Author Archives: jackpelham

A professional therapist told me once that most everybody’s got an emotional void inside, along with some level of drive to fill it. And I suppose this is probably true. At least, it seems consistent with my observations in this … Continue reading →

Here is a list of some paradigms that influence how people decide what to believe about things. The list that follows won’t describe any particular person, but a useful profile of a person could be built by observing which of … Continue reading →

Perhaps the biggest difference between peopleIs that one wants to do what is rightWhile the other does not.

Let me start off by saying that I have a very high regard for the Bible and its contents. I believe they were written by people who were under the careful and capable influence of God, and I believe that … Continue reading →

We all know that procrastination is bad—Having been bitten by it ourselvesA hundred thousand timesIn various ways. But it strikes me that we don’t realizeThat we were born intoA deep heritage of procrastination—Into a culture that’s steeped in it.

The truth about myself—both good and bad—is true.And it is true whether I see it or not—Understand it or not—Like it or not. And it is true whether you see it or not—Understand it or not—Like it or not.

I heard someone complaining about conservative Christians who cause certain teens and preteens to commit suicide by refusing to call them by their preferred (atypical) pronouns. They were saying it’s unloving, and that the loving thing to do is to … Continue reading →

Billy can dish it out, but he can’t take it. He’ll object to Larry’s church doctrine, citing particulars with which Larry is unfamiliar and challenging and questioning Larry’s position. And he looks down on Larry’s ignorance and his unwillingness to … Continue reading →

Funny, how after being such the championAnd wrestling with myselfTo make myself accomplishThe hardest task first,I am rewarded with neither cheers nor laurels,But with the realization that the shortened to-do list—Me having crossed out with a flourish the aforementioned Heroically-accomplished … Continue reading →

They say it’s important to do the hardest task first. And along the way to trying to adopt that habit myself, I have learned that the hardest task is not the hardest task itself, But is making myself do the … Continue reading →