Greg Anderson

President @MidChristian; Asst. Director DMin Program @Lipscomb Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from @Pepperdine. Views expressed are my own.

[Holt Brownlee @Holt1013]

Had a great camp yesterday at @TCUFootball. Got better throughout the day and learned some new skills from some great coaches!

@CoachSonnyDykes @athleticcoach_ @Sub0_Athletics @CoachSammis @Coach_Matt_R @Dru_Dawson4 @StonedaleChris @TXPSMedia @CoachGreenway @TXPrivateFBGuy

[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

@rossboys3 @Coach_Benitez1 @Coach_Matt_R @MCSMustangFB @Dru_Dawson4 @s_franco5 @StonedaleChris @tapps247 @TXPrivateFBGuy @CoachGreenway @CoachAsh61 @Coach__OMalley @athleticcoach_ Keep up the great work as you let your light shine!!!

[Payton Ross @rossboys3]

I had a great time at Tarleton State yesterday and getting better throughout the day!
@Coach_Benitez1 @Coach_Matt_R @MCSMustangFB @Dru_Dawson4 @s_franco5 @StonedaleChris @tapps247 @TXPrivateFBGuy @Alignomy @CoachGreenway @CoachAsh61 @Coach__OMalley @athleticcoach_

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”

— Winston Churchill

D-Day was 82 years ago today.

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

On June 6, 1944, ordinary Americans became the guardians of freedom. They crossed an ocean, stormed the beaches of Normandy, and changed the course of history through courage, sacrifice, and love of country.

Eighty-two years later, Freedom 250 remembers the heroes who gave everything so freedom could endure. 🇺🇸

[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

An homage in song to #Gimli the Dwarf, from @JRRTolkien’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy. @LOTR_Daily_ @mellon_heads https://t.co/EW1tzkpdUH

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

84 years ago today, a pilot running out of fuel made a decision that won the Pacific War. Most Americans have never heard his name.

June 4, 1942. Six months after Pearl Harbor, Japan's navy is undefeated. Four of the carriers that burned Pearl, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, are steaming toward Midway to finish off the US Pacific Fleet.

At 7:52 AM, Wade McClusky launches from USS Enterprise leading 32 Dauntless dive bombers. Here's the detail nobody mentions: McClusky is a fighter pilot. He'd been given the air group weeks earlier and had barely flown a dive bomber in combat. Now he's leading every SBD the Enterprise has at the most important target in the Pacific.

9:20 AM. He arrives at the intercept point where the Japanese fleet is supposed to be.

Empty ocean. Nothing for miles.

The Japanese had turned. Nobody knew where. And now McClusky owns the worst math problem in naval aviation: his fuel is bleeding away, and every minute he keeps searching, he condemns more of his own pilots to ditch in open water where nobody will find them.

Doctrine is clear. Turn back.

McClusky keeps going. He works a search pattern, squeezing miles out of dying fuel tanks.

9:55 AM. Far below, a single Japanese destroyer is cutting a white scar across the ocean at flank speed. It's the Arashi, racing to rejoin the fleet after depth-charging the American submarine Nautilus. Think about that. A failed sub attack is about to give away the entire Japanese navy.

McClusky reads the wake like an arrow and follows it.

10:02 AM. The horizon fills with the entire Japanese strike force. Four carriers, their decks crammed with planes being refueled and rearmed. Fuel lines snaking everywhere. Bombs stacked in the open.

And here's the miracle: the sky above them is empty. Minutes earlier, American torpedo squadrons had attacked at sea level and been annihilated. Torpedo 8 lost all 15 planes. One survivor, Ensign George Gay, watched what came next while hiding under his seat cushion in the water. Those doomed pilots dragged every Japanese fighter down to the waves. The door upstairs was wide open.

10:22 AM. McClusky pushes over from 14,500 feet. Both squadrons follow him down onto Kaga. It's actually a mistake, doctrine said split the targets, but Lt. Dick Best catches it mid-dive, pulls out with two wingmen, and goes after Akagi alone. His single bomb pierces the flight deck into the packed hangar. It's enough.

By 10:28, Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu, the third hit simultaneously by Yorktown's bombers, are floating infernos. Six minutes. Three carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, gone. Hiryu follows them to the bottom that evening.

The cost of McClusky's gamble was real. Many Enterprise bombers never made it home, some shot down, others swallowed by the sea when their tanks ran dry. McClusky himself was jumped by two Zeros on the way out, took five bullets through his shoulder, and still flew his shot-up Dauntless back to the Enterprise.

Admiral Nimitz said McClusky's decision "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway." Japan never won another major battle.

One borrowed pilot. One destroyer's wake. One choice to keep flying when every gauge said go home.

[Payton Ross @rossboys3]

WORK‼️
@Coach_Matt_R @s_franco5 @MCSMustangFB @Dru_Dawson4 @CoachAsh61 @CoachGreenway @gavinlutman18 @CoachTwelveGage @athleticcoach_ @Coach__OMalley @SeanOReilly979 @TAPPSbiz @tapps247 @TXPrivateFBGuy @StonedaleChris

[MRT Sports @MWTsports]

HS sports briefs: DeLucas, Honaker earn coaching honors https://t.co/SNq1tWQFqs via @mwtnews

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

To everyone who…
Puts the cart back, smiles at strangers, lets others go first, shows real empathy, listens to understand, is kind to animals, notices the little things, offers help, checks if people are okay, sends the “Did you make it home?” text, and feels for those who are hurting.
Thank you. The world needs more of you. 🙏🏻

[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

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[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

From this morning’s #Lectio365, “I live in a time — perhaps more than ever — of competing voices, the noise and clamour of convictions, cultural expectations, and the constant pressure to have an opinion. And yet, beneath the noise, never fighting for attention, never adding to the chaos, the voice of God speaks — offering the wisdom and insight I need.”

[The Knowledge Archivist @KnowledgeArchiv]

"Evil cannot create anything new, it can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made"

—J.R.R. Tolkien

[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

Warning from the Surgeon General related to screen time: #parenting #students #school https://t.co/C3cVcTWCgi

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

Good morning, my friends. It’s a great day to be alive.

Stay positive and have a wonderful Wednesday!

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

Here's how religious attendance shifts from childhood to adulthood.

Notice that the general trend is downward.

Among people who grew up going weekly, 43% attend less than once a year now.

Among people who attend weekly or more now, 6% grew up never attending.

[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

@jcbowman Absolutely, I can. I’m old enough to remember party lines!

[Caleb Cruz “Cruz Control” @calebcruz2027]

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football

3 Star ⭐️ Cornerback

Thank you to the @dctf staff for the recognition and rating. Blessed and grateful 🙏🏽 @GPowersScout @malloryhartley

@phil_dawson_4 @Dru_Dawson4 @s_franco5 @CoachAsh61 @_treyg3 @Coach_Matt_R @StonedaleChris @Legends_Jacob @Marchen44 @MCSMustangFB @DP2Nice @MacCorleone74 @Prep1USA @TXPSMedia @TXPrivateFBGuy @Coast2Coasttc @CoachWhiteDB1 @806hsscmedia @AWilliamsUSA @coachwvde @_RL_Martin @Youngbullz22 @iam_alinedouard @ScottRapp17 @RicoGafford2_ @AFGP_Sports @JGonzalesJr10 @kallingplays @JensenCYoung @chris_MRTsports @OLeRoy_MRT @CoryMcIntyreTv

[The Ways of A Gentleman @Gentleman_Ways]

Reject the man cave, embrace the study…

[Greg Anderson @Alignomy]

Excited to be presenting at The Lipscomb Faith and Leadership Forum! Hosted by @lipscomb University and the College of Bible and Ministry — July 31–Aug 1.
Looking forward to meaningful conversations on faith, leadership, and impact. Hope to see you there! 👏
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