When I was travelled across America, as a full time musician, I wrote actual letters to friends. Yeah, we didn’t have any instant gratification devices back then. So, the choices were long distance, phone calls, or letters. And letters to friends was my preference. Because I figured if God could go to all the trouble He did to share all those letters in the … Read the rest…
Category Archives: life is beautiful
Yeah, America used to be good and beautiful. Because freedom and liberty gave the citizens more expanded boundaries to make their own decisions. And the citizens made many good and beautiful decisions. If you’re an American, your life is still full of choices. But, in a world full of sin and temptation, you sometimes choose the stupid stuff. You’ve noticed this in your life, … Read the rest…
The fullness of joy most people seek (whether they know it or not) can only be found in a relationship with your Creator. And God IS your Creator even if you don’t believe in Him. By the Way…you WILL see your Creator later. But back to the reason I’m sharing this with you today. First, a little backstory. David, who was King of Israel, … Read the rest…
Once upon a time, a young boy named Tony, spent some long, lazy summer days in eastern Kansas. And he and his younger brother sometimes grabbed their fishin’ gear and hiked down by the creek bank in a remote part of the farmland near their mom’s house. It was about a half mile hike along the fence line, on a well-worn tractor trail. The … Read the rest…
My love for letters and words began long before I set foot in a school. Some of my earliest memories are of my Grandmother and my Mom reading stories and the Sunday “funnies” to me. I think the word pictures those stories and comic strips helped me create led to my lifelong habit of people watching. Especially goofy kids and their families. (By the … Read the rest…
Tomorrow never comes. But there’s always tomorrow. In the big picture, those two sentences aren’t mutually exclusive. It’s why I say “ride the wind” when it’s windy…drink up when it rains. Sunbathe when others fear the climate. Your days here on earth are very, very short. Don’t take yourself so seriously that you can’t sieze the moment with the enthusiasm of kids. Kids know … Read the rest…
American kids, in the middle of the 20th century, used to love the sound of the ice cream man’s truck coming down the street. At least all the kids I knew did. If you’re old enough to remember the 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s (and maybe 80’s), maybe that’s a nice memory for you, too. Yeah, we could hardly wait to flag down the ice … Read the rest…