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Written on December 19, 2024 between classes… It’s Christmas time and for me that is a time to celebrate the birth of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and listen to CHRISTMAS music.  It is also a time of reflection. Being a 58 year old teacher (teaching since 1989), I now look at my scholars […]

Written December 10, 2024 During Christmas Season there are four advent candles with each advent candle representing a word: Hope, peace, joy, and love are the four traditional themes of Advent, the season of expectant preparation leading up to Christmas: Hope The first week of Advent is marked by the lighting of a purple or

Written on November 26, 2024… Published on Thanksgiving Day,  3:00am As the cliché goes:  we have so much to be Thankful for.  JESUS CHRIST and our church!  Needless to say, this is my MOST thankful part of my life.  I am so grateful to be a Christian!  What Jesus did for me and does for

Wrote this on November 17, 2024 – 7:41am… Posted it on November 19, 2024  3:00am PST Just so you know who is writing this article, I am just a 58 year old man, happily married to the same woman for 33 years, father, grandfather and a music teacher.  I am not a psychologist or psychiatrist. 

Written on November 10, 2024   Posted same day. Have you ever seen the game “Axis and Allies?”  The original game is based on Word War II. Following the Trump / Vance victory, along with many Republican victories, I have seen this: How come we do not see this sort of “sticker” as another way to

November 3, 2024  Published Same Date We need to be careful when we thank God, especially for a day to come and go.  We have a tendency to do a countdown.  I don’t know if I would do a countdown if I knew when I was going to leave my wife, children, in-laws, family, friends

Written and Posted on September 29, 2024 My wife and I saw Matt Walsh’s “Am I a Racist?” I loved the movie.  I encourage all people on either side of – pro or con – “Diversity Equity Inclusion” to watch the movie. My take away from the movie was those with the power will manipulate

Written on September 13, 2024.  Published same day around 12:30pm PST.  Thanks for reading. What if, in order to gain strength from God’s love, you would need to release your need for approval from people?  I am getting there and I want you to join me and millions of others.  From my experience, let me

August 27, 2024    Published August 28, 2024 Since 1985, I have been a Christian.  I am still learning how to be a Christian.  One of the things I am learning is being a Christian includes, suffering.  To help ease the suffering, there are four words that I hold dear:  hope, love, joy and peace.

Written on August 17, 2024  2:01pm.  Posted on August 18, 2024    3:00am – PST I continue my walk in the valley. Not all valleys are desolate or ugly. Correct? So the point of this “Part 2” to the previous post is to look for the positive in the walk in the valley.  Look for