This post is an expanded response to a comment to last week’s post about Christian giving. I gave the person commenting a short answer, but I think this topic deserves more attention. Here is the comment on which the post … Continue reading Christian Giving
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do Bob Dylan If there is one life lesson that all of … Continue reading Doing What You Want To do…
I came across this hot rod with an airplane engine at a Oskhosh EAA Air Show a few years ago and it got my attention, along with many others. This might be the most creative custom hot rod ever built. Continue reading Look Up In The Sky… It’s A Car!
This is part four of a series on what the US might learn from Sweden. This week we will talk about wages and pensions. Wages In The US 43% of US workers earn less than $15/hour while the top 33% … Continue reading InDepth – Sweden Post #4 – Wages/Pensions
For this revisit Wednesday I give you a post from November 2012 about one of my favorite Christian authors. He is a Quaker and I align very well with most of their belief. I have read a number of Mr. … Continue reading Philip Gulley – The Examples Of Jesus
I want to qualify my words here to say that I am by no means an authority on beauty or the female of the species. In fact, I am probably one of the most amateurish in that field. Here I … Continue reading The Most Beautiful…
This is one of my forward-looking posts where I report on a possible future trend. I will admit that most of these type posts don’t just suddenly spring to mind; most actually happen because of something I read about the … Continue reading Sharing Office Space
It’s been pretty obvious to me since I seriously spent four years reading the words of Jesus that his teaching have strong socialist roots. So, why are so many who claim to be Christian against any form of socialism? Just … Continue reading Jesus Was A Socialist
“Nobody will ever win the Battle of the Sexes. There’s just too much fraternizing with the enemy” Henry Kissinger When I came across this quote its author surprised me. I never took Henry Kissinger as having a funny bone in … Continue reading Fraternizing With The Enemy…
With this picture, I want to celebrate the Rat Rod. Much of my 2018 adventures were to go to numerous car shows around the country. The one in Des Moines was probably the biggest. There were thousands of cars there, … Continue reading Rat Rods
I have used the phrase in the title of this post on numerous occasions. Most people, except maybe my wife, think of me as an intelligent person. I was kinda shocked when I learned that my IQ was 136, which … Continue reading Just Stories – I Went To Harvard, Yale, and MIT…
Anyone who comes to this blog via the WordPress reader or similar tool probably doesn’t know that I am taking RJsView in a different direction. I am narrowing its focus but broadening it coverage. I know that makes no sense, … Continue reading About Living Life On The Margins
This week we will concentrate on two major costs in the family budget in the US and compare how much Sweden pays for the same thing. Medical Care In the USThe average cost per family for a year of health … Continue reading InDepth – Sweden – Post #3: Medical Care, Transportation
I get many of my ideas for posts here on RJsCorner and RedLetterLiving from my friends at ProgressiveChristianity.org This is one of those posts. I don’t know if the book The Power Of Positive Thinking is still popular, I kinda … Continue reading When Positive Thinking Can Be Negative
For this Revisit Wednesday I bring you a post from June 2012 about a topic that I have always had trouble with and that is that women are supposed to know their place. “Knowing your place” has throughout history been … Continue reading Women Be Quiet!!!
I’ve really really tried, but I have just run out of patience for reading a 200+ page books, or maybe it is time I have run out of.🧐 I will admit that I have never been a novel reader. Almost … Continue reading I’ve Really Tried… But I Just Have No Patience For…
I have always been a dreamer and a person who constantly looks to the future. When I was a very young boy I would go out into the backyard of our 1950s $14,000 tract home and lay on the dewy … Continue reading Roads Not Taken
I know from personal experiences that saying you doubt something in your church can get you in some pretty serious trouble. I will make a bold statement for you. I am sure you have doubts, probably even serious doubts, about … Continue reading Doubts are seldom allowed In The Church…
A person who drives ten miles to buy a lottery ticket is three times more likely to die in a car accident than winning the lottery. Matthews, Scott. 1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You Need To Know . No … Continue reading Three Times More Likely…
When I came across this building, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It is actually a mural painted on the side of a building in Old Town Quebec. And it was not the only one. The green fence is real, everything … Continue reading Creativity – Canadian Style
This post is mainly about how you view your world. I will use myself and my wife as examples of two different approaches. I embrace change whenever I find it. In fact, I get down right bored when change doesn’t … Continue reading Nerve Racking vs Exciting – A Matter of View
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