Monthly Archives: December 2018

Cussing — it ain’t good for you! (Or your hearers.)

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Steve Simms

Using profanity ambushes you (and your hearers) with negative and self-esteem-destroying thoughts and emotions. Cussing fills your life (and your hearers) with the same destructive words, repeated over and over. Normalizing profanity is normalizing publicly spewed crudeness, rudeness, and lewdness. … Continue reading →

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Michael Andretti’s racetracks quote

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Steve Simms

“Running on different types of racetracks is challenging.” -Michael Andretti America’s race track has taken us in circles for centuries. To get beyond the race tracks: In the midst of divisiveness, search for the image of God in the people … Continue reading →

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+-Following Jesus is a long haul, not a quick fix.

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Steve Simms

Lite year: 365 days with little or no personal or spiritual growth–the road to incessant immaturity. Life goes better if we avoid lite years and instead open our hearts to God’s light. Don’t go through life at the speed of … Continue reading →

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Elvis, Tupelo, & race

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Steve Simms

My mother grew up poor in Tupelo, Mississippi, next door to Elvis. In spite of the strong Jim Crow (forced segregation) laws, they played with both black and white kids. My Southern parents raised me in Arkansas and Tennessee and … Continue reading →

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