Benefits from Cleaning the Attic
“I need something from the attic,” my wife said to me the other morning as I was beginning my assault on the day’s crowded to-do list....
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Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 24, 20204 min
Disappointment Turns Into a Positive Conclusion
My wife and I recently took a short trip to relax and celebrate our wedding anniversary. We went to the Smoky Mountains, where we...
Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 21, 20201 min
Announcing New Book Contract!
I just signed a contract with TouchPoint Press for publication of my book Evangelism and Expulsion: Missionary Work Among the Cherokees...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 17, 20201 min
Blisters over Blather
The Korean War has often been called America’s “forgotten war.” People remember World War II and Vietnam, but sandwiched between those...
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 14, 20201 min
Lessons from Sun Tzu, Jomini, and Clausewitz
Throughout much of America’s military history, its strategies of warfare have been based to varying degrees on the teachings of three...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 27, 20203 min
Context Is the Key
Some (dare I say most?) history textbooks present “the big picture,” painting a broad impression of what took place in a particular...
Dennis L. Peterson
Mar 24, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Faithfulness in the Least
[From Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History by Dennis L. Peterson, available on Amazon at http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx] #writing...
Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 25, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Followup and Long-Term Success
“The transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next, Sun Tzu taught, was the key to long-term military success. . . . [The...
Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 18, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Dealing with Setbacks
Be sure to check out Part 1 of the featured article about this book on Southern Writers magazine’s Suite T blog this Friday at...
Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 28, 20201 min
“Of Making Many Books”–Another One!
Yesterday’s cache of e-mails brought one from my publisher, TouchPoint Press. That in itself is not surprising, given the soon release of...
Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 1, 20193 min
Expectations
Don’t you just hate it when you buy (or buy into) something that has been highly touted but once you get it doesn’t meet your...
Dennis L. Peterson
Oct 25, 20193 min
A New Appreciation
Often, we cannot truly appreciate someone or what they have experienced or done until we’ve walked the proverbial mile in their shoes. In...
Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 19, 20193 min
Taking Time While There Is Time
For fifteen years, we had sped past the place just off I-95 in Pooler, Georgia. Every time we had driven to visit my in-laws in Florida...
Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 5, 20193 min
From Bunk to Benefit
“We want to live in the present,” he said, “and the only history that is worth [anything] is the history we make today.” Sadly, that...
Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 1, 20191 min
Happy New Year–New Beginnings
Happy New Year to all the readers and followers of this blog. A new year is also an opportunity to evaluate what was done in the past and...
Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 12, 20181 min
Thank You, Military Veterans!
As we approach the Veterans Day weekend (and the actual date on Sunday, November 11), we owe a great debt of gratitude to everyone who is...
Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 9, 20182 min
Where Does It Fit in History?
Whew! It’s finally over. We’ve survived yet another election cycle with all the now-all-too-familiar and ubiquitous yard signs, robo...
Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 6, 20182 min
Memorable Lines from Simms
Recently, I’ve been reading a little [DRUM ROLL, PLEASE!] fiction, and old fiction at that. Few people today recall the author or his...
Dennis L. Peterson
Oct 30, 20181 min
Little but Important Things
It’s usually the little things in life that make the difference. Perhaps we can’t see the significance, potential, or danger of such...
Dennis L. Peterson
Oct 19, 20181 min
Could This Explain the Mess We’re In?
At the heart of the study is the U.S. citizenship test of basic facts about our nation’s history. Among the findings of the study are...
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