I have come to the conclusion that my Facebook posts are similar to the ball bouncing on a roulette wheel.  And instead of black and read, the colors are blue (democrat) and red (republican). On Sunday (11/5/2023), I had a childhood friend admonish me because my Facebook posts were too negative / too political.  And […]

There is a new target on Capitol Hill:  Speaker of the House – Mike Johnson. Before Mike Johnson was elected to be Speaker of the House, I had no idea who he was.  To this day (October 30, 2023) I really do not know who Mike Johnson is.  Put Mike Johnson in a line-up of

Wrote October 17, 2023  10:00am   Posted October 24, 2023.  5:00am “Mr. Everts, for Pride Month, would you fly the pride flag in the band room?” asked one of my students. I wrote about this topic being purposely embarrassing a person in front of others.  A minor “struggle session.”  The Freedom to Say No My answer

Written October 14, 2023  1:00pm     Posted October 15, 2023  5:00am Isn’t there a lot going on in this world? I know I am so distracted by events that I have little to no control over. Knowing that I am having a difficult time staying focused I did a search for – ideas to stay

Written October 5, 2023  9:00am   Published October 6, 2023  5:00am A well-known pastor was in the hospital.  He lived a full and long life.  He was 88 years-old.  He was dying. Knowing the well-known pastor was expected to pass away in the coming days, another well-known pastor visited him. “How are you doing?” The dying

Written September 25, 2023  Posted Monday, September 25, 2023  12:01pm How God Uses Suffering to Build Our Character.  Title of a chapter from Randy Alcorn’s amazing book,  If God is Good – Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil I read a lot of non-fiction.  I want to read books that will help me make

Written at 8:40am, September 10, 2023    Published later that same day So, you want me (your child’s teacher) to keep secrets from you (the child’s parent)? Let me ask the question in a different way.  You (the government) want me (teacher) to keep secrets from my students’ parents? My response:  What was that?  You

When do we admit we are in control of our choices?   I have been told by more than one person that I need to have more empathy / sympathy, understanding for the “down-and-out?”  Sometimes they just don’t have a choice.  And, more than times than not, I have felt that way “I don’t have a

Written on Thursday, July 27, 2023    Published on August 8, 2023 I love to take walks. Ten years ago, I took a lot of walks.  I had time.  Since then, I have continued to take long walks.  What are long walks?  Three-to-five miles with additional several double-digit walks.  All of these walks are done

Written July 19, 2023  7:55am   Posted on August 1, 2023  5:00am I used my last blog article to show appreciation for our great nation.  Some would say, ‘the greatest nation.’  Shared the same message / article for thirty-one days.  It has been a while since my last blog. This morning, I was moved to write