• Over the Rainbow

    I love this version of Judy garland singing "Over the Rainbow." The pathos is present and it is the most beautifully moving of all of her performances. With the pain, there is longing, and through the longing, there is a glimmer of hope that extends itself. This performance of a "Somewhere" speaks to the human…

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  • The Covenant

    Our Covenant Together – Step One – Personal Conversion An Outline of  Romans 6:1-11, New International Version (NIV) What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you…

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  • I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. – Psalm 31:12 God uses them to let the light in and out. “ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” – II Corinthians 4:7 Listen to Leonard…

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  • Stay sharp

    We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case he got a hole in one. What did the policeman say to his belly button?You’re…

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  • Stay sharp

    We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case he got a hole in one. What did the policeman say to his belly button?You’re…

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  • Stay sharp

    We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case he got a hole in one. What did the policeman say to his belly button?You’re…

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  • Oscar Romero took this example of Jesus seriously and sought to follow the Good Shepherd as a loving under-shepherd. He could not be like the hireling and run away when his people were suffering, being oppressed, and being murdered by the state. On this day, in 1980, he laid down his life for the sheep…

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  • Gardens and Dust

    Three Mediations on Selected Verses from Genesis 3

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  • A longer version is at: https://medium.com/@tomsims/remembering-fanny-crosby-be8751513645   "Frances Jane Crosby, usually known as Fanny Crosby in the United States and by her married name, Frances van Alstyne, in the United Kingdom, was an American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. During her lifetime, she was well known throughout the United States. By the…

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  • To Tell the Truth

    It has been observed that if you tell a lie enough, people will believe and even good people will start repeating it. Because they are good people, others will believe it as well based upon their credibility. If constant exposure to misinformation, partial information, shallow observations, and deception will result in people believing false narratives,…

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