Category Archives: Spiritality

MSP – 2

2.  They Don’t Give Away Their Power “They don’t allow others to control them, and they don’t give someone else power over them.  They don’t say things like, “My boss makes me feel bad,” because they understand that they are … Continue reading

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Noah’s Arc – 1

Yesterday I began “Noah’s Arc;” I began to build a canoe for Noah.  I am also going to build one for Evan when I finish with this one.  (His will be called “Evan’s Rude.  If you know him, you’ll most … Continue reading

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Purpose

Everything we do in life has a “purpose.”  Not necessarily a “reason,” but certainly a “purpose.”  Otherwise we wouldn’t do it.

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What Are the ‘Treasures’ You Would Take to the Lord?

Last year at Christmas, I gave each of the kids, my kids and grand kids, a small wooden box.  I was inspired by the song, “The Littlest Angel,” by Bing Crosby – my favorite Christmas carol.  Each little box was … Continue reading

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Heathen

After I got to Nellis AFB, NV in Jan. ’69, I was assigned to the 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) (F-111A) as a Weapons Load Officer.  One of my enlisted supervisors was TSgt. Leon Jones.  Lee was a full-blooded Cherokee … Continue reading

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What’s the Point?

Last year (2012) I decided to make little wooden boxes for my kids, and grand kids.  The idea came to me as I listened to “The Littlest Angel,” by Bing Crosby about 2 weeks before Christmas.  That Christmas carol has … Continue reading

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The Sweedish Girls, Again…

Don’t listen to ‘the Sweedish Girls,’ when staring too hard at this picture… I learned the ‘hard way,’ and still haven’t learned…    

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The Return to Say “Thank You”

In early September 1957 we moved into our quarters on “D” Street at Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico.  I remember that first bright, sunny Thursday, when Mom came home from the Commissary with a trunk load of groceries.  As I was … Continue reading

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The Swedish Girls

I awoke around midnight the other night.  No particular reason, I just woke up.  Not wanting to just lay there wondering why I couldn’t sleep, I turned on the TV and found Letterman.  He was just introducing the group, “First … Continue reading

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Our Town

I don’t know if I can ever fully appreciate how Johannes Holliger must have felt that early spring day in April 1833, as he readied himself to leave his home in Rein, Switzerland.  Johannes was 30 years old, and I … Continue reading

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