I’ll admit I’m not used to preaching in a church= with higher liturgy. Baptists do not have much congregational response in = a service apart from an occasional “Amen”. Substituting= in our retirement, I found the audience filled with Lutheran, Anglican, an= d Methodist seniors as I stepped to the…

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem= ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2= 5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe= nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing…

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem= ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2= 5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe= nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing…

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem= ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2= 5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe= nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing…

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem= ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2= 5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe= nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing…

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem= ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2= 5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe= nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing…

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem= ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2= 5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe= nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing…

[First weekend of every month we quote encouraging or challengi= ng words] “Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.&= #8221; ~ Dr. Wayne D. Dyer=   “If you’re= offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.&#= 8221;~ Sheryl Sandberg  = “I find television…

[MORE of my resolutions WITH commentary, since many might quest= ion my sincerity in these monumental tasks.]  To learn how to pick locks. (It should open doors for me in 202= 5.) &= nbsp; To buy a cheap hairpiece for my bald spot.= (It will be a small price toupee.)…

[What are MY 2025= resolutions, no one asked?  My resolutions WITH commentary, since man= y might question my sincerity in these monumental tasks.]=   To lose the extra weight I put on in 2024. (But in = my defense, I had a lot on my plate last year.)=   To…

[Some of our blog readers might have celebrated too much, eaten= too many sweets, or just stayed up too late on New Year’s Eve. Here = is some solid advice for you to consider for 2025, if you can get your eyes= to focus!]   Laziness kills Ambition   Anger…

My wife Teresa was t= aking an afternoon nap on New Year’s Eve before the festivities. After she = woke up, she confided to me, "I just dreamed that you gave me a diamon= d necklace and matching earrings for a= New Year’s present. What do you think it all…

IT’S ALMOST RESOLUTION TIME. January 1, 2025.  A = time of resolutions.  I made one resolution many years ago and I have = stuck to it.  (I resolved to no longer make resolutions). At the end o= f one year and the start of another, many renewed the commitment to…