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My Son's Labor as Christian Vocation

"The refusal to oppose evil with force may itself become a complicity with evil."

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Jason Micheli
Aug 07, 2025
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Today my youngest son Gabriel graduates from Army Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. He surprised us with the decision this winter. Tomorrow he heads to Fort Sam Houston in Texas for eighteen weeks of training to be a combat medic.

Earlier this summer, when Fleming Rutledge inqu…

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