Did I get this wrong … I saw it late November when shopping — The real monied world of today! We will corrupt even ‘O Come Let Us Adore HIM’ if it suits commercial advantage. Nothing’s sacred Even the words of this chorus rejoicing in Jesus’ birth. ‘O Come Let Us Adore HIM’ ‘O Come Let Us Adore HIM’ ‘O Come Let Us Adore HIM’ … Christ…

A mother answers her son’s question & 3 philosophers weigh in: — This story, like many in my Religion & Philosophy Collection is written for everyone … believers and followers of any faith tradition; non-believers and those who aren’t sure … and even atheists. Yes, this story is for YOU: A boy’s question to his mother: This is a true story: A young boy, part of a Christian family…

Difficult to believe, but true; and my daughter was a bridesmaid — This is one of my “Me” and … stories … true stories from my life. №.15: “Me” and a Half-Wedding. The bride’s name is Bereita, a former student of mine in the early 1980s at the Teacher Training College in the Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati. At that time, my…

Mid-terms are more-or-less complete … will he ‘come again’? — Last week, I posted an article at the tail-end of the US mid-term elections (Part One of a ‘Ho Ho Ho’ series) titled: Ho Ho Ho … Part One: It Looks Like The Man with The Red Hat is Here Again! I said then: “Even though I’m not an American…

Your name? … Your Occupation? … Your time doesn’t start now! — The Black Chair is where the contestants sit for the Mastermind Challenge a series on TV channels throughout the world. Once seated, the contestants are first asked three questions followed by a standard ‘start’ statement: Q1. “Your name?” Q2. “Your occupation?” Q3. “Your Specialist Topic?” At this point, the host…

And NO, it’s not Old Santa. It’s The Old Fella with the MAGA Hat — I’m not an American, but like most people around the world I have come to ‘know’ Donald Trump. We’ve watched him rant and rave; we’ve heard his incessant claims of “we were robbed”, “it’s all a fake” etc. and we’ve seen the still-lurking figure of the man who doesn’t seem…

Mr. P? … Who’s he? … You’ve guessed it: It can only be Mr. Putin — Yes! Mr. Putin the Russian President, is the man to whom I give the title: ‘Mr.P’ ‘Mr.P’ was the title of a song that I wrote way back in the early 1970s when I was composing a Protest song about Politicians, Presidents, and Prime Ministers, who use their Power blindly…

Queensland: Beautiful One Day … Perfect The Next … + God! — Queensland, Australia… God’s Country: The phrase: “Beautiful One Day … Perfect The Next” is very much associated with Queensland, Australia’s north-eastern State, and has been used as a flamboyant declaration in tourism adverts, to attract people to the Sate that is also known as “The Sunshine State”. It attracted me several decades ago after…

A guide to other people’s views. What is your take on this topic? — An article by medium author Dates Galore titled “3 Different Types of Love” ends with a quote from Alfred Lord Tennyson: “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” At the end of her article, the author of 3 Different Types of Love offers these concluding remarks: The type of love you choose to indulge in is your…