Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *When the Fairest Cut is the Deepest: The Risk of Renunciation* for Sunday, 9 September 2007; book review: *The Deserter's Tale; The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq* by Joshua Key as told to Lawrence Hill (2007); film review: *Combat Diary; The Marines of Lima Company* (2006); poem review: *An Evening Prayer* by George MacDonald.