There are numerous articles published over the last couple months about Senator Tuberville's holdout on confirming senior military officers over the DoD stance allowing taxpayer money paying for service members to travel to states where they can receive their choice of “reproductive care”. Reece gives a rebuttal to Sec Austin's readiness concerns and how using taxpayer money to fund travel for service member abortions is wrong and how it could affect his recruiting base.

I am changing it up and getting back at this podcast thing. So if you notice I changed the name of the podcast to Cross and Sword. This is an analogy used across multiple domains to highlight the dichotomy of love (the cross) and hate (the sword). Going forward I am going to hit on opinioned topics that have the potential for division, provide what I believe is the Catholic Churches stance, and lastly where I stand on the issue.

This week's discussion centers on the struggle to find content for this podcast and a method anyone can use to find how God is speaking in our lives everyday. 

October is almost over but that doesn't mean you can't pray your rosary to celebrate the Month of Rosary. This episode speaks to Jesus and Mary's fiat as my biggest reflection for this month.

I finished reading (listening really (but I still count that) "The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation" and wanted to share it with everyone because there are some poignant strategies for how we as Catholic Christians can proceed in this new apostolic age. Christianity is on the decline and the idea of living in Christendom is waning. St. Benedict gave an example of how to survive the trying times ahead and this book provided some good examples of small things we can do moving forward.

How are you praying? Are you asking God to work in your life or are you asking God to light the path you want? Turn your prayer to trust and live!