Author Archives: Jim Gleason

If you drive through Indiana you will notice that the corn fields are fully planted to the extent possible. Farmers would be fools to sow seeds in only a small section of their farmland and expect it to yield a bountiful crop. They sow seeds in all their farmland in order to reap the largestContinue reading “The Rewards of Generosity”

The weather forecast was somewhat foreboding when I started my morning hike. The prediction called for 90% chance of rain and snow. Yet, I was convinced that God wanted me to take the hike. So I started out, taking an umbrella and wearing an overcoat. My heart was calm and I had a sense thatContinue reading “The Right Way”

As we get older we fall into certain rhythms of life. We wake up and get ready for work or school, knowing the way and what we will do when we get there. It can become mechanical, until life strikes and something new comes our way. The pandemic and other world events have caused manyContinue reading “As For Me and My House”

Have you ever began to read a novel and decided to look at the end of the book to see how it ends, even though you have not yet read the whole book? Sometimes we do the same thing with movies. We fast forward to see who dies and who lives, or find some otherContinue reading “End of the Story”

Medicine comes in the form of a tablet, capsule, pill, or liquid. In these inheritantly weak forms, the medicines carry strong ingredients designed to do healing and curing within our bodies. Bullets are small and easily destroyed, but carry the power to destroy. Small seeds of grain grow into the food that transforms into energyContinue reading “Weak Vessels”