Author Archives: Jim Gleason

We remember things in different ways. We have a surface memory of past events and people’s names. We have a deeper memory that prompts us to do something, like go to an appointment or do a favor for someone. When we fail at surface memory, the consequences are minimal, like embarrassment. We we fail atContinue reading “When God Remembers”

This morning I was hiking a familiar trail before sunrise. It was dark and I was trying to stay on the trail, but I couldn’t see the trail. My steps were slow and unsure. Then I saw a light several hundred yards directly in front of me. I didn’t know where the light came from,Continue reading “Light At the End of a Tunnel”

Often our work at the lower levels of a company prepare us to manage more difficult tasks as we move up in the company. By living and helping with chores in a loving family we learn how to create and maintain a loving family of our own. By completing our schoolwork as best as weContinue reading “Our Work Works”

We put our trust in a number of things daily. We trust politicians and government to do the right things for us. We trust merchants to provide good quality goods and services at a fair price. We trust family members to be faithful and act for the welfare of all the family. We trust theContinue reading “Sincere Faith”

A couple days ago our family was in Yosemite National Park, surrounded by majestic granite mountains and beautiful groves of trees. I asked my granddaughter if she thought that God created all things by pulling the mountains up out of the ground with His fingers or did He create the valley by scooping out ofContinue reading “God Spoke And It Was So”