Emphasis Preaching Journal

It was a homecoming to remember when the bus full of solders arrived as the high school band played "Stars And Stripes Forever." The soldiers were returning after serving in Iraq. Among the crowd that day were parents, grandparents, girlfriends, boyfriends, and children to welcome home the local heroes. The soldiers were amazed at the public response. They line up beside the bus; the chaplain offered a prayer of thanksgiving for their safe return, and also remembered those who died in Iraq.