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  • Some Recent Videos for Creators, Entrepreneurs, and Other Humans

     First – a sample from my "Word of the Day" poem discipline.   Next, lest, we forget that I give practical help to entrepreneurs and other creators https://calendly.com/coachtomsims     Writing and On Writing           from my YouTube channel   Click to Visit   Last word of advice:   Make Something…

  • We Write Because We Must

    https://unsplash.com/@joshua_hoehne     We stare and glare and stare some more. It's only fair to share. We care and more … Because we're there, we stare. Our eyes and hearts are open and, Only when that is true, We may write.     Now is the only time there is to say and write what…

  • Stuff Breaks

    Stuff Breaks. Surely, it does. No jokes about calling me, “Shirley.”  That would be a: Faux pas literally meaning “false step.” What do you do when it happens and you do not really know why? If you knew it was you and what it was, you could, possibly, fix it. If you knew it was…

  • You Have Been Recruited

      You were handpicked for your team. You are on a mission, sent out with a message. You are part of a great harvest.       The disciples on an early Kingdom mission had not only survived hostility but had thrived in the process. To their delight and surprise, God had come along with…

  • Behold the Man

      What do you say when you have nothing more to say? What do you say when there are no real questions? What do you say when saying anything will only serve the wrong agenda? "He (Herod) questioned him at some length, but Jesus gave him no answer." from Luke 23:1-12 Antonio Ciseri, 'Ecce Homo,…

  • Self-Evident – Endowed by Their Creator – A Celebration of the 4th of July

    The Declaration, Devotions, and More This image shows an 1876 engraving titled "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" made available by the Library of Congress. On that day, the Continental Congress formally endorsed the Declaration of Independence.  J. Trumbull, W.L. Ormsby/AP Thanks to NPR Transcript National Archives   Declaration_of_independence npr   Soldiers' Joy – Victor…

  • Self-Evident – Endowed by Their Creator – A Celebration of the 4th of July

    The Declaration, Devotions, and More This image shows an 1876 engraving titled "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" made available by the Library of Congress. On that day, the Continental Congress formally endorsed the Declaration of Independence.  J. Trumbull, W.L. Ormsby/AP Thanks to NPR Transcript National Archives   In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous…

  • Interfaith Hymnal and Otto

    I just published some resources for Rudolf Otto and "The Idea of the Holy." You can download it here. Could there be an interfaith hymnal? You can view the Hymnal post. Medium Members Link – https://medium.com/@tomsims/interfaith-hymnal-90198cb82291 Free Friends Link – https://medium.com/@tomsims/interfaith-hymnal-90198cb82291?sk=e23f80d4ab262eb3ea83c70ed86d8481   Can we sing together some songs of the heart that point us toward…

  • Download “The Idea of the Holy” – Rudolf Otto

      Download Rudolf_Otto_(translated_by_Harvey)_-_The_Idea_of_the_Holy_-_An_Inquiry_into_the_Non-Rational_Factor_in_the_Idea_of_the_Divine_and_Its_Relation_to_the_Rational    

  • I Was “Off.”

    Off   I was going to post something about my day and a half off from posting, blogging, podcasting, and writing.   Then, came the wonder, and I knew I was back.   What is the etymology of the word, "off?"   https://www.etymonline.com/word/off     Curiosity is the friend of content creators.   Without curiosity,…