There is much this month about "Pride" - the word will be seen and heard often which warrants this Musing... What should one think? “Pride” per Daniel (Merriam/Webster) - 1: the quality or state of being proud: such as a: inordinate self-esteem: conceit b: a reasonable or justifiable self-respect c: delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship //... Continue Reading →
The USA Is That 4×4
The United States has proven to be the vehicle of choice for the rescuing of other vehicles because of a proven track record of doing so. When a rig slides down a long embankment... or a vehicle gets bogged down in a swamp... or a car is incapacitated on ice... or a pickup is stalled... Continue Reading →
America’s Salvation?
The story of the Bible: A beautiful beginning full of hope and joy was marred by a “virus” - SIN. That sin in a perfect world brought on destruction, decay and death. It became systemic in that it affected the entire system – including plants, animals, and soil, so that everything was corrupted. Enter God who sent a... Continue Reading →
Social Solutions
Mass shootings, face coverings, police shootings, rioting, and boycotts – especially carried out by large corporations against state laws passed by representatives of her people. Then there is the threat of hyper-inflation and the stock market is “crazy” – why? And Bitcoin soars – what? There is the flood at the border (especially of those under-age), talk of... Continue Reading →
Earth Day
In 1889, Gerald Busselman was lined up with hundreds of others on his prairie schooner waiting the signal to rush westward into the unclaimed lands of Oklahoma to stake out a place for himself. Somewhere in the process he got turned and ended up at Rosalie, NE, to farm, fellowship, rear a family, and do church.... Continue Reading →
Epoch II
A follow-up to musing #416 ("Epoch")... In the spring of 1997, while living in SD, we experienced what meteorologists called a 500 year flood. There was a tough winter with some 18 blizzards causing piles of snow at each corner so that one had to basically slowly ease into intersections. There was lots of snow! Then came a... Continue Reading →
April Days
Four April days stand out to me (and a number of secondary days such as my sister’s birthday, the OK City bombing, the Columbine slaughter, Saigon falling, and others): 1. On April 8, 1966, Time magazine’s cover asked the question: “Is God Dead?” It was a shocker! Who’d even think such a thing in the USA, let... Continue Reading →
Shootings
March 16, eight women were gunned down at three different locations in Atlanta, GA. Then on March 22, ten were murdered in a grocery store in Boulder, CO. It seemed that the mass killing issue had subsided over the past years after being pained by one or more in most years since the April 20, 1999,... Continue Reading →
Equity and Speech
We have heard the word “equity” used much in the past weeks leaving many of us wondering why. I heard “Benny” of NewsmaxTV give these definitions and reasons [NewsmaxTV | The Benny Report | March 6, 2021]: “Equality is about all having equal opportunity. Equity is about all having equal outcome. Equality is about Capitalism and Equity is about Communism.”... Continue Reading →
Enneagram
OK – I hate to admit this, but I’ve apparently been living under a rock, been asleep since 2016, or not been engaged with reality! All such conditions render me a poor leader for a leader needs to understand what is happening and give wisdom and direction to those following. "Why say such?", say you. Yesterday... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 