by Jeremy Stalnecker | Nov 29, 2022 | Perspective, Resources
As we come into another holiday season, we can do so with either joy and anticipation or anxiety and dread. What is billed in popular media as, “the most wonderful time of the year”, is often anything but. In fact, for many, this is the absolute worse time...
by Jeremy Stalnecker | Oct 31, 2022 | March or Die, Perspective, Resources
What do we do when we are experiencing Darkness in our lives? On March 19, 2003 I had the privilege of moving from Kuwait into Iraq in what would become known as “Operation Iraqi Freedom” or OIF 1. This was a moment that we had been planning for during the previous...
by Jeremy Stalnecker | Apr 30, 2021 | Resources
Author and former Presidential speechwriter James Humes once said that, “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” It took me a few minutes the first time that I read this statement to understand the truth in the confusing, albeit clever,...
by Jeremy Stalnecker | Mar 17, 2021 | Perspective, Resources
What is your standard? This is an important question that impacts, even when we are not conscious of it, every area of life. Take a minute to consider each of these: The value or worth that I find in myself The value or worth of others Moral absolutes that determine...
by Jeremy Stalnecker | Feb 24, 2021 | Perspective, Resources
As difficult as life can be, it is not difficulty, or the trials, or even those moments when we feel so overwhelmed that we can’t see a way forward that defeat us. The thing that defeats us, that makes us throw in the towel and decide that we do not want to go on, is...
by Jeremy Stalnecker | Feb 23, 2021 | Perspective, Resources
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder carries with it some very real consequences. Any discussion of PTSd and combat trauma that tries to make coping nothing more than “try harder and get over it” can be extremely discouraging to the person who is struggling with trauma and...