I spoke with a man in Topeka last week whose job is to absorb all the worst case, bad news scenarios he can gather and turn it into daily briefings…
Read MoreGood morning River and others who might be joining us as we “gather for scattered worship” For introverts...social distancing doesn’t qualify as hardship...for extroverts...it’s very painful. I was talking with…
Read MoreProverb 7: A Story of Avoidable Destruction Hey River Family. My Name is James Smith and Terry asked me speak today. First, Terry is not Sick! He had a preplanned…
Read More“Old Town Road” set the all-time record last year for the most weeks as a number one song on the Billboard’s top songs...19 weeks. It was controversial in that it…
Read MoreBuild at River update: Build faith/build community -Encouraged and happy to say we are schedule to begin Aug 1 -Money given to the project along with money in reserve we…
Read MoreINTRO: Here’s the bottom line for today: Our hearts are the command posts(explain) of our lives...our hearts(explain) set our life direction and we can through consistent and wise choices determine…
Read More2.16.20 Proverbs 3 Baptism: Louisa Stirtz and Zach Pearson I’m going to make an extended announcement for the New Membership Seminar next week(not to be confused with the Member’s Meeting…
Read MoreCognitive Reframing...fancy phrase for changing your thinking about something. One of my favorite scenes from any movie is from We Were Soldiers Once...based on the true account of Lt Col…
Read MoreLast week I heard a briefing from an expert on what is called a mass casualty event, or a CBRNE event...chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, explosive ...one that devastates a city…
Read MoreMomma don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys don’t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks...let them be doctors and lawyers and such. Solomon didn't write…
Read MoreAbu Graib (gra-eb) Was a notorious Iraqi prison under Sadaam Hussein, it became even more notorious on an international scale in 2003 while under American supervision. That year reports of…
Read MoreIt is often joked that men don’t read instructions, they just start putting toys, furniture, machines together...the result is a bag of left over pieces. Generalizations like this are not…
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