Son-shine on Your Shoulders

  Good Son-Day!!! Do I Trust Her Can We Get Past This? Eve - Gullible  Adam - Culpable Abraham - Not trusting, Liar Sarah - Not trusting; Tried to cover her faults by blaming others. Isaac - Liar Rebekah - Bad mother, conniving  Jacob - Liar Joseph - Insensitive Jerk, Braggart  Moses - Defiant, Negligent Husband and Father Aaron - Compromiser  Gideon - Weak and Fearful Samuel - Bad Father David - Lustful, murderer, adulterer, bad father Peter - Anger Management Issues Judas - Traitor Matthew - Greedy, He enriched himself at the expense of his countrymen Paul - Christian killer What a hot mess of people.  It’s a wonder anything was achieved in biblical times with all the flawed individuals listed above. Yet, these same people played a significant role in shaping the core of who we are as believers today. Most past historians do not recount the faults of their leaders.  Instead they try to portray them as near perfect.  The Bible does not.  The...

  Anyway is a GOOD SON-DAY!   Packed in Purple Juice Yes, Now Go and Do the Same . . . with Passion The Holidays allow me time to catch up on some shows on my playlist.   One of them is Abbott Elementary.   I binge watched 1.5 seasons of the show.   The premise of the show is about a teacher, Janine Teagues (Quinta Brunson), who is fresh out of college and taking on her first teaching job at Philadelphia's Willard R. Abbott Elementary School, a predominantly black, underfunded, and mismanaged Philadelphia public school. Janine is naïve but passionate about the second grade kids she teaches. She will do anything to meet the needs of her kids. She works with a experienced kindergarten self-righteous teacher Barbara Howard (Sheryl Lee Ralph---The Mighty Quinn),   a tough South-Philly second grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti, a narcissistic school principal Ava Coleman, and recent substitute hire Gregory Eddie (Tyler James Williams----Everyone Hates Chris...