On Just About Everything
As I mentioned earlier, I am now limiting my regular posts here on RJsCorner to four times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and a short “trivia” post on Saturday. Limiting my posts here will give me time to do … Continue reading Explaining btw
Check out my new post at RedLetterLiving about reclaiming the real meaning of Christianity from White Evangelicals. Continue reading Check It Out
I have been a constant fan of the TV show Jeopardy and Alex Trebek for decades. So, as part of my revamp here at RJsCorner. Honoring Alex I am announcing that Saturdays here on my corner will now become Trivia Day. It will give you short snippets of info on things that are interesting but don’t really affect life on earth that much. 😎 No, the posts won’t be in the answer/question mode but the content will be similar to that show. I claim to be a jack-of-all-trades and will prove that with this new category. Continue reading Trivia Saturdays
As I have indicated on previous posts I am now starting the series called “Divided We Fall” or simply DWF. The two books that I have chosen to use as the foundation for this series are loaded on my Kindle Reader but, as I write this they have not been opened. There were two quotes that kinda points me to a possible solution to our national disunity: The Better Angels Of Our Nature United We Stand, Divide We Fall The first quote was included in the final sentence of Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address. He was pleading with the South … Continue reading The DWF Project
Check out a new post at RJsTravels about my visit to the Rendezvous at Ft. Bridger WY. Continue reading Check This Out
It’s been years since I seriously celebrated Independence Day but this next one will deserve all the fireworks in China. It is only 65 days away! Maybe you were thinking of the July 4th? I am thinking of the one … Continue reading Looking Forward To Independence Day
I’m not sure when the Republican Party stopped being the party of Lincoln and started being the cloaked party of white power. I think it was kind of a slow evolution. But, it is obvious that they now represent the … Continue reading The Republicans Have Always Felt Victimized…
One of the most peaceful places I know is the Pleasant Hill Shaker Village near Lexington KY. I have been there more times than I can count. I go there in times of my deepest depression. It is a place … Continue reading A Huge Sigh of Relief & A New Direction
I seldom do more than one post a day but have to give you a peak at the birthday card my wife gave me this morning. We all need a good laugh especially during the current times. In case you … Continue reading LoL… ROFL
I have been loosely following the latest Supreme Court nomination, so I thought I would put out some thoughts that go contrary to an Originalist’s view of the Constitution. Plainly speaking it makes no sense to me in that it … Continue reading An Originalist’s View of the Constitution
The US really doesn’t have a common history. Each sector has its own. The States making up the original thirteen colonies look back at their history with pride, but they often varnish over the dark times to do that. The … Continue reading Looking at Our History And Asking…
I think for most of us the term “Survivalist” means a guy who is hunkered down in Utah/Montana/Wyoming and has a large stash of guns and apocalypse rations waiting for Armageddon and all those who will attack him when it … Continue reading A New Meaning of “Survivalist”
For this Sunday’s post I am again sending you to my blog at RedLetterLiving. Click HERE to go there. Continue reading The 10 Commandments – Revisited
One of my many hidden ambitions is to be a life coach. Someone who gives advice on the direction you might take to in your future. But, in some ways that is what RJsCorner has always been about. It is … Continue reading A Hidden Ambition…
I was fascinated by this modern interpretation of the 10 Commandment when I came across them recently. I must admit that I didn’t really feel that the Old English version found in most Bibles applied to me. It’s kind of … Continue reading The 21st Century Interpretation of the 10 Commandments.
I always try to be an optimist but these last four years that is really a struggle. And then you throw in the pandemic and it became almost impossible. Almost. There are one of two possibilities of what will be … Continue reading Gotta Rename MAGA…
I want to thank Bob Lowry and his commentors over at Satisfying Retirement for giving me so many ideas for blog posts here at RJsCorner. The viewer discussion is beyond imagination for my little blog here at RJsCorner. This post … Continue reading The Value Of A College Education
I have decided to do an extended study of Humanism at the recently resurrected RedLetterLiving blog. Click HERE to see the first post. Continue reading Humanism And Jesus
There are a few people on earth who can think long term and then actually make it happen. Elon Musk is one of those people. The quote to the right is one of the primary reasons for SpaceX. I don’t … Continue reading Becoming A Multi-Planet Species
I have decided as my next project here at RedLetterLiving to take on the topic of Humanism and try to discover how that aligns with the teachings of Jesus. The post below was originally published in my main blog at … Continue reading Humanism And Jesus
I want to use the post as my official apology to the world for Evangelical Christians. I know that won’t mean much but it matters to me to apologize for this ugly group. I am a person who has proudly … Continue reading A “Follower Of Jesus” Apology for MAGA Christians.
This is one of my favorite bird pictures and I have thousands of them. I am presenting it at three of my blogs today so you don’t miss it. 🦜🦅🦆🦢 Continue reading Birds Of A Feather…
I recently watched an episode of the PBS Newshour where a doctor on the front lines of this epidemic described what he thought was the most tragic thing he has faced. He said it devastates him to see whole families … Continue reading The Most Tragic Thing About This Pandemic
The “For Idiots” book series is very popular in the US. How that came to be, I don’t know? I can offer two alternatives and both align to my philosophical stands. One is that lazy minds just don’t want to … Continue reading Climate Change For Idiots
I have never been a competitive person, except with myself. I don’t think there is an age that has gone by that didn’t have one group or person thinking that he is better than another. That feeling of superiority is … Continue reading Competition Just Isn’t My Thing
I know I am on the 2020 Election battlefield for another 43 days but sometimes you just gotta take a break. That’s what I am doing with this post George Burns sang he wished he was 80 again, he lived … Continue reading I Wish I Was 30 Again…
I want to present you with one of my 5star photos from my portfolio. It is of a junkyard in La Fruto Colorado. We happened upon it on our return trip from Santa Fe in 2015. I couldn’t believe my … Continue reading Most Beautiful
Don’t you realize how much damage you are doing to Christ’s church? JUST QUIT IT! Why can’t you see how you are acting is driving people away? JUST QUIT IT! I know you are deadly afraid that everyone is now … Continue reading To My Evangelical Friends.
Being a blogger is a major activity in my life now. It allows me to make connections with people around the world. I have been blogging since 2008 and have written thousands of posts in about a dozen different blogs. … Continue reading Introducing RJsWorld – A New Way To View My Blogs.
Let’s get away from politics for at least today. I have always been a dreamer making up stories about where I would be in my life xx years in the future. Those early dreams spanned from being a Van Gogh … Continue reading I’ve Always Been A Writer… Except When I Wasn’t
Like so many others, I found this T-shirt in the back of my closet the other day. I always wanted to post about it, so here it is, even if it is 4 years late. 🤪 I think one of … Continue reading Hobo Signs & Symbols
A hundred years ago most people who lived in rural communities did not have either electricity or telephones. Today the same is true for reliable Internet connections. Fast Internet requires fiber-optic connections. Most living in the hinterland are like me … Continue reading More About Starlink
This is the third Sunday post here at RJsCorner where I am re-visiting some posts I wrote over at RedLetterLiving about this book by Philip Gulley. It is one of a handful of books that fundamentally changed my spiritual life. … Continue reading If God Is Love — Finishing It Up.
In this world of “Us vs Them” so many think that you have to be on their side or the wrong side. I just don’t see it that way. I kind of sit in the middle of the things as … Continue reading Not Mutually Exclusive
This is a continuation of my look back on my blog RedLetterLiving blog before I activate it again. This is part two of a series I wrote in June 2011 about the book “If God Is Love” by Philip Gulley. … Continue reading If God Is Love… Part 2
As my regular readers might know the book shown just below has been on my annual reading list for the last dozen years. Last week was the time I did my 2020 reading of the Delany sisters. This book which … Continue reading It Wasn’t Meant For Us…
Anyone who has been around RJsCorner for very long knows what I think about unearned income. It is outrageous that money received that was not earned is often taxed at a lower rate than the money you earn be the sweat of your brow. To me, that is most fundamentally flawed part of our tax structure and needs to change. The vast majority of unearned income comes from inheritance taxes. Passing wealth from one generation to another is what is primarily responsible for our American Aristocracy and the resulting inequality. I know that the Republican Party, or at least what … Continue reading Tax Reform – Unearned Income
This is a continuation of my look back on my blog RedLetterLiving before I activate it again. It has pretty much been in hiatus for six years now but I think it is necessary to resurrect it in order to … Continue reading If God Is Love
For this Saturday post I give you my now completed µRV. It is a 1992 truck with a cargo cap on the back that was used in my furniture making business at the beginning of this millennium. I started changing … Continue reading My µRV
I too often take one of my most valuable blogging resources for granted. So I thank them for periodically bringing that fact to my attention. That happened just now as I was preparing a post. A screen came up thanking me for my past contributions and asking if I might make another. I still remember those days in 1970 where I as a recent college graduate started collecting my first twenty-four volume encyclopedia. Maybe that in itself deserves note here. In those days it was not unusual for supermarkets to have things that you could collect on a weekly basis. … Continue reading About Wikipedia…
One of the primary reasons for RJsCorner is to show you that not everyone is the same. I know we all like to be with people who think as we do but it is equally important to be around people … Continue reading Embrace Diversity
As mentioned last Sunday, I am putting here some foundational posts from my blog at RedLetterLiving here before I resurrect it in September. From RedLetterLiving Blog – Feb 2014 The church frustrates me. I was once asked by a wealthy … Continue reading Not Taking Jesus Seriously
It’s been an active week for backyard critters, so I thought I would give you a sampling for this Saturday post. We had a rare daylight siting of our friendly groundhog. He took up residence under our house until we … Continue reading Backyard Critters
I know that America is one of the few first world countries to never have had a king. That is one of the things I am proudest about my country. We don’t give people un earned privilege just because who … Continue reading American Aristocracy
