by Judson I Stone | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog
I love using the One Word method of entering and traveling through a new year. I like because it simplifies the process of making new year commitments. I make one commitment instead of three or four resolutions. Simplicity can mean easy for some people. Easy is...
by Judson I Stone | Dec 17, 2024 | Blog
“Orders to move at 11… Set out. Hot. Packs like lead down the same side of river. Many fell out. Lunch on way. Toward Toul… Stayed at night at barracks built in 1904… Up awful hill to get there. Good beds. Canned supper by moonlight. Bathed feet. Good...
by Judson I Stone | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog
Matthew 1-2 My wife and I watched the new movie The Best Christian Pageant Ever. The humor, suspense, and resolution reminded me of the reason for the season—Jesus’ birth is for everyone, even the marginalized. The movie showed me the danger of self-righteousness and...
by Judson I Stone | Oct 15, 2024 | Blog
Do you read poetry? I do sometimes. Do you write poems? I do sometimes. Many of my poems originated in my daily Bible reading. The following poem is one such example based on two verses in the last book of the New Testament: “To him who loves us and has freed us from...
by Judson I Stone | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog
Have you been told to write what you saw and heard and then not to write something you heard? There are many references to writing in the last book of the New Testament. Jesus Christ told John to write what he saw and heard, but later a voice from heaven told him not...