An Engagement in Doing
by Paul T. Jackson
Back around 1995 there was a book, Trends 2015, and in that book, if I remember correctly, the author took us on a historical tour of what happened over billions of years, and made a case for the fact that as
FOOTNOTE: Starting Over
© By Paul T. Jackson
All of us who are starting over are really at the point of a new beginning. It would be far better to use the term ‘starting anew.’ There are lots of beginnings. There are new births, new jobs, new skill
FOOTNOTE: AUGUST 2026
I’m reading the book, The Dangerous Act of Worship, and thinking about how Christians are perceived, at least here in America by the un-churched, and those who have left the church, and in reflection, I am concluding, we as a gr
FOOTNOTE: JULY 2026
I was contemplating going camping this weekend, after a hiatus of some 8 years not
doing anything like this. Most of my camping has always been done with others or some
partner. I’ve been waiting for someone to be discovered who wou
FOOTNOTE: June 2026
Greetings again:
Love. This is one of the 102 topics and chapters of the Great Books of the
Western World in the Great Ideas Syntopicon volume 2 and 3 of the Great
Books encyclopedic set. There, in Chapter 50 we find, as Ed McMahon
us
Footnotes; May 2026
This past month I received a wonderful real life photo shoot of polar bears and sled dogs becoming friends, hugging and kissing and playing together. You can see it on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-Nyt4Bmi8
That g
I once had a poster placed on the end panel of the prison library shelving. It read, “Showing up for work and other keys to Success.” I also liked the poster that announced, “Those who say it can’t be done should never interrupt the one doing it.”
I was going to write a really neat essay on something or other, but forgot what it was.
A recent bit of humor, sent to me about the 83-year-old woman who talked herself out of a speeding ticket because, she told the officer, she needed to get there b
