Author Archives: jackpelham

IN BRIEF: I plan to start teaching Reality-Based Thinking courses and seminars with live-or-later online offerings, starting later this Fall (2022) or in early 2023. Also, I may begin sometime this Fall taking on local students for beginning guitar, for … Continue reading →

If you want to get anything good done,There’s just no way around havingPeople of good character to do it. Much of our history, ironically, is the story Of people searching for another way—But not finding it—And of lots of people … Continue reading →

There could be more, but here are two common reasons the boy can’t swim. Nobody ever taught him how. He never figured it out himself.

It’s a funny thing how we Christians can be gloriously right about the one thing,and still quite wrong about another. One can put his finger on a truth you should have seena thousand times over by now, and still not … Continue reading →

Those who don’t know what pride isAre the most likely to unjustly brandOthers with that label. To them, “Pride” simply must beWhat is behind yourDisagreeing with them,Even if God himselfDisagrees with them, too.

If they can offend you with the truth,Something is twisted inside you. Indeed, why would the truth Not be a blessing to you?

You cannot know how all the facts fit together until you know all the facts. Therefore, you should know this about yourself: Your brain has faculties for making sense from the information it has. It can fill in the gaps, … Continue reading →

Suppose a man just wanted to talk. Suppose he wanted to explore the world in conversation with others and get into the deep things of life—the wisdom of the ages. But suppose he lived in a culture where, for whatever … Continue reading →

Of a thousand injustices that happen on our watch,We may perceive but a few—Even while thinking ourselves keen watchmenAnd being fiercely adamant about some of them.

There is nothing about the BibleThat keeps the fools away.You’ll find them in the pewsAnd pulpits alike, making their own useOf what it says and doesn’t say,As if they had every bit as much rightTo do that as the wise … Continue reading →