Author Archives: jackpelham

Do you understand thatThe moment you start to introduceNew material for the consideration of the typical audience,The minds of most of them begin immediately toLook for a reason not to consider it?

You can lay out the feast for them, friend,Preparing it with great care and excitement,Thrilled to be serving and to be giving themBeautiful things. But before you do this, please understand What the people of this world are like.

Here are four various economic systems, explained in brief fashion from my point of view. Capitalism is where people swim at their own risk as they try to earn for themselves what they want—despite the fact that there’s always danger … Continue reading →

Whatever the day ahead may hold,There is such treasure in these quiet moments—Before the world has awakened—In which I may sit and reflectOn whatever needs reflecting,And to search out whateverNeeds searching.

It’s an interesting question: Whether those who are so goodAt not listening now will hearA word of what God says to themWhen they meet at last—

Reading time: 15 seconds I’m afraid it’s going to take longerThan your allotted fifteen secondsTo convince you that you should Increase your attention span so as toAccommodate those matters that arePacked with more meaning and importanceThan you can glean in … Continue reading →

The very fact that humans cannot all agreeAs to what is just and righteousShould stun us into a great pauseRegarding why it is that we each seemTo consider these matters to be simple enough.

There are three reasons (at least) that I can’t serve on the School Board. The first two are because I’m a freak, and the last one—well, I’ll tell you at the end, if you read that far. When they swear … Continue reading →

Some are all for being goodUntil it comes to standing upTo the bad people of this Earth.And that’s where they draw the line.They take no for an answerAnd retreat to a lesserFallback position—Still heroes inTheir ownMinds.

Even if Artificial Intelligence takes over the world,God will still judge you for what you have doneWhile in the flesh, whether good or bad.