I was out among them today. Three stores and a visit with my friend Jim. Hustle and bustle wondering if more snow is coming our way. Gray skies and misty rain. Often the weather in Southern Illinois. Also, there is more wind than I remember as a youth. I purchased a Valentine’s Day card for MJ and the gentleman checking me out said I am one of the few men that buys their Valentine’s Day card before February 14th. I told him I had learned from being married for nearly 47 years. He said my comment was priceless…

We are all a part of something. We are home somewhere. We are known in the congregation. It is good to be the king and queen of our castle. Problems concerns and hopes are much alike. People are not so different. Media would have us believe that some of us are from Mars and some from Venus…we all live on Earth. More unites us than divides us.

Conspiracy Theories divide us. Paronia comes from the Conspiracy Theories. Us and Them is how humanity is portrayed. Many churches base their doctrine on exclusivity. Most will drown in the flood but we are on the Ark. The Ark is the Earth…we are all on it…

We are like the man who looked upon his mirror reflection and then forgot his visage. Later he kills his brother…blinded to his family…