A couple of weeks ago I was installing some windows at a cousins house. I brought up all of our family members that have passed and asked him if he thought he would see them again, he paused and said, no. He asked me and I said yes I do, I think we will see them one day. He asked me again and I said yes, I really do. I’ve had this exact conversation with my wife.
In so many situations we have to believe without seeing. Just looking back over the past 5 years we knew things were horribly wrong. All along many of us were praying that things would get back to normal. For years nothing seemed to change. We had to keep praying and believing some sense of common good would return.
Just the other day I was here on substack talking to Barbara Lee and she said “Pray, worship God with gratitude and live in the thought that good will prevail. I personally feel quite hopeful”. Shouldn’t we all think and live this way, Thank You Barbara Lee!!
Last weekend my brother came up to New Hampshire for a visit. There’s been a bunch of Bald Eagles around and just as we were talking about them one came flying over our heads, what a beautiful sight.
In the scripture it compares the life of a believer to an eagle. When a mother eagle is going to have a baby eagle she lays an egg. For thirty five days she has to sit on the egg to keep it warm. She never feels the eaglet kick, the egg doesn’t grow any larger. There’s no sign that what’s on the inside of the egg is alive. The mother eagle could think if it was alive it would move a little bit. At least she would hear something. But day after day the mother eagle sits unmoved by what she doesn’t feel. Unmoved by what’s not changing. On the thirty fifth day after no signs of life suddenly the little eaglet starts pecking its way out of the shell. Before long it hatches healthy and whole.
Think about the faith it takes for that mother eagle to sit on that egg that seems dead. Many times, like the mother eagle, you are going to have to believe something is happening when you can’t see any sign of it. Your going to have to sit on that promise, believing, expecting, praying, thanking, when your not feeling anything moving, when your not seeing any growth.
Deep down she must know something is happening that she can’t see. There’s something in the eagles DNA, something put in her by the creator that says I don’t have to see a sign, I don’t have to feel a kick, I know my baby is alive, I know my due season is coming. I know on the thirty fifth day this baby eaglet is going to hatch.
You may have promises you’ve been standing on for a long time, dreams God has put in your heart. Every circumstance says it’s never going to happen. What you’re believing for is dead. It would have kicked by now. You would have seen some improvement, some growth. Keep your faith. We have to keep praying, keep thanking God, it’s coming. We have to walk by faith not sight. The creator is going to deliver what’s in my spirit.
As we have witnessed things can change, our prayers can come true. Watching the video of you questioning that Pfizer executive is something I’ve been praying for, for years. It may not have happened exactly as I would have thought, in a televised congressional hearing, but still it happened. Keep praying and keep being faithful, your dreams can come true. Things can and have turned around. Happy Sunday everyone! J.Goodrich
Saw where the judge hearing the case of the attempted murderer of a SCOTUS associate rendered a very lenient sentence based merely on the fact the perp declared he was a she and by golly mean old Trump's EO insists criminals be incarcerated according to their biological sex. Our judiciary has obviously totally lost touch with what the Law really is, which fundamentally is a set of boundaries that determine how we conduct ourselves, socially and contractually. Those who take themselves from behind those boundaries are declared outlaws and are/were outside of the protections guaranteed by law to OUR CITIZENS. Our boundaries are defined by our Constitution. Since each culture decides which boundaries to apply, each had its own unique law book and these cultural boundaries should not be arbitrarily conflated. This means, for example, shria is not allowed in Texas.
You know, I wonder what would happen if we did TOTALLY AWAY with sentencing times and made it strictly performance and merit based. Everyone incarcerated for ANYTHING would have to demonstrate a complete and total repentance and change of character and prove beyond a doubt (isn’t that one of the criteria for convictions) that they were reformed. Hummm… some people would spend a very long time in “reform” (ie jail) far longer than sentenced if we measured the man (woman) by the content of their character. With modern AI predictive psychology, it shouldn’t be too hard to measure. This would be real justice and also protect society!
Raises the question is incarceration for punishment or reform? It has been a serious reform movement that has virtually eliminated punishment for some crime. And that nullifies any hope for deterrence imposed by fear of punishment. Does spanking impose on behavior? Sure did with me.
Corporal punishment doesn’t work very well past infancy. If you haven’t instilled a respect for your authority (mother/father) by then it gets harder as you get older. My Amish friends deliver most of it in church. Babies whimper. Mommies pinch. The last hour of church is pretty much drowned out by the training going on in the back rows. Works well apparently because by 3 yrs kids sit through a 2.5 hour service without a single peep. Most people assume that forgiveness and reform are soft on criminals. My particular form of retraining looks a lot more like the boot camp from hell. Prayers for forgiveness before every meal or you don’t get fed. Solitary confinement with Bible in a year piped in for the first year. Volunteer service to others. Letters of contrition to victims. Confession. Better people than I can outline the program. Some will beg to be shot. Others will come out saved from a fate worse than death. No one leaves until their character is genuinely reformed. That’s the role of the parole officer. Your days as a criminal are OVER if you want a life on the outside. It’s not punishment. That we leave to God. It’s a chance to get the discipline they missed in childhood and discover the guidance we all need from a higher up. Just my worthless two cents.
Barbara, As I was scrolling through the comments, yours struck me as I was going to write to James first and didn't. As I was doing something simple (that's the time for the best insights) I said to my husband, " I've got a criminal mind, we all do. It's all about choice". I thought that was rather profound.
And what happened to "swift" justice? The Muslim who wore an American military uniform - who shot and killed over a DOZEN of his supposed comrades - yelling "ALA ACKBAR" has YET to see ANY justice performed - for how MANY YEARS NOW?
Exactly true and again that’s validation of John Adams claim that our peoples republic can only be maintained through integrity. With every idea for new laws this admin considers it scares me to think of how effortlessly the left would twist them.
One HUGE problem, Rebecca, is that FEW American "Leftists" (read liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists and Maoists) who mange to embed themselves within our "legal" system could care LESS about the Constitution they all "SWEAR" to "uphold" - ESPECIALLY the so-called "judges" and "prosecutors" who subvert the law and prosecute and incarcerate political enemies.
My understanding is that the governor and AG are taking steps. Will have to see. This goes to what I have mentioned before, i.e., whenever they hit 15-16% they start yelling sharia. That area has been a muslim hotbed for some time and bet they have hit those numbers.
We live alone on a beautiful blue green planet that is unique in the universe. All the others they have found are piles of rocks in a ball. We are here for a twinkle of celestial time and rather than enjoy the beauty of our planet and all living things, we fight and want to improve on God's design. The RNA path and manipulation of the DNA of all living things can result in the termination of all life on earth.
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth”; and it was so.
"whose seed is in itself" is the key to God forbidding cross breeding. When man does it, like a horse and a donkey, you get a mule who is sterile.
“Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.”
The context, and in other passages, it states that what we seek and ask for has to do with God’s will, and not a Pink Cadillac (Rev. Ike scam that continues today with modern and false prosperity gospel grifters)—it’s God’s will that we must desire and ask, seek, and find, and sometimes he allows a fraud like Biden to destroy our basic freedoms to wake us up—yes, we need to be renewed from the inside out, spiritually, and seek God through Jesus alone. 🙂
James, more great words of wisdom. How can we survive without hope and faith that the world will improve? We may not see it in our lifetime but perhaps our children will?
As an aside, used to watch streaming video of a Cleveland peregrine couple. Buckeye (the male) played a vital role in hatching their eggs. In addition to regular shift changes, his lady didn't like rain and snow. I recall a morning when all we saw was a lump (of dad under a heavy snow keeping their fids warm). He was keeping the faith.
James, Now I don't remember if I told you that after my mom died she visited both my son and I on the same night. She said to me telepathically, "I have made the transition and all is well." My son came to me in the morning at work and said "I had a dream with Grandma last night and she looked younger and thinner". He was 19 and had not told me of a dream before. She showed up a couple more times before she was off to higher ground.
I love those verses and your post is perfect for me right now: I am grieving the death of my sister and I heard David Jeremiah speaking about Christians should not grieve and referred to Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 .. so yes, I know how to grieve and we should with hope because we Christians. I love the Eagles Nest analogy and have meditated upon God's wisdom w/ regard to both life and also when the chick gets big enough the Mother eagle stirs the nest. THANK FOR THAT AWESOME POST. God is Good. and I do know I will see my sister again in her new body as expressed in Thessalonians and it will in less time than I spent with her on this planet since I have less time to live right now.. PRAISE JESUS. I am glad I came on today
"It is this silent swerving from accuracy by an inch that is the uncanny element in everything. It seems a sort of secret treason in the universe. Everywhere in things there is this element of quiet and incalculable." (pg 81)
James, have you read, G.K. Chesterton's book," Orthodoxy"? The title is off-putting to most, but it's his journey- not a rigid list of Do's and Don'ts. Too many quotes to lay down here; its a re-readable! The book is a response to another writer's attack on theism. At this point in his time, 1903ish, GK is pathing his way from being a Pagan (age 12), Agnostic (age 16) .. eventually, he becomes a Catholic, in 1922.
Now - oh my. There ARE major attacks on our souls! I just found Mattias Desmet's stack, on the Transhumanist's goal to De-Soul us! He's written, even did so in his book that helped us to understand Mass Formation a few yrs ago, "The Psychology of Totalitarianism". He wrote of how a belief in God is/ THE difference. https://words.mattiasdesmet.org/p/the-de-souling-of-the-world-the-veil?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks for another of your Eagle high thinkin comments, James!
Oh my! Today was great! The Pharmahoe tribe almost had me spit out my coffee. The video with the sombrero guy speaking like President Trump was Hilarious! So very good. Thank you again for your time and humor. You guys are the best. Much love from a momma of 3 who didn't bend the knee for anyone or any shot.
10/05/25: Pharmahoe got me but good, as well! And the Trump vocal impersonator nailed it.
If you had told me in 1974 that in 2025, the people with the sense of humor would be the Republicans and the Puritanical intolerants would be the Democrats...
--- 1,000 news headlines (2025): "Elon Musk & Tesla Are Doomed!"
Didn't happen. Another reason why I zip right to the sports section, where --- for some strange reason --- reporters are prohibited from stating, "Yesterday, the NY Giants won a game scheduled to be played on this coming Sunday."
10/14/25: Apparently, the "prohibition" has been lifted!
1930: Coronation of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia --- in order to make their deadlines, London reporters filed their stories about the event BEFORE it happened...
2025: This was copied from ESPN on Tuesday morning 10/14/25 at 10:10 am, hours AFTER the Falcons BEAT the Bills 24-14!
"NFL Nation" wrote this article BEFORE the Bills-Falcons game (start time @ 7 pm Monday night 10/13/25):
"Welcome to Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. The Jets are still winless after losing to the Broncos in London, while the Buccaneers and Colts are shockingly at the top of the NFC race. In the AFC, THE BILLS and Chiefs bounced back WITH A WINS [sic] OVER THE FALCONS and Lions, respectively." (My emphasis.)
Yes, same here, rare are the days when they're on a first-name basis with each other. I cashed a football bet yesterday and only 24 hours later, had to send out a correction just now stating that my team had covered by scoring a last-minute touchdown, not a field goal.
On the other hand, I'm still as devastatingly handsome as I was back in 1893, so there, take that, Mother Nature!
10/14/25: Apparently, the "prohibition" has been lifted!
1930: Coronation of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia --- in order to make their deadlines, London reporters filed their stories about the event BEFORE it happened...
2025: This was copied from ESPN on Tuesday morning 10/14/25 at 10:10 am, hours AFTER the Falcons BEAT the Bills 24-14!
"NFL Nation" wrote this article BEFORE the Bills-Falcons game (start time @ 7 pm Monday night 10/13/25):
"Welcome to Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. The Jets are still winless after losing to the Broncos in London, while the Buccaneers and Colts are shockingly at the top of the NFC race. In the AFC, THE BILLS and Chiefs bounced back WITH A WINS [sic] OVER THE FALCONS and Lions, respectively." (My emphasis.)
My favorite “Imagine if you will”. We live in a crazy upside down world where good is evil and evil is good. There are still a lot of good people in the world. Seek out good people. Make a difference for good in the world.
We had a bumper crop of peaches on our peach tree this year. What a huge blessing. Peaches are my favorite fruit. Peaches and cream for breakfast is the best. I make a fabulous peach pie. We canned them, made jam, syrup, freeze dried, froze them, made 3 pies, froze a pie for the winter, ate peaches and cream. We also shared some with my kids, neighbors, members of our church congregation, shared some more with our neighbor, gave some more to our children and grand children. What a blessing our little peach tree is. I bet we had 1000 peaches on our tree.
Back when I lived in Central CA, my Dad used to stop by a local packing house and buy "culls"... Basically, the peaches that were too ripe to ship. Those were the best! Can't buy decent peaches at the supermarket because they ship them green. (Bummer, I live in an area now where nobody grows peaches.)
We bought fresh oranges from a local farmer who was a member of our church. The farmer left a box on his porch for money, whatever you felt like paying, no set amount. There was a ladder available, and ya picked yer own oranges right off the tree... Take as many as you can use. People were a lot more trusting back in the day!
My music teacher in high school was from California. He took us small town Idaho kids to visit cultural places in California. We saw the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. California Suite on stage. A couple of Musicals. We walked on the Hollywood stars , I put my hands in Julie Andrew’s hands at Graumans Chinese theater. Drove through Beverly Hills and Sunset strip. We also got to pick oranges and lemons off of his Grandmas trees. I had never had such a sweet juicy orange in my life. Sooooo good. The juice ran down my arms as I peeled it.
We have a peach tree too (will be planting more next year too) and living in the upstate of SC we have an abundance of peach orchards around too. My favorite peach recipe in make a caprese salad with peaches. So…slices of tomato, peach, mozzarella, basil leaves topped with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Ohhh Sooo Good! PS how do you keep the squirrels out of your tree? We have a devil of a time with those critters 🐿️
We have squirrels but they didn’t nibble on many. With our raspberries we put netting over them to keep the birds and squirrels away. Maybe put some pinwheels in the tree.
Sounds good. They devastate our peach, apple and pear trees. 1 day it’ll be full of peaches and the next day….zilch. The pears they just chew around the center of the fruit for the seeds🤦🏻♀️.
That’s mainly what we’ve been doing. You have to take them a good distance away (20 miles or so) otherwise they can find their way back. It’s difficult to tell if we’re making any progress! I feel like we have a neon “DINER” light in our yard that only the woodland creatures see!
The ASA, the American Swine Association, hereby informs you that we take extreme umbrage at being compared to the likes of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. We might be pigs, but they have a long way to go to reach our stage of evolution, and we demand that you cease and desist from demeaning us in this fashion.
Loved the meme about Trump being a garbage man and McDonald’s employee. 🤣 I loved it when he did those two things—the Dems could not keep up with his trolling, and most of all, they have nothing (present tense) to offer freedom loving Americans.
God has given us a reprieve, not to sleep like sloths and go on vacation, but to build up the walls of protection around our nation and our families. Most of all, we need to return to Christ as individuals and as a nation. Otherwise, all of this will be nothing more than memes and bumper sticker slogans, with a lost generation resembling Europe.
There are many “gods”, some religious, physical, political, and some are embedded in church rituals—choose whom you will serve—there is really only One True choice.
“And if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 (Emphasis is mine)
Not sure what it says about me but I can’t get enough of the sombrero memes. Johny Carson level humor and it’s funnier each time you see it. The weekend posts are getting funnier by the day. Sadly way too many folks can’t enjoy the priceless satire within their own hypocrisies.
Such a great collection as usual! I can’t believe how the Sombrero memes have triggered the Left! They really have NO sense of humor, especially when it’s directed against them! My favorite today! The sombrero wearing donkey asking us what did we expect because he IS an ass! So so true! Try to relax this beautiful Sunday. I know you and Jill have a hectic travel schedule ahead! 🫏
Was happy to see that meme re the word phobia. Have always disliked the progs getting away with tacking that word onto any position they dislike. Have personally never felt any fear of the pervs who throw that word out in any discussion re their perversions but I guess may need to revise that some given the violent bent we are seeing in tranies these days.
On my, these keep getting better and I cannot get enough of the sombrero videos. After a dozen times I laugh more and it just makes sense to enjoy humor like we used to.
A couple of weeks ago I was installing some windows at a cousins house. I brought up all of our family members that have passed and asked him if he thought he would see them again, he paused and said, no. He asked me and I said yes I do, I think we will see them one day. He asked me again and I said yes, I really do. I’ve had this exact conversation with my wife.
In so many situations we have to believe without seeing. Just looking back over the past 5 years we knew things were horribly wrong. All along many of us were praying that things would get back to normal. For years nothing seemed to change. We had to keep praying and believing some sense of common good would return.
Just the other day I was here on substack talking to Barbara Lee and she said “Pray, worship God with gratitude and live in the thought that good will prevail. I personally feel quite hopeful”. Shouldn’t we all think and live this way, Thank You Barbara Lee!!
Last weekend my brother came up to New Hampshire for a visit. There’s been a bunch of Bald Eagles around and just as we were talking about them one came flying over our heads, what a beautiful sight.
In the scripture it compares the life of a believer to an eagle. When a mother eagle is going to have a baby eagle she lays an egg. For thirty five days she has to sit on the egg to keep it warm. She never feels the eaglet kick, the egg doesn’t grow any larger. There’s no sign that what’s on the inside of the egg is alive. The mother eagle could think if it was alive it would move a little bit. At least she would hear something. But day after day the mother eagle sits unmoved by what she doesn’t feel. Unmoved by what’s not changing. On the thirty fifth day after no signs of life suddenly the little eaglet starts pecking its way out of the shell. Before long it hatches healthy and whole.
Think about the faith it takes for that mother eagle to sit on that egg that seems dead. Many times, like the mother eagle, you are going to have to believe something is happening when you can’t see any sign of it. Your going to have to sit on that promise, believing, expecting, praying, thanking, when your not feeling anything moving, when your not seeing any growth.
Deep down she must know something is happening that she can’t see. There’s something in the eagles DNA, something put in her by the creator that says I don’t have to see a sign, I don’t have to feel a kick, I know my baby is alive, I know my due season is coming. I know on the thirty fifth day this baby eaglet is going to hatch.
You may have promises you’ve been standing on for a long time, dreams God has put in your heart. Every circumstance says it’s never going to happen. What you’re believing for is dead. It would have kicked by now. You would have seen some improvement, some growth. Keep your faith. We have to keep praying, keep thanking God, it’s coming. We have to walk by faith not sight. The creator is going to deliver what’s in my spirit.
As we have witnessed things can change, our prayers can come true. Watching the video of you questioning that Pfizer executive is something I’ve been praying for, for years. It may not have happened exactly as I would have thought, in a televised congressional hearing, but still it happened. Keep praying and keep being faithful, your dreams can come true. Things can and have turned around. Happy Sunday everyone! J.Goodrich
On the other hand...
Saw where the judge hearing the case of the attempted murderer of a SCOTUS associate rendered a very lenient sentence based merely on the fact the perp declared he was a she and by golly mean old Trump's EO insists criminals be incarcerated according to their biological sex. Our judiciary has obviously totally lost touch with what the Law really is, which fundamentally is a set of boundaries that determine how we conduct ourselves, socially and contractually. Those who take themselves from behind those boundaries are declared outlaws and are/were outside of the protections guaranteed by law to OUR CITIZENS. Our boundaries are defined by our Constitution. Since each culture decides which boundaries to apply, each had its own unique law book and these cultural boundaries should not be arbitrarily conflated. This means, for example, shria is not allowed in Texas.
And .... It shouldn't be allowed anywhere in the U.S.!
You know, I wonder what would happen if we did TOTALLY AWAY with sentencing times and made it strictly performance and merit based. Everyone incarcerated for ANYTHING would have to demonstrate a complete and total repentance and change of character and prove beyond a doubt (isn’t that one of the criteria for convictions) that they were reformed. Hummm… some people would spend a very long time in “reform” (ie jail) far longer than sentenced if we measured the man (woman) by the content of their character. With modern AI predictive psychology, it shouldn’t be too hard to measure. This would be real justice and also protect society!
Raises the question is incarceration for punishment or reform? It has been a serious reform movement that has virtually eliminated punishment for some crime. And that nullifies any hope for deterrence imposed by fear of punishment. Does spanking impose on behavior? Sure did with me.
Corporal punishment doesn’t work very well past infancy. If you haven’t instilled a respect for your authority (mother/father) by then it gets harder as you get older. My Amish friends deliver most of it in church. Babies whimper. Mommies pinch. The last hour of church is pretty much drowned out by the training going on in the back rows. Works well apparently because by 3 yrs kids sit through a 2.5 hour service without a single peep. Most people assume that forgiveness and reform are soft on criminals. My particular form of retraining looks a lot more like the boot camp from hell. Prayers for forgiveness before every meal or you don’t get fed. Solitary confinement with Bible in a year piped in for the first year. Volunteer service to others. Letters of contrition to victims. Confession. Better people than I can outline the program. Some will beg to be shot. Others will come out saved from a fate worse than death. No one leaves until their character is genuinely reformed. That’s the role of the parole officer. Your days as a criminal are OVER if you want a life on the outside. It’s not punishment. That we leave to God. It’s a chance to get the discipline they missed in childhood and discover the guidance we all need from a higher up. Just my worthless two cents.
Barbara, As I was scrolling through the comments, yours struck me as I was going to write to James first and didn't. As I was doing something simple (that's the time for the best insights) I said to my husband, " I've got a criminal mind, we all do. It's all about choice". I thought that was rather profound.
Afraid we will have to agree to disagree.
You are going to be punished for that!
And what happened to "swift" justice? The Muslim who wore an American military uniform - who shot and killed over a DOZEN of his supposed comrades - yelling "ALA ACKBAR" has YET to see ANY justice performed - for how MANY YEARS NOW?
If talking about same understand an execution is,scheduled
In what century?
Me too!
Exactly true and again that’s validation of John Adams claim that our peoples republic can only be maintained through integrity. With every idea for new laws this admin considers it scares me to think of how effortlessly the left would twist them.
One HUGE problem, Rebecca, is that FEW American "Leftists" (read liberals, progressives, Socialists, Communists and Maoists) who mange to embed themselves within our "legal" system could care LESS about the Constitution they all "SWEAR" to "uphold" - ESPECIALLY the so-called "judges" and "prosecutors" who subvert the law and prosecute and incarcerate political enemies.
So, Michael, when the new Muslim CITY in Texas - built on Texas Soil - is completed, what is to prevent shria law from happening within that enclave?
My understanding is that the governor and AG are taking steps. Will have to see. This goes to what I have mentioned before, i.e., whenever they hit 15-16% they start yelling sharia. That area has been a muslim hotbed for some time and bet they have hit those numbers.
We live alone on a beautiful blue green planet that is unique in the universe. All the others they have found are piles of rocks in a ball. We are here for a twinkle of celestial time and rather than enjoy the beauty of our planet and all living things, we fight and want to improve on God's design. The RNA path and manipulation of the DNA of all living things can result in the termination of all life on earth.
That would make Satan and his demons happy wouldn’t it!
I don't believe we are here alone; there are greater, wiser beings watching, guiding and protecting our often unaware selves. IMO Thomas.
One might posit much of the fighting is for the fighters wealth and power.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth”; and it was so.
"whose seed is in itself" is the key to God forbidding cross breeding. When man does it, like a horse and a donkey, you get a mule who is sterile.
Jesus says in Matthew 7:7
“Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.”
The context, and in other passages, it states that what we seek and ask for has to do with God’s will, and not a Pink Cadillac (Rev. Ike scam that continues today with modern and false prosperity gospel grifters)—it’s God’s will that we must desire and ask, seek, and find, and sometimes he allows a fraud like Biden to destroy our basic freedoms to wake us up—yes, we need to be renewed from the inside out, spiritually, and seek God through Jesus alone. 🙂
James, more great words of wisdom. How can we survive without hope and faith that the world will improve? We may not see it in our lifetime but perhaps our children will?
As an aside, used to watch streaming video of a Cleveland peregrine couple. Buckeye (the male) played a vital role in hatching their eggs. In addition to regular shift changes, his lady didn't like rain and snow. I recall a morning when all we saw was a lump (of dad under a heavy snow keeping their fids warm). He was keeping the faith.
James, Now I don't remember if I told you that after my mom died she visited both my son and I on the same night. She said to me telepathically, "I have made the transition and all is well." My son came to me in the morning at work and said "I had a dream with Grandma last night and she looked younger and thinner". He was 19 and had not told me of a dream before. She showed up a couple more times before she was off to higher ground.
I love those verses and your post is perfect for me right now: I am grieving the death of my sister and I heard David Jeremiah speaking about Christians should not grieve and referred to Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 .. so yes, I know how to grieve and we should with hope because we Christians. I love the Eagles Nest analogy and have meditated upon God's wisdom w/ regard to both life and also when the chick gets big enough the Mother eagle stirs the nest. THANK FOR THAT AWESOME POST. God is Good. and I do know I will see my sister again in her new body as expressed in Thessalonians and it will in less time than I spent with her on this planet since I have less time to live right now.. PRAISE JESUS. I am glad I came on today
James, this story is a wonderful explanation of faith. Blessings to you!
Thank You LEA7, the same to you and your family!!
"Mysticism keeps men sane." (pg 28)
"It is this silent swerving from accuracy by an inch that is the uncanny element in everything. It seems a sort of secret treason in the universe. Everywhere in things there is this element of quiet and incalculable." (pg 81)
James, have you read, G.K. Chesterton's book," Orthodoxy"? The title is off-putting to most, but it's his journey- not a rigid list of Do's and Don'ts. Too many quotes to lay down here; its a re-readable! The book is a response to another writer's attack on theism. At this point in his time, 1903ish, GK is pathing his way from being a Pagan (age 12), Agnostic (age 16) .. eventually, he becomes a Catholic, in 1922.
Now - oh my. There ARE major attacks on our souls! I just found Mattias Desmet's stack, on the Transhumanist's goal to De-Soul us! He's written, even did so in his book that helped us to understand Mass Formation a few yrs ago, "The Psychology of Totalitarianism". He wrote of how a belief in God is/ THE difference. https://words.mattiasdesmet.org/p/the-de-souling-of-the-world-the-veil?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks for another of your Eagle high thinkin comments, James!
Thank you James, your words of hope and faith are very inspiring . I pray you are right.
Always look forward to your comments!
Very encouraging indeed.
Great post James 👍
Thank You Elizabeth!!
Thank you
Oh my! Today was great! The Pharmahoe tribe almost had me spit out my coffee. The video with the sombrero guy speaking like President Trump was Hilarious! So very good. Thank you again for your time and humor. You guys are the best. Much love from a momma of 3 who didn't bend the knee for anyone or any shot.
10/05/25: Pharmahoe got me but good, as well! And the Trump vocal impersonator nailed it.
If you had told me in 1974 that in 2025, the people with the sense of humor would be the Republicans and the Puritanical intolerants would be the Democrats...
--- 1,000 news headlines (2025): "Elon Musk & Tesla Are Doomed!"
Didn't happen. Another reason why I zip right to the sports section, where --- for some strange reason --- reporters are prohibited from stating, "Yesterday, the NY Giants won a game scheduled to be played on this coming Sunday."
10/14/25: Apparently, the "prohibition" has been lifted!
1930: Coronation of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia --- in order to make their deadlines, London reporters filed their stories about the event BEFORE it happened...
2025: This was copied from ESPN on Tuesday morning 10/14/25 at 10:10 am, hours AFTER the Falcons BEAT the Bills 24-14!
"NFL Nation" wrote this article BEFORE the Bills-Falcons game (start time @ 7 pm Monday night 10/13/25):
"Welcome to Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. The Jets are still winless after losing to the Broncos in London, while the Buccaneers and Colts are shockingly at the top of the NFC race. In the AFC, THE BILLS and Chiefs bounced back WITH A WINS [sic] OVER THE FALCONS and Lions, respectively." (My emphasis.)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46521411/nfl-week-7-power-rankings-poll-32-teams-2025-biggest-lessons
Yeah! Pharmahoe Tribe came close to juice coming out of my nose from laughing!
The sombrero guy is Shawn Farash, who does the best Trump imitation of anyone. He's on X and probably Insta as well.
Thank you for letting us know his name. He is so rad.
10/06/25: Ah, thank you. I could not recall his name. Will do better in the future, if brain cells cooperate.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised these days IF and WHEN my 3 remaining brain cells decide to play nice with each other!
Yes, same here, rare are the days when they're on a first-name basis with each other. I cashed a football bet yesterday and only 24 hours later, had to send out a correction just now stating that my team had covered by scoring a last-minute touchdown, not a field goal.
On the other hand, I'm still as devastatingly handsome as I was back in 1893, so there, take that, Mother Nature!
If it went for gravity, I might look as good as I did back in 1895.... :-)
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10/14/25: Apparently, the "prohibition" has been lifted!
1930: Coronation of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia --- in order to make their deadlines, London reporters filed their stories about the event BEFORE it happened...
2025: This was copied from ESPN on Tuesday morning 10/14/25 at 10:10 am, hours AFTER the Falcons BEAT the Bills 24-14!
"NFL Nation" wrote this article BEFORE the Bills-Falcons game (start time @ 7 pm Monday night 10/13/25):
"Welcome to Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. The Jets are still winless after losing to the Broncos in London, while the Buccaneers and Colts are shockingly at the top of the NFC race. In the AFC, THE BILLS and Chiefs bounced back WITH A WINS [sic] OVER THE FALCONS and Lions, respectively." (My emphasis.)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46521411/nfl-week-7-power-rankings-poll-32-teams-2025-biggest-lessons
My favorite “Imagine if you will”. We live in a crazy upside down world where good is evil and evil is good. There are still a lot of good people in the world. Seek out good people. Make a difference for good in the world.
We had a bumper crop of peaches on our peach tree this year. What a huge blessing. Peaches are my favorite fruit. Peaches and cream for breakfast is the best. I make a fabulous peach pie. We canned them, made jam, syrup, freeze dried, froze them, made 3 pies, froze a pie for the winter, ate peaches and cream. We also shared some with my kids, neighbors, members of our church congregation, shared some more with our neighbor, gave some more to our children and grand children. What a blessing our little peach tree is. I bet we had 1000 peaches on our tree.
Have a great day!
Back when I lived in Central CA, my Dad used to stop by a local packing house and buy "culls"... Basically, the peaches that were too ripe to ship. Those were the best! Can't buy decent peaches at the supermarket because they ship them green. (Bummer, I live in an area now where nobody grows peaches.)
We bought fresh oranges from a local farmer who was a member of our church. The farmer left a box on his porch for money, whatever you felt like paying, no set amount. There was a ladder available, and ya picked yer own oranges right off the tree... Take as many as you can use. People were a lot more trusting back in the day!
My music teacher in high school was from California. He took us small town Idaho kids to visit cultural places in California. We saw the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. California Suite on stage. A couple of Musicals. We walked on the Hollywood stars , I put my hands in Julie Andrew’s hands at Graumans Chinese theater. Drove through Beverly Hills and Sunset strip. We also got to pick oranges and lemons off of his Grandmas trees. I had never had such a sweet juicy orange in my life. Sooooo good. The juice ran down my arms as I peeled it.
Yum 😋
We have a peach tree too (will be planting more next year too) and living in the upstate of SC we have an abundance of peach orchards around too. My favorite peach recipe in make a caprese salad with peaches. So…slices of tomato, peach, mozzarella, basil leaves topped with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Ohhh Sooo Good! PS how do you keep the squirrels out of your tree? We have a devil of a time with those critters 🐿️
We have squirrels but they didn’t nibble on many. With our raspberries we put netting over them to keep the birds and squirrels away. Maybe put some pinwheels in the tree.
Sounds good. They devastate our peach, apple and pear trees. 1 day it’ll be full of peaches and the next day….zilch. The pears they just chew around the center of the fruit for the seeds🤦🏻♀️.
That is terrible. Is there squirrel traps. Maybe catch them and let them go in a park
That’s mainly what we’ve been doing. You have to take them a good distance away (20 miles or so) otherwise they can find their way back. It’s difficult to tell if we’re making any progress! I feel like we have a neon “DINER” light in our yard that only the woodland creatures see!
AWESOME!
That is terrible.Are there squirrel traps. Maybe catch them and let them go in a park
The ASA, the American Swine Association, hereby informs you that we take extreme umbrage at being compared to the likes of Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. We might be pigs, but they have a long way to go to reach our stage of evolution, and we demand that you cease and desist from demeaning us in this fashion.
That was good!
Hooves up on this one!
Ah ha ha ha 😆 😆😆😆😆!!!
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Hakeem & Chuck you Schumer are stone cold DemoCommies.
Happy Sunday!!
Loved the meme about Trump being a garbage man and McDonald’s employee. 🤣 I loved it when he did those two things—the Dems could not keep up with his trolling, and most of all, they have nothing (present tense) to offer freedom loving Americans.
God has given us a reprieve, not to sleep like sloths and go on vacation, but to build up the walls of protection around our nation and our families. Most of all, we need to return to Christ as individuals and as a nation. Otherwise, all of this will be nothing more than memes and bumper sticker slogans, with a lost generation resembling Europe.
There are many “gods”, some religious, physical, political, and some are embedded in church rituals—choose whom you will serve—there is really only One True choice.
“And if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; BUT AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 (Emphasis is mine)
HAPPY SUNDAY!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC10VWDTzmU&list=RDwC10VWDTzmU&start_radio=1
Not sure what it says about me but I can’t get enough of the sombrero memes. Johny Carson level humor and it’s funnier each time you see it. The weekend posts are getting funnier by the day. Sadly way too many folks can’t enjoy the priceless satire within their own hypocrisies.
There you go again. Coffee stains on my robe. Thanks for the sombrero/Trump bit.
Awesome Sunday funnies …. Thanks! More sombrero memes, please!!! T
I just love how you manage to keep up with perfect meme timing!
The bears were Perfect. Thanks for the Laugh of the week! 👍😂
Such a great collection as usual! I can’t believe how the Sombrero memes have triggered the Left! They really have NO sense of humor, especially when it’s directed against them! My favorite today! The sombrero wearing donkey asking us what did we expect because he IS an ass! So so true! Try to relax this beautiful Sunday. I know you and Jill have a hectic travel schedule ahead! 🫏
The party of JOY has no joy and zero meme skills.
The BEST way to stick it too the DemoCommies and RINOCommies is to LAUGH AT THEM!
Was happy to see that meme re the word phobia. Have always disliked the progs getting away with tacking that word onto any position they dislike. Have personally never felt any fear of the pervs who throw that word out in any discussion re their perversions but I guess may need to revise that some given the violent bent we are seeing in tranies these days.
OMG 😂 love the talkies!
On my, these keep getting better and I cannot get enough of the sombrero videos. After a dozen times I laugh more and it just makes sense to enjoy humor like we used to.
To paraphrase an oldie, the sombreros will continue until morale improves!
As a retired USPHS nurse corps veteran I can now thank God for Trump bringing sanity back to America 🙏🏼
These memes are soooooo good! 😂 Thanks Dr. Malone!