Son-shine on Your Shoulders

A Summer Joy on Son-Day! The Porcine Prowler: Jo's search for the  perfect BBQ at Ribfest 2024 In His wisdom, the Lord  divinely scripted a motion action reality relationship. The plot: the players who bear His image of godliness would have the heavens orbit around their  love for two scores and 4 years. The couple  will never go  off script and their commitment to the Life-writer would align with the third Heaven.  Per, the only critic who matters, "the resulting reality has been nothing but showers of bliss".  What a blessing! Thank you, Lord.  Thank you Jo.  [The Creator/Executive Producer and Jo, Player, take a bow]. Make Every Effort: A Neo-Command Billions of people adhere to the tenets of the 10 commandments either knowingly and by coincidence.  They do so because it is practical.  They provide a base for civility and morality.  For instance, a biggie tenet is "Thou shall not kill".  It is an essential directive fou...

This SON-Day was meant for. . . YOU!!! The Real Patrick Star Sea Life Aquarium at the Mall of America An Innate Trait  A question for mental health practitioners (i.e., psychiatrists and psychologists) and humanities experts (i.e., philosophers, historians, anthropologists, and religious teachers), is doing good an innate trait (i.e., traits that are automatic without prior learning or thought) for mankind? According to the experts noted in the above paragraph  the consensus is generally no.  Furthermore they say, when you're born, you have a raw personality — it known as temperament (a person's nature).  T hey suggest that our behaviors inclinations develop over time through learning experiences and conscious thought. Your temperament, your nature, consists of innate features like energy levels, mood, demeanor, and emotional responsiveness, can then drive the learning experiences that form your personality throughout life.    We all know people who ar...

Take a Son-Day Drive on This Lovely Day Summer Vibes Laughter is Good for the Heart How Our Summer is Going Only The Powerful  The entire world classifies people into hierarchies based job, residence, earnings, assets, weight, athleticism, height, and color to name an obvious few.  If you do not have the right previous descriptors you can be deemed by society as less desirable, unworthy, or a write off. Recently, I sat in on a conversation with some employees outside one of our buildings.  The conversation turned to a Minneapolis suburb called "Blaine".  They talked about the vivid dichotomy between the impoverished trailer parks and the lavish homes in the new developments.  I then cringed when I heard them refer to the people residing in the trailer homes as "White Trailer Trash" and this was uttered by a person of the same color. I spoke up and said I was uncomfortable with the conversation and that ended it. Our Lord did not create a physical being...

  A Wonderful Son-Day A Big Slice of American Sweet Potato Pie And the Greatest of These I traveled to Guatemala twice with a crew from a Baptist Church based in Eden Prairie. On my first mission trip to Guatemala, I had the honor of connecting with people in the villages and the big city (Panajachel) through exhibition basketball games.  I was the coach of an adult men's basketball team.  We play local teams for fun and spread a little gospel in between games.    On my second trip to Guatemala, I built homes during the day and preach at night.  The first village I preached at had roughly 200 in attendance.  While I preached, an interpreter would translate.  I took a few minutes to get into a rhythm, but we flowed. The subsequent crowds attending the speaking sessions grew with each passing day.  The last speaking session in the big city, Panajachel, had roughly 1,000 listeners. What a thrill! It was a landmark crowd for me. I am kind of an a...