• True Faith vs. My Plan

    Commentary by Julius Shoulderblade Is having faith not taking action when we believe action needs to be taken to control the outcome of a situation? Is faith only rewarding to the one who has faith? What does faith require a person to do? How do we know when faith demands action or emotion? Indulging in …

  • Hole

    Commentary by Julius Shoulderblade A sudden darkness over takes my world. Feeling of random emotions fly past me like birds on the wind. Some even manage to catch the current through my heart. A hole straight from one side to the other described to be rock carved as smooth by water. I have attended to …

  • Let Me Tell You About My Generation…(The Real “Green” Generation)

    I was born in 1940 and at the writing of this article I am 71 years old.  I grew up on a small forty acre farm in central Oklahoma and we didn’t get electricity until I was twelve years old.  We grew all of our own food except things like sugar, spices and flour, and we …

  • What Recent Disasters Teach Us About Personal Preparation

    As I watched the terrible images on TV of people trying to flee the horrifying  devestation following the recent Japanese earthquake, it became obvious that it isn’t enough to just store food for the future in case we are faced with a disaster in our area, that food supply must be very portable.   Therefore, light weight, dried …