Monday, September 28, 2020

TAXING QUESTIONS


Strictly civil for most, moral for a few and spiritual for possibly 10% of us: If President Donald Trump took full advantage of every deduction recognized as legitimate by the US tax code, what crime has he committed. If he for all his taxable years jumped through every legal tax loophole that congress has refused to close for the personal rewards of keeping them open, what has he done that makes him alone worthy of condemnation? If he has violated any tax law at all, where has the IRS been all these years??

For the 10% of the US: Matt 22:17-21: Romans 13:1-7



 

Sunday, September 13, 2020

 

LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING

About 5 years ago I had back pain, depression and suicidal thoughts. Insomnia prevailed. I would lie down to sleep but fear would overwhelm me: the fear that I may forget my wife's name, or that, if I did sleep, I may not wake up. I was diagnosed with West Nile virus by a doctor who prescribed a medication called Ambien and some other forms of rehabilitation which only made matters worse. I wanted to end it all and just go on as peacefully