Listen, your friends have fattened the calf Time to get dressed as half of them have Look at the fruit that’s on all the trees Some is good food that we can all eat They’ve ordered the table Food. For all the faithful kept warm for you, brave ones the small to the greatest… Continue reading Wake up, Jeru

  Constantin Stanislavski wrote that a director should give the actors a good environment to act in, like good sound effects and set to help inspire their creativity or else the actors could be at the mercy of the audience. A helpful director like that could have the authority of integrity. Integrity is the best… Continue reading The Authority of Integrity

    Crustaceans, such as a lobster, a crab, or a shrimp, are popular because they taste good, but nobody likes a barnacle, especially when, with an adhesive strength of sixty pounds per square inch, it attaches itself to the bottom of your boat and you can’t get it off… And it invites hundreds of… Continue reading The humble life of an underwater crustacean

    Education + Entertainment + Truth = Nothing   Maybe if I dropped one of those things I would be something. But then I’d be behind the sixteen ball…              

    Buds are blooming; they do as God commands     Joseph and Mary trusted God and went to Bethlehem for the Roman census and brought Jesus into the world. May we, also, obey God, and bring Jesus to the world.            

  I love to hear from God My time I spend with him is worth as much as gold Friends and memories slip away We let everything dissipate As we meditate I love to hear from God My time I spend with him is worth its weight in gold No I’m trusting in the LORD… Continue reading I Praise U

  Waiting, is the biggest treasure Here’s a lamp that shines to heaven All affliction’s gone, forever Fear’s not here, since we’re together As the birds begin to chirp it’s something perfect and eternal Soon, the earth will start to churn but first, the work of God’s true servant When I wake up in the… Continue reading New Center

    Oh, what can I say but some can surprise you by some inner strength or one act of kindness You were that person who went back through fire I’ve never had a lovepackage like you ‘Cause there’s just one way and one special mission When you asked for help, again, I was living… Continue reading When you don’t deserve it… And you couldn’t earn it…

                                      You ran away from me like I was a leper I won’t be seeing you this side of forever Just running all the time isn’t very clever To see you walk away is my greatest pleasure… Continue reading In the Community

    A work in progress, keep in mind when touching the community Mere flesh and blood, indeed, so, we are treading lightly (usually) As we have seen how it goes… Someone gets punched in the nose I’m loving you, but I’ve got the blues like you never knew I’ve got the blues like you… Continue reading Got the Blues

    I’ll take you with me     The world is full of thieves robbing and deceiving us and I ran into you where I found such peacefulness Few are as pretty as you None can do the good things that you do Please give me something sweet my soul needs And let me… Continue reading Stick, close, to me

        The end of some dumb units ’round here, maybe So proud are stubborn fools, I think they’re crazy The self-important fall (there’s only one LORD) They don’t do all he says, they fall upon their head But soon, all will see the two teams ‘Cause you (also me) are on teams… Continue reading When trouble started I had to call on God. And when he got here, in the form of cops, the first day, my enemy, with the woman, wouldn’t answer the door, like a man. The second day, he was caught red-handed

    Enjoy the Superbowl under the sunny, blue sky of South Florida. In New Jersey, we have the blues because it’s winter.     When it is freezing outside they come to Wildwood and see They don’t mind standing on line where, even penguins would freeze All come see President Trump Hear them all… Continue reading Idylls of the Fool

      Rays of dawn are sent us This is the center of the universe It is what everyone’s missed Let us forget what has come before We get to enter on in It looks like we are the bride of Christ Praise the LORD Tougher than Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller, put together,… Continue reading A Pleasant Surprise

  Well, I felt like I had dodged a bullet when I left the dentist’s office and drove very slowly, home. It was like I didn’t want to take any chances, I just wanted to make it home, alive. I was relieved, I only had to get one filling the next week. I was very… Continue reading The Teeth of the Lion

  Someday soon, we’ll not fear all those in arms, but change that tune: all will witness when God stops them God will do this Know we follow, we’re wholehearted In a flash, all those mountains will be flattened really fast, God will silence all the racket God will do this, soon It’s no party,… Continue reading Integrity

    Late Christmas… Fifty percent off a parka and the Chronicles of Narnia Illustrated Gift Set and more… I spent my Christmas money wisely, for once. God’s enabled me to be faithful and trusting and he blessed me. A few days after Christmas, and after I looked but couldn’t find the boxed set of… Continue reading Got some great sales deals for my Christmas money. God is good

             

             

    Few people even think about the concept of eternity, anymore, and that’s a sad fact…     “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)… Continue reading We’ve received an eternally perfect gift

  The other day I had to slow down for a big SUV that was stuck in a ditch on the side of the road. I decided to stop and help them. They were a middle-aged man and woman in a Toyota Land Cruiser with its two passenger-side tires deep in mud. I walked over… Continue reading The Best That We Can Do

  Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths   If you can, then, it’s a gift      

    The eight zillion pound gorilla at Thanksgiving is the Husband.   There’s only one Husband, and he calls all the shots                                                    We make it seem complicated, but it’s… Continue reading I hope you’ve found the correct website. This is where we’ve discussed the biggest thing in the universe – and few cared

    It’s better to wait here, with you, friend than take my chances with those in deep I’ll rest in this small place, with you, now than be cut off, in an end, so bleak They’re just dysfunctional, there but you are the Husband In the jungle, they are small parts that think they’re… Continue reading The Eight Zillion Pound Gorilla in the Room

    NO IDOLS BEFORE GOD       What we are up against has got so many heads and threatening arms and hands that it’s impossible with finite human minds and puny legs to stand But Lord, you know the end from the beginning and all of life’s intricacies and the enemy I’ve fallen… Continue reading What’s on trial, now, is our integrity. Do we actually have any? Competence, personality and position aren’t necessary. Integrity is what we need.

  Be discriminating with new friends, but always listen to the best When we listen to men and women, we often become lost we should always listen to the LORD Be a stoic for a few short seconds yes, a grown-up, for your test When we listen to men and women, we often become lost… Continue reading A Poem for These Times

            “Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice… Continue reading My Wishes for Christmas

  for a change…     Now, is the time of year we eat plenty of junky foods, like Halloween candy; whipped cream, with your ice cream, with your cranberry sauce, with your gravy, with your turkey; chocolates, while you open your presents; fattening beer, with your strong drink, on New Year’s Eve…    … Continue reading Fill yourself up with something good

  You welcome the child You hear when we cry She cried day and night The evil judge sighed The blind receive sight… Lord, I have so much to do right now! You took the road to Jerusalem knowing they sacrifice sheep up there Please make me half as obedient I beat on my breast I’m… Continue reading Luke Eighteen

    “Don’t enjoy yourself too much over the weekend,” Glenn told a co-worker. “Or you’re not gonna want to come back on Monday…” Glenn Longo complained to himself that his weekends were never great, so, there’d be no threat of him not wanting to return to work on Mondays. Things were very bad –… Continue reading Who gets all our love and glory?

  Nothing seemed to be wrong when Glenn Longo drove to work. But his car wouldn’t start at lunchtime. Glenn had left his lights on. He couldn’t believe how he could leave the lights on, but had to accept that such things happen. Fortunately, the steer farm had a portable charger and Glenn’s co-workers helped… Continue reading You help me to be brave

    Glenn Longo was walking his cat and his neighbor said, “He’s on a leash!” to her husband. “He takes me for a walk,” Glenn said. That’s as good a metaphor as any for Glenn’s life.     Glenn Longo stood near a group of people waiting for a bus. They were actors and actresses… Continue reading We’re in a long holding pattern

    Glenn Longo wasn’t always a successful manager at a steer farm and able to live peacefully with difficult people; he had to learn to trust and obey his bosses; and he learned to be thankful. Long ago, Glenn lived not only for the moment, but also only for himself. Then one day, he… Continue reading Under His Wing

  Thank you, subscribers and readers, Permanence Science is ten years old. If you’d read it, you’d have known how Daniel Cardone blasted off to save some astronauts on the moon to save the relationship with his girlfriend, Jenny, who went off, with Denmar Potpota. And about the huge Wall of Heaven, that was longer… Continue reading Kings and princesses

  People here, in New Jersey are all in a big hurry though most are going nowhere It’s a spiritual famine If I could, I would vanish and throw lost souls a bone, but If I go up to your hills I may not ever want to come down Nearby, in Pennsylvania all my problems,… Continue reading On this Charming Red Star

    When I ceased writing my prayer journal I stopped getting good things done, so, I started a new one. At the top of the first page I wrote, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of… Continue reading Nothing fancy but substantial

      I like the pride of life So, I can fall for lies First, a sucker acting loose Then, I’m running back to you But that’s just on my mind You know what’s in my heart I like to speak my mind And I fail tests, those times When I get outside myself… Continue reading If you wake up on a Saturday morning, and you have a cup of coffee, and you’re worshiping your God, and you’re in a lovely comfort-zone, and your cat starts acting funny, and you realize you have an unwelcome intruder changing your home into a danger-zone, may it only be a fly

    Several days ago, a mechanic asked me who changed the oil on my car. He showed me the oil filter which was covered with oil. It was loose, and oil was leaking out of it. The engine could have seized-up, but God blessed me.   The very next day I followed an SUV… Continue reading I showed my love to you, and so, we’re both alone

  Hello friends and new subscribers. Thank you for visiting here. At my website, I try to be a good friend, but I’m not the greatest. Jesus said that only God is good. Still, I’m going through a difficult time, right now, and I think many of you are, too. And maybe you think you… Continue reading God’s ways are higher than ours. So, his peace passes all of our understanding and can make us stand in the midst of a crumbling and suffering world

  Hear the beautiful songs of the birds in the morning as the rebels fight, all day long See incredible sights, like the rain, busy falling as the desert-dry scratch and claw Wouldn’t it be a better world if people respected each other? It would be a better world if people respected the Lord I’ve… Continue reading The Biterrestrials

  I got to look to the future My life will never, ever end Because I’ve found a good route there Because I’ve found a perfect friend I want to keep to myself, some just like the Amish, our old friends And like a soldier in battle will let the sergeant go ahead My perfect… Continue reading My Perfect Friend

  There’s an agenda and ambition here at war with service and obedience I’ve brought a friend out, on this mission since it’s boring and sometimes quite tedious The nights are long but when the birds awake I’m so encouraged by the songs they sing A sign of hope that seemed so far away? Or… Continue reading Not the most excellent sonnet

  See the flower in the warm sun’s light And the flower in the shade Closing up for the entire night Opening wide for drinks of rain So pretty and sweet, she was the girl next door It would be so much more Lesley Gore Hear the singer reach the highest highs And the woman… Continue reading Dedication

  The Pilgrims left England for freedom but many died sailing to Plymouth God’s children raised food all through Autumn to get them all through the cruel Winter Forgiven, the Pilgrims lived on The brave were as good as the best, yet were starving and found some food, hidden They ate it but knew it… Continue reading With Forgiveness

  Lately, I’ve been dreaming, often of forgotten ways of life Like the change to George (Magnificent) Amberson’s Midland City, in its slide Till I sit under your stars where I can sweetly sing lovely songs Come and strum on your guitar and we can, somehow, again, belong Take me to the Mississippi it’s a… Continue reading Some are just travelling through here, on their way to their new home. They have to accept that they won’t be able to enjoy things, here, and are redirected toward their home

  Iron cage! Iron cage! I’m a bird in the iron cage Without love the designers must like it But they’ll die here I’m on fire and I’ll fly far from here Iron cage! Iron cage! I’m a bird in the iron cage But some day I will fly away High above the Designer stands… Continue reading Fly from the iron cage!

  It’s ironic that I opened the Bible the other night to Psalm 70 and wrote song lyrics about it when I wrote, just last week, that Jesus might return, imminently, because it’s been seventy years since Israel has been a modern state. Not just words, but every number in the Bible, like seventy, has… Continue reading Encouragement from God in discouraging times

  Mother’s Day is celebrated this year around the time of the seventieth anniversary of the statehood of Israel, on May 14th, 2019, which could be the day that Jesus returns to earth and makes things new, again, because seventy years, like the seventy years of the Babylonian Captivity of Israel, is a biblical number… Continue reading Birth Pains

  Sure, you’ve got all your rules And I’ve had to change Costs of following you I’ve learned to obey More and more things to do not just rearrange Life would break me in two and I screamed your name What can I say about you? What can I say! If you could make even me a… Continue reading Super Forgiving Love

  At home I have a Claude Monet print called “The Path”. It’s a print, not a painting. I want to make that perfectly clear or somebody might want to steal it. Once, I told my boss I owned that Monet print and he had corrected me. “You own a Monet print,” he said. “If… Continue reading Claude Monet’s painting, “The Path”, is wonderful fine art because there are many things it does so well

  What is in our future? Things could end so quickly Who should we be trusting? Should we look to history? Trust is an issue, these days And you’ve led the way Love how you’ve lived it Once, we all shared values Once, most were good neighbors Values were let go of Now, most are… Continue reading Love the trust

  Heart surgery… is a hard thing Stop worrying! I can hardly stand it                                                                                  Heart surgery… open-heart, too Start working to trust the operation Attention! all sisters we’ve got a lot of things to do And, brothers we’ve got a job to do: our true responsibilities Heart surgery… This was not planned Stop worrying! Trust… Continue reading Ties

    There’s a lot of business to conduct in life and love. What does anyone have, to give to me? And, on the other hand, what is anyone going to take from me? It doesn’t always work out very well. We have to be strong, and brave, and wise, but we still have to… Continue reading I admire all who have qualities that I do not have. You could say that I get excited, enthusiastic, and appreciative, or that I get jealous, envious, and covetous. But, if you don’t have any qualities I’d want to have, why would I like you? Why would I want to be with you?

  Let’s face it, we’re not making this place a really great place. But we can’t make anything great without cooperating with friends. I think we’ve lost track of the important things in life because we’re so distracted, and tempted. We have to get back to the basic things in life, like respect.   Friends,… Continue reading Make America Great – with Friends

  Things have been going so badly, lately, that I had to examine my life. I found I was not giving money (tithe) to God. I took out my Bible concordance and looked up all of the places “tithe” is in the Bible. One of them is in the Bible’s Old Testament Book of Malachi,… Continue reading The Grateful

  The heart is so deceitful above all on the earth The garden’s full of weeds but the wheat has found great worth The Sarge has brought some peace here to people in his camp The heart of costly freedom’s still beating in this land While I’m obeying, completely but he keeps taking things away… Continue reading While she is often in confusion, the Captain’s golden rose is blooming

  Humility Pride   “He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.”   God Satan   Giving Taking   The Prince of peace The prince of the power of the air   Institutions… Continue reading The humble and the proud

  I don’t want to go outside in the storm but I want to stay inside where it’s warm From what I have read online snow will fall And tonight’s the coldest night of them all Help me, Lord I’m a cell and I talk to other cells in the war It is always hurry-up… Continue reading The Sergeant is valuable because he can lead soldiers into “harm’s way”

  …and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.   Like eagles in the paths of the sky men and women are sent for lessons Our spirits will be filled with good things we’ll receive if we get to heaven The road’s our home if we’re soldiers who pray The way’s… Continue reading And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them…

    Happy Thanksgiving on the road Happy Thanksgiving from New Jersey Happy Thanksgiving in the home Oh, Happy Thanksgiving in all lands So, remember to have an open mind and hold your fork and knife with trembling fingers and careful hands   I’m so busy, my head’s spinning with the things that I have… Continue reading This is a good place. There’s nothing bad about it because no one lies to each other here. And no one strives with each other, either. There’s thankfulness, so, there’s love. A sanctuary it is…

  Rich Somerville’s mainly a working class town with government places where lawyers swing ’round religion’s still practiced and ethics abounds and middle class neighbors are poorer, somehow There’re chain stores on Main Street and many small shops and restaurant tables where servers are stars with India, China and Italy’s charm in Somerville station New… Continue reading See where we are living

  Hey bro! Do you know I’m your brother? His love made my heart melt like butter Thanks, bro, I said Yes, sir, he said Having a thankful heart this Thanksgiving as the world falls apart Getting rid of fear, letting people near And each time warms my heart Well, I ate a big meal… Continue reading Some foods are better than others; as some drinks; and some rests; for our tests

        Trials have been intense, lately, but this is what we go through to learn that God is everything for us, for him to have his proper place. Then we learn to go to him, only, for support. I’m learning to survive. I start each day by praying to God for direction and… Continue reading Don’t be scared of tough times

    I had to learn that I shouldn’t expect that they would change for me. They’re only human. So, I grew-up a little.     I hate stop signs but I love to stop for them In my car I always want to watch for them I’m in order at the corner I don’t need… Continue reading Years ago, when I complained about people in my office to my friend and his wife, his wife said, “I’ve been listening to you talk about them and I’m beginning to think that all of them can’t be wrong, maybe it’s you…”

  When will you return? When the drama has ended? After I’ve suffered extensively? Come back! ahead of time You take care of everything When will you return? When I need blinders and ear plugs? When I need a straitjacket and a muzzle? Come back! ahead of time You take care of everything How can… Continue reading I hope you’re not forgetting we’re all just flesh and blood

  Because I have something good to say.     I don’t have everything I want, but I have everything I need.     Let men do the stupid things they do that won’t matter Let them have the crazy things they want I’m still happy I’m loving you! You’re what I’ve got and all… Continue reading This is a website of praise

  But are they cute-enough to stop rush-hour traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike? You bet they are. That’s what happened the other day. And it wasn’t the first time. And it won’t be the last. I was in a line of traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike in the Meadowlands when a mother duck… Continue reading Baby Ducks in a Row

  Hello! I’m back again, to see you I hope you’re well You know that I’m the friend who meets you with stuff that helps All the world over there are so many treacherous people but I’m consistently honest, as you’ve already seen here Who takes the time to know a person just like we… Continue reading We shouldn’t always believe what other people say. We should take the time to judge for ourselves

  Every soldier’s got a chink in their armor Every pilot wants to fly so much farther Fly by night! Fly by day! But fly all the way Every monkey wants to climb so much higher Every pleaser wants to be much-admired Fly by night! Fly by day! But fly all the way to your… Continue reading Freedom to Fly

  I should be leaner! I should be cleaner! I should be kinder! I should be finer! I should be taller! I should be stronger! I should be nicer! I should be wiser! Misleading people’s wrong, I was weak to need belonging Because I was so young then is no excuse for dumbness No joke,… Continue reading Stand-alone Power

  I wish I could be with her… There’s little vision there, in the trenches Not much to live for (till war has ended) And she’s a private, and not the General She’s often tired, he’s not much better No going out now, stuck in the barracks Her stomach’s growling so she has crackers She’s… Continue reading Distant soldiers in the ancient war

  He left our school to go work a farm down in Carolina just like his papa But drink and drugs grew two rebel arms that took his young life so unlike his father He started well but couldn’t finish It’s ending well that makes a winner I made the team but I couldn’t function… Continue reading Sometimes, I miss my friend…But who is a friend in the end?

  This Thanksgiving may we find things to be thankful for.    

  Real monsters: cancer, earthquakes, lay-offs – we don’t need the fake kind… I survived a root canal the other day. The dental assistant said, “You were good!” I said, “Because you guys did well, I did well!” And she said, “We’re a team!” Here’s a secret: never look at the needles.   I love the… Continue reading First, the Check Brake dashboard light came on. Then it went off. Then it came on, again. I tried putting the parking brake on and then the car alarm went off. My car is a chamber of horrors…

  Will mistaking a bright green scarf for bright green hair be a source of contention in the future? Because there’s fighting everywhere… His story repeats itself. (The defintion of history is God’s story.) The Bible’s II Chronicles 20 has verses about a battle that apply today: “It came to pass after this also, that the… Continue reading The other day I thought I saw a woman driving a vehicle wearing a bright green scarf and thought it was a Muslim woman. As I looked carefully it was an American woman, not a Muslim woman. It wasn’t a green scarf but it was her hair..

  When I called my father he didn’t answer his phone. He had surgery, and I was concerned, so I called my mother. “He’s taking too long to come out of anesthesia,” she said. “I’m waiting for the hospital to call me. Call me back in an hour.” “How long has it been?” I asked.… Continue reading My father took a long time to come out of anesthesia after surgery

  Yesterday, my supervisor was letting us listen to his young son say “Mama” for the first time on his phone. Needless to say, he was excited and proud of his son. It’s great to have a proud dad. Yesterday, I also treated my dad to dinner, and he was glad. This morning, I’m listening… Continue reading Happy Father’s Day to (I think you’ll agree) – by far – the Greatest Father in the world

      Shooting stars… Falling stars… Superstars… There are many kinds of stars… We have a star at work. He has a lot: he’s competent, and he’s popular. Every company probably has at least one star. They are leaders. I wish I were like our star. But if he ever left, people would be… Continue reading The Star

  Working with customers is hard work. You patiently helped that couple choose some beautiful jewelry to take home with them. Watching you standing on your feet (like you have to do all day) and showing them jewelry while talking to them to understand their wants and needs I wanted to take you home with me!… Continue reading You were so attractive helping that couple at the jewelry store. You looked so good that I couldn’t help staring at you…

  Jobs! with titles! Cars, like diamonds Something to hang your hat on Homes, for sharing! People caring Everything that’s worth having All this great stuff! But nothing for me Love! Romancing! Fun! And dancing Someplace to go have fun in Influencing! Money-lending People to go have fun with All this great stuff! But nothing… Continue reading Narrow is the way

    Well, my childhood was the best I was free as free could be as my mom made-up our beds for a while I could be me But I can’t go back Yet I can’t stay here No, I can’t go back But I can’t stay here Rode my bicycle so far but they… Continue reading In battered cars we travel far

  My father wanted me to do exactly what I thought I should do: buy Italian food and come over and watch the Giants…   The world out there’s in need of help but it’s probably better helping those close to you. You know them better, so you should help them first. After you get good… Continue reading When you’re feeling bad, go and help somebody else. It’s the opposite of what you want, but it’s a good feeling doing something good

  Friends don’t get upset at you if you cry…   Some friends are silent; others forgive, and help, a little; and some infinitely help us…   Books are like simple friends that give messages. Good books are part of literature, which, like music, schools, science, government and religion, are institutions we depend too heavily upon. People are more complex… Continue reading A good thing about reading a book is that if you cry at the end no one sees you…

  “Be still, and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10    

The automobile age was like the legs of recent history. It took us places (good and bad). Artificial Intelligence (AI) is like the head of history. And we’ll see what happens. Of course, the mind rules the legs, and the rest of the body. According to James Barrat’s “Our Final Invention” about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence… Continue reading The let-down after Christmas is like losing our best friend. But he’ll return, and it’ll be better than ever

  How can I help her? Maybe she’d like to talk I’ll sit and listen I’ll show what listening’s for Say what you want to say and I’ll love you, anyway One love for another and not a big production A sister or brother and my idea of loving How can I help him? Maybe he’d… Continue reading Initiative

  Cover your eyes cover your ears cover your mouth cover your tears but covering-up is far from healthy Cover-ups have left scars on our body Cover your butt Cover-up files Cover-up cheating Cover-up’s what violent people do The opposite is pleasing others Covering-up is one of the biggest problems in this country Run from all… Continue reading Truth and Lies

  Do you believe in perfection? Do you hope to be perfected? Do you have an open mind?   If your answers are YES to any of the questions, you’re ahead of the pack, and you should read the rest of this blog. Many people do not believe there is perfection in this world, even though it’s all around us. The… Continue reading Do you have an open mind?

  We’re living in uncertain times but one thing you can be sure of: day after day, you can always pray Pray to survive Pray to say ‘Hi’ Pray to your god Pray for your car Pray to be safe Pray for your day You can always pray Pray for your Ma Pray for your… Continue reading You can always pray