Author Archives: jackpelham

Ponder this and let me know what you think! A lot hinges on how the believer answers the following question. It can make for wildly different outcomes of character and habit!: Is it just my own mind that’s responsible for … Continue reading →

Here’s how it works, folks! If you have faults and errors,Most opponents will use them against you.

If life were a contest,Wouldn’t it be interestingIf it were about who could come upWith the very best questions to ask GodWhen it’s all over?

America has an outburst every time they threaten to disarm her of her guns. She needs them, she insists, in case she ever has to defend herself against tyrannical government. “And is she planning to overthrow the government?” one might … Continue reading →

The scholar can burn quite some timeDocumenting all the ways to prove an obvious pointTo those who have got their eyes shut.

I’m pretty good at some things.At others, I’m terrible. And if I were to spend even more timeExamining myself, it is my hunchThat I probably would have written: I’m pretty good at a couple of things,Mediocre at a few dozen,And … Continue reading →

Unmanned and flailing wildly about—Its nozzle opened all the wayAnd whipping with such force As might kill the cognitive miserIf it were to strike him in the head—

When bad things keep happening and you ask that familiar question, “Why doesn’t somebody put a stop to this?”, here are a few supplemental pro-level questions you might also ask if you really want to know the answer to what … Continue reading →

If you were to ask me right this minute what thing Jack would like to fix about this world that might have the most surprising positive consequences in this beautiful-ugly world, I would say, “Funny you should ask!”, because is … Continue reading →