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Life after seventy

LIFE AFTER SEVENTY

So, big changes begin when someone turns seventy. It’s not like being a septuagenarian is, in and of itself, a crisis, but you may start thinking differently and your body may start feeling differently. You are entering the period that developmental psychologist Eric Erikson calls “integrity vs despair,’ or as he describes it “a retrospective accounting of one’s life to date; how much one embraces life as having been well lived, as opposed to regretting missed opportunities. . .” What’s more:...

The doctor will see you now

THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW

Sesame Street character Elmo paid a virtual visit to X recently with a post that said “Elmo is just checking in. How is everybody doing?” The fact that Elmo is 43 years “old” means he has been entertaining and inspiring Americans for almost two generations. Thousands of people responded to him, though relatively few responses came from children. The respondents were clearly worn out, anxious, fearful and outright “down” in their prospects for a better life. Many families are stressed...

HEARTS

Valentine’s Day is coming up and I wanted to do something about love or relationships, but I settled on the topic of “hearts,” instead. After all, hearts are a common motif on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. I happened to think of a lesson on hearts that I may have used many years ago in my adult Sunday School class (and) which would be as relevant today as back then. The scripture passage is from the Old Testament of the...

The Leader

THE LEADER

Usually, I work my way step-by-step into a topic, especially if the topic is controversial. However, this time I think I’ll work backwards. The topic is whether or not Donald J. Trump, if re-elected, might represent the First Horseman of the apocalypse. The leader. Our leader. I’ve reached a point to where I am entertaining the notion that Donald J, Trump might be the First Horseman of the Apocalypse. The Apostle John received the series of visions in the book...

SCHADENFREUDE

SCHADENFREUDE

I am going to begin this post with a confession. I have what the MAGA (Make America Great Again) maniacs call TDS. This stands for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Don’t bother looking it up in the DSM-5-TR.  It is not there, though Trump supporters believe it should be classified as a mental disorder. “Psychology Today” contains a rough but hardly a clinical description of TDS, noting that it is: Yep! That’s me! Ask my wife Deena if you don’t believe me. Whenever Donald...

Stranded

STRANDED!

Not long ago, Deena and I watched a church service online from a nondenominational church we once attended when we lived in Texas. The church, located in McKinney, TX is called Christ Fellowship. It’s a good, praise-oriented church with a solid, Gospel message and even Lutherans like myself can be comfortable there. They have awesome community outreach programs (including a prison ministry) and you’ll find all sorts of people from every walk of life at their services. Also noteworthy is...

House UAP Committee emerges from SCIF Briefing

HOUSE UAP COMMITTEE EMERGES FROM SCIF

Members of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee finally had their Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) briefing today (Friday, January 12, 2024). The briefing had been sought since late July 2023 after the Committee heard testimony from USN Ret Commander David Fravor, Ex-USN F-18 Hornet pilot Ryan Graves and Former National Reconnaissance Officer Representative, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Task Force, Department of Defense, David Grusch. Today, the House UAP Committee emerged from the SCIF briefing. In the summer hearing, these...

The Coming World War

THE COMING WORLD WAR

NSFW: This is a frank and informed assessment of how global war could break out. It may be upsetting for some. It is for me. Imagine the skies over Jerusalem, London, Paris, Oslo, Tokyo or Washington dotted by dozens of drones, each designed to seek out a specific target and substantially damage if not completely destroy it. Now, multiply the number of drones until they are as thick as a swarm of bees or flock of starlings–hundreds of them swooping...

Shameless audacity

BE SHAMELESS IN YOUR AUDACITY

We’ve all heard the idiom “The squeaky wheel gets the oil (or grease.)” Different people around the world make the same point in a way that more typically represents their culture. For example, in China there is a saying “Babies who cry at night get more milk” (哭夜的孩子多吃奶.) But exactly what is the point? Most reasonable people would say that the more assertive you are and the more vocal you are, the more likely you’ll get your way all else...

MOLLY SINNER TODAY

MOLLY SINNED TODAY

This is a dark day in Delmar. Molly sinned. Her predicament is the sort of thing that might have caught the attention of quantum theorists like Robert Oppenheimer and Erwin Schrödinger. I’m referring to the “many worlds” paradigm. They theorized when something occurs in one universe, the outcome is different in all the other universes with the iterations depending on the possibilities. But first, let me share the egregious incident with you and talk you through the scene of the...

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