The Simpleton Blog

Have you ever been surprised by an emotion? Like someone in your life will do something - and it’s not that big of a deal, but you have a really strong reaction? And you’re just sort of like - woah, where did that come from? Like maybe it’s a family member or a co-worker, and they’re always doing stupid stuff (anybody else have family members who are professionals at doing stupid stuff?) - and they’re always doing that nonsense, but for some reason this time it just sets you

Today I want to start by telling you the story about this beautiful boat. If you’ve ever been to Long Beach, California - you’ve probably seen this monster of a boat - called the Queen Mary. She was launched in all of her pristeened glory in 1936, she served through four decades and a world war before she was retired. Part of the maintenance of the ship was to paint the smoke stacks a fresh bright red every year that she was an ocean liner. 31 years! But then in 1967, when th

Well good morning everybody - as I said before my name is Pastor JJ and if I haven’t had a chance to meet you yet, I hope I get that...