Author Archives: Jim Gleason

No matter how much we love our children, we can’t watch them all the time. We do our best to keep them from harm, but sometimes they are out of our sight. So we teach them to do the right things. We tell them about some of the dangers that might come their way. AndContinue reading “We Can’t Watch Them All the Time”

I have written books, tracts, skits and plays, but that is the extent of my artistic endeavors. I have never created a work of art and I have never composed a single line of music. I admire, however, those who can craft a beautiful piece of art or a wonderful line of music. God createdContinue reading “Formed by Hand”

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”