Category Archives: Hearth and Altar

My View On Today’s Worship Music

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Phil Christensen

Worship Leading – good?  Not so good?  Do we want to go back to something else, and if so, how far back? This week my wife tagged me on what has to be one of the most awkward worship videos … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Garden Journal 9/2/17

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Phil Christensen

Late Summer Kitchen Garden It’s September.  This morning there was a coolness in the air presaging a pleasant Fall.    I can wait for the crisp snap of the Autumn morning.  I’ve come to learn the importance of enjoying the … Continue reading →

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The Colonel In His Garden

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Phil Christensen

I venture out into the early morning stillness.  The fog lifts with the rising sun.  I pick my way carefully over the lawn, it’s blades still wet.    I am here to prune, to pick, to breathe. The Victorians called it “taking … Continue reading →

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Flipping Off Western Civilization

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Phil Christensen

Not Cool. This picture raises more questions than it answers.  Are these immigrants or native born Americans?  Tourists?  Members of the same family? Without further information, all we are left with are presumptions.  But presumptions informed by experience.  This appears … Continue reading →

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The Solution To Healthcare.

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Phil Christensen

Healthcare: Time to get serious. The Commissars of the Federal Government are not serious about providing healthcare. They are on the other hand, serious about controlling the health insurance industry. The difference is important and should come as no surprise … Continue reading →

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How To Avoid Poverty. It’s Easier Than You Think.

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Phil Christensen

The War On Poverty has failed.  As a nation, we need to come to terms with this very simple fact.  If not, then the system will collapse of its own weight, because the current model is unsustainable. I’m from the government … Continue reading →

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The Colonel’s Music List – Year-End Edition 2016

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Phil Christensen

A few selections from the shelves. This post contains affiliate links. Mozart – 1756 -1791. I’ve lost lost tract of just how many of Mozart’s works I have on my possession.  Between CD’s (I still purchase them once in a while) … Continue reading →

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The Tree. A Short Tale of Winter Solstice.

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Phil Christensen

The Tree. Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg, George III’s consort is generally credited with ordering the first Christmas Tree in England, making it enormously popular with the aristocracy of the time.

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A Simple Soldier, & The Battle of Remagen

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Phil Christensen

March, 1945. A war-ravaged continent, a bridge called Ludendorff, and a town called Remagen. Die-hard patches of snow littered the ground here and there. Months before, the German Wehrmacht launched a daring winter offensive, nearly negating the hard-fought Allied gains … Continue reading →

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The Colonel’s Reading List – An Eclectic Edition

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Phil Christensen

The shelves are almost up.  Really.  One way or another this room is going to be completed by Thanksgiving. In the meantime, the de-humidifier is running nearly 24 hours a day down in the basement, otherwise the books will just … Continue reading →

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