Back in Elementary School We learned about the Golden rule Prayed when we began the day I pledge allegiance we did say We learned to always look both ways We wrote with cursive script display We dodged a ball and ran red rover We rode our bikes and wished on clover But later we saw […]
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How to Understand People Introduction “Know Thyself” is an ancient, an often repeated, maxim found engraved in a temple of Apollo in Delphi. If we want to truly know ourselves and how to understand people, we must also learn to understand other people too. There have been several important phycologist and counselors who have made
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Parables of the Kingdom I have always enjoyed the Parables of the Kingdom. He had a way of making us “Think outside the box.” One of the best things I learned about parables in seminary concerns the best way to approach them. Many people try to understand them an analogies. However, they are best
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This is a poem about my Love for Hats. I hope you enjoy! Some of these are my earliest memories. Some like the one above I wish I had today. I’ve always had a love for hats And many have upon me sat To decorate my head and say I’m looking grand outside today The
A lot to be thankful for It’s easy to complain of things From politics to bath tub rings Those taxes as they pile up high The price of gas up to the sky The guy who cut you off today Mosquitos who won’t stay away The weeds that in your garden grow Appointments who forget
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wp:html –> This is Pick up your heart. I hope you enjoy. G Em Am D Pick up your heart and carry it a while Take it to some lonely place and share it with a smile Pick up your heart and give your love away It will flow right back and ever ever stay
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Wrote his after a week of physical therapy for my knee replacement. Physical Therapy Rag Is the name, and it is my second tune.
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Values for All Integrity Honest as the day is long Fight for the right avoid the wrongIf you promise follow through Others know can count on you Some say the best will be That how you act when no one sees Denial has no place with you For you’re aware of what you do Take
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Some years ago I wrote articles for a site called Helium. They would post topics and the challenge was to write something that was connected to that title. This is what I wrote for the topic Satire: Overpopulated Grave Yards. You’ve heard the old joke, “People are just dying to get in.” Well, it’s true.
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An offer I couldn’t refuse The Holy Land Trip It was a Sunday evening early in 1983 when the phone rang. “Hi, Geoff,” said a familiar voice. “How would you like to go to the Holy Land with me?” Of course I wanted to go but there were obstacles. How could I leave Lily and