey everyone, Well, we are in day 3 of this year’s Annual Training where my husband gets to go do his military thing and I stay here and do everything else. It’s usually not such a big deal because I know he is working hard where he is, but he made the mistake of calling

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After quite a LONG while, I am happy to let you know that the faith-based military news site I started publishing almost four years ago, is now back LIVE! AGreaterFreedom.com was started after I got back from my two trips to Iraq in 2003. After the book I did with Oliver North came out in

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We are more than a week into our “This is the Day to Pray” 100-day prayer campaign. If you are part of a family getting ready for a deployment, this morning’s prayer was for you! “Lord, watch over the military families today who are preparing for new deployments. Give them courage and Your peace during

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I have a new post up at Military Spouse. It’s about an experience I had the other day at a Guard base. As reserve/Guard spouses, how often do we feel out of the loop on things? I mean, unless you’re either the FRG leader or you live right by an active military installation, chances are

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OK, I don’t know about you, but I am never one to often put the words “leisurely” and “faith” together. Yet, I read that very combination when I was reading this devotional I’ve been discussing the last couple of days. If we’re really honest with ourselves, we don’t connect “leisure” with “faith.” We work hard

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Yesterday morning, I woke up and grabbed my copy of “My Utmost for His Highest.” Sometimes I read this for my devotion for the day, sometimes I read “Daily Light” which is a devotional I learned about from Ruth Graham that uses only scripture, pulling verses together which is pretty neat. So yesterday, before I

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This has been a wild time at the Horn household. I wish I knew how to put it all into words. This is one of the busiest seasons of life we’ve ever experienced. It’s also one of the riskiest, one of the scariest. We have walked into a hallway of the unknown and we’re not

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Saw this article online at the Jackson Sun. We are expecting quite a few National Guard units to be deploying out of Tennessee over the course of the next several months including the largest National Guard unit in the state, which will impact a lot of Middle Tennessee families. Another great reason to participate in

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I keep the “My Utmost for His Highest” devotional next to my bed and when I have a chance, I’ll open it up and read the day’s devotion before we go to sleep. Saturday night’s was RIGHT ON. Let me share a portion. The title was “The Discipline of Difficulty.” Here’s what stood out to

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