Yevet Tenney

Recently, I re-read the gospels and marveled at the wonderful miracles Jesus performed in His ministry on the earth. I also marveled at the blindness of the scribes and Pharisees, who took no notice of His great miracles but chose to focus on His indifference to their laws and tried to trap Him into what we would call a “gotcha” question.

I don’t know about you, but I am going bonkers with this election process. It is a Barnum and Bailey circus without any safety nets or guide wires. The tigers are loose in the ring, the announcers don’t know which way to turn, and the photographers don’t know where to point the camera.

“For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he ...”
—Proverbs 23:7

That quote is a powerful, life-changing statement. Our minds – or our thoughts – allow us to achieve greatness or to remain in abject poverty.

In the weariness of winter, I start to think about planting my garden. I know it is way too early to put seeds in the ground, but peat cups and potting soil are my friends. I plant my tomatoes, peppers and cabbages in peat cups so they can get an early start on the season.

Cupids are flying in heart-covered windows again, and Valentine’s commercials sing over the airwaves advertising everything from cards and chocolates to footie pajamas and flowers to custom teddy bears. All this fanfare to delight our sweetheart and get a little something in return.

Lately the world is buzzing with talk of “climate change.” If the weather is too cold, it is global cooling. If the weather is too hot, it is global warming. The major flips back and forth in the weather has caused some debate in the scientific community. They can’t decide if it is global cooling or global warming, so they started calling it climate change.