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...
by Judson I Stone | Aug 13, 2024 | Blog
Apologies are big news, especially the one in regard to a segment of the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony. Most of my readers watched or heard about the parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper. The French organizing committee scrabbled to do damage...
by Judson I Stone | Jul 15, 2024 | Blog
Americans have a history of struggling with prejudice. The recent protests over the war between Hamas and Israel illustrate this. Modern perspectives about prejudice are quite different than those held by our founding fathers at the time they adopted and signed our...
by Judson I Stone | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog
Death and grief happen in this life. They visit everyone some time. I am working on a biography of a great uncle. Death showed up when he served with the 51st Pioneer Infantry Regiment in 1918-1919. Members of Company B died with most deaths due to influenza and not...
by Judson I Stone | May 13, 2024 | Blog
Many people are familiar with the phrase ‘connecting the dots.’ It refers to a game, but it is also used to describe the linking of events, people, and outcomes in life. Steve Jobs, in his Stanford University commencement speech, Connecting the Dots, said, “You cannot...
