Author Archives: Jim Gleason

I am so unskilled at putting things together that we rarely bought any unassembled gifts for our children as they were growing up. In the rare case that a gift needed assembly, I either enlisted help from my brother-in-law or my wife had to put it together. I Generally didn’t even understand the directions. IContinue reading “Instruction Book”

When I went to school, teachers used blackboards to write out important information for the students. You don’t see many of these today. At the end of the day, someone would use an eraser to wipe the blackboard clean and that information would be gone forever. Wouldn’t it be great if all the bad orContinue reading “Blotted Out”

The prices of some things is negotiable. Generally we negotiate the cost of a car or house. On other things we are generally not offered the opportunity to bargain on the cost. What we pay for gas, electricity and water is established by the utility companies and monitored by government agencies. Once we make someContinue reading “God’s Creation”

Our natural inclination is to exact revenge when we are harmed. If someone cuts us off in traffic, we want to cut them off. If someone embarrasses us, we want to cook up some scheme to embarrass them. If someone takes something from us, we will find a way to take something more valuable fromContinue reading “Evil Done to Us”

As I write this, wildfires are consuming large portions of land in the western United States and in Europe. Dry landscapes and weather make the conditions susceptible to the spread of these fires. Unfortunately, lives are lost or forever altered as the fires move. As I have gotten older, I have noticed that I amContinue reading “Consuming Fire”