Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston It was late in the War of 1812, September 13, 1814, to be exact, just over three months before the war was formally ended. The British had unleashed a brutal attack of rockets and incendiary shells on Ft. McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. American patriots were fearful that Ft. McHenry – and perhaps […]
Read More By the Dawn’s Early LightBy Charlie Johnston Houston, Texas – Registration for our National Conference, to be held in Atchison, Kansas on July 11-13, is now live at our Corac website. Our theme this year is, as noted above, Courage Under Fire. We have had some difficult times over the last decade. I maintain that those people who have […]
Read More Courage Under FireBy Charlie Johnston Niceville, Florida – I saw several wits on X and Facebook note that, for the first time in their lives, they were wishing they could skip the weekend and just get right to today. One has to hope that Joe Biden didn’t start World War III, bring in another 10 million illegal […]
Read More Happy Inauguration Day!From Charlie Johnston Helena, Alabama – I pretty much say all I have to say in this Thanksgiving video for CORAC. Thank you all for the fabulous work you have done these last four years to keep the home fires of faith, family, and freedom burning. In 2008, at the Easter Vigil at Immaculate Heart of […]
Read More Happy Thanksgiving!By Charlie Johnston Tyler, Texas – Well, I killed another computer going into the end of the week. When you are constantly pounding away writing, a laptop PC has a shelf life of about three to three and a half years before some of the keys stop working. This time it was primarily the P […]
Read More Steady on…By Charlie Johnston “The jar of flour shall not go empty,nor the jug of oil run dry,until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.” -1 Kings 17:14 Houston, Texas – Even in my heyday I never used polls as a primary indicator in campaigns. In fact, in my first statewide primary race […]
Read More Marching Towards the TriumphBy Charlie Johnston Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – I’m going to try to do briefer pieces every day or two until at least election. Things have gotten so crazy that to try to do any sort of comprehensive stuff is truly like trying to drink from the proverbial fire hose. But we can do some postcards on […]
Read More We’re On Our OwnBy Charlie Johnston Libertyville, Illinois – Coming to my old home state of Illinois I know what an athlete must feel like visiting his old home stadium 25 years after he has retired. It is intimate in that he knows every nook and cranny of it, including every mound and soft spot on the playing field. […]
Read More Approaching the Rubicon(Beckita told me recently that she thought it was time to re-post this piece…and so I do. She also asked me to write a piece on what “make a stand with God” actually is. So that is in my composition hopper as well and will appear in a few weeks. When I was a teenager, […]
Read More What the Next Right Step Truly MeansBy Charlie Johnston Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal Which comes upon you to prove you, As though something strange were happening to you. -1 Peter 4:12 A dark pall shrouds the earth these days. People can feel and hear the ice of harmony cracking beneath their feet. All are tottering […]
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