title: Surviving the Military Marriage
author:  Steve Davis 
description: Steve Davis is the Lead and Founding Pastor of Spout Springs Church, a dynamic, non-traditional church near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Originally, he wanted to be a stand-up comic, then a seminary professor. He finally discovered his true calling when he combined those two with his life passion to help people grow into all God designed them to be. He and his wife, Kim, have three daughters and two grandchildren. In his spare time, he abuses himself doing CrossFit with people who are much better athletes than himself.
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  ## About Semper Fi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The war is over. The battle for love has just begun.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  As Marines, Cal and Jim depended on each other to survive bloodshed and
  despair in the Pacific. Relieved to put the horrors of war behind him, Jim
  went home to his apple orchard and a quiet life with his wife and children.
  Knowing Jim could never return his forbidden feelings, Cal hoped time and an
  ocean between them would dull the yearning for his best friend.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  But when Jim’s wife dies, Cal returns to help. He doesn’t know a thing about
  apple farming—or children—but he’s determined to be there for Jim, even as the
  painful torch he carries blazes back to life. Jim is grateful for his friend’s
  support as he struggles with buried emotions and dark wartime memories. Then
  Jim begins to see Cal in a new light, and their relationship deepens in ways
  neither expected. Can they build a life together as a family and find
  happiness in a world that would condemn them?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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