Straight Arrow Ministries

05/24/2026

05/10/2026

The Adventures of Spave and Hobo — No More Formations by Ken Birks

https://booksbyken.com

The Army finally decided I was beyond rehabilitation. And honestly, they were not wrong. Not long after, the discharge process began. I was headed home.

But those last months were their own kind of battlefield. Something new, spiritual had begun stirring inside me. Values I did not yet understand were rising up, clashing violently with the choices I was making. I knew I was manipulating the system to get out. I knew my motives were muddy. And yet, in the quiet moments, I prayed. Not eloquently. Not confidently. But desperately. I asked God to someday straighten out the crooked road I was walking. He did. But not then.

I had enlisted for three years. After just twenty one months—on June 21, 1971—I was out for good – walking away from the Army with my discharge papers in hand. No reserve duty. No more formations. No strings attached. A general discharge under honorable conditions, with full benefits. It was more than I deserved

05/10/2026

Congrats to Michael and Lizzette who tied the knot in a beautiful Wedding ceremony at “The Barn” in Rocklin, Ca this afternoon.

05/08/2026

One of my last L*D trips in Nam hit harder than any before. I was in a h***h full of guys I didn’t know, all of us tripping and smoking pot, when the room suddenly tilted. A cold realization washed over me: I don’t know where I am or who I am anymore. I was completely lost in my own mind. I didn’t know why I was there, what I was doing, or where I was headed. It felt like the compass inside me had shattered.

05/03/2026

05/01/2026

04/27/2026

Deriding those differing, absurdity obliterates.
Lost in feuding, skirmishes linger in nonsense.
Amiable among all, abrasive disputes dissipate.
Eschewing chaotic times, we awaken to stability.

04/09/2026

Reasoning gone, the masses succumb to insanity.
Through failed ideologies, they become unhinged.
Eyes sweeping, questions rising, we observe.
Destruction spreading, we stand enslaved.

03/13/2026

One offering perfected forever, we’re sealed.
Predestined to be conformed to His likeness, we yield.
The work of Christ finished, in His Spirit, we labor.
Giving ear to His voice, He directs and revives.
Fully embracing prophetic purposes, we thrive.