Written on December 17, 2023 … Posted on December 24, 2023  5:00am I know.  This is not a typical Christmas Message.  If you want it to be a typical Christmas Message – GO FOR IT!  By the way, I plan to leave this message up until  January 6th.  Yes.   THAT January 6th – my birthday […]

Written on December 15, 2023…  Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2023. For those celebrating Christmas, we have four “Advent” Sundays.  One Site’s Explanation on “Advent” Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. Really, one doesn’t have to be a Christian to enjoy / embrace those four beautiful words. I will focus on LOVE. It has been since July that

I will continue to reflect on what was said to me by a fellow “Christian.”  My fellow “Christian” who happened to be my “boss” (principal of a public high school in Placer County, California) said to me, “Paul, you and I are Christians.  You know I attend Sea Side Church (fictitious name).  I hate to

A new tool to help me come up with topics to write is FACEBOOK.  Who would have thought? (SARCASM). As you read this article (and every article I write), remember I am 57 years-old.  I am a Caucasian, happily married to a woman.  Jesus Christ is my Lord.  He is my Moral Compass.  So, I

The following is a transcription from a recent interview of James Lindsay done by Dave Rubin. James Lindsay is speaking.  This is around minute 18 of interview. I’ve been preaching a lot of the same thing lately. I found it ironic — perhaps you’ll (Dave Rubin) enjoy this — one of my favorite words is

There comes a time in one’s life when one reflects.  We reflect because we recognize the majority of days of our lives are behind us. I am going to share with you one of the reflections I recently had.  I wish I had more perseverance. The other day I was meeting with one of my

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