The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters five through eight. Here are my main takeaways…

The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters one through four. Here are my main takeaways…

In my morning meeting with The Boss, He said, “After Jesus had been crucified, His body was put in a tomb. Then a few days went by and Joanna & Co. went to the tomb, and they found the tomb wide open, and the body was missing. And they were perplexed about this, and then […]

Lee and Adam walked out to the shed with Samuel to see him off. Lee carried a tin lantern tolight the way, for it was one of those clear early winter nights when the sky riots with stars andthe earth seems doubly dark because of them. A silence lay on the hills. No animal moved […]

“Do you remember when you read us the sixteen verses of the fourth chapter of Genesis and weargued about them?”“I do indeed. And that’s a long time ago.”“Ten years nearly,” said Lee. “Well, the story bit deeply into me and I went into it word for word.The more I thought about the story, the more […]

“How is Adam?”“He’s all right. But he hasn’t changed much. I won-der what he was like before.”“Yes, I’ve wondered about that. It was a short flow-ering. The boys must be big.”“They are big. I’m glad I stayed here. I learned a great deal from seeing the boys grow andhelping a little.”“Did you teach them Chinese?”“No. […]

Here are two excerpts from “Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck Valuing Success OVER Failure… “It has always seemed strange to me,” said Doc. “The things we admirein men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding andfeeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits wedetest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are […]

There is an ancient poem that talks about how God made the ocean to be a prodigiously formidable place, teeming with overwhelmingly ominous creatures. For instance, SEA DRAGONS (a.k.a. Leviathan)! Have you ever considered what it would be like to encounter a sea dragon? Humans are laid low at the mere sight of Levithan! His […]

A couple of weeks ago we were walking the streets of Neos Kosmos, in Athens Greece with our good friend Erikos. As we crossed paths with the various hooligans and yobbos in the neighborhood, Erikos would joyfully greet them with the expression, “τὰ ἴδια!” This would lead to big smiles and huggie back-slapping embraces. So […]

I put this on the blog back on May 27th, 2025, but it is worth repeating…