Posted 5/5/23 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Prov 17:22 Donanemab Da Da Da Da Na Nemab…Da Da Da Da Na Nemab…Da Da Da Da Na Nemab https://photos.app.goo.gl/XewasiNN8WrCkRkM7 OK…maybe my Minion Karaoke today or my Muppet one yesterday won’t help you pronounce it, but the bottom line…
Author: Mark Applegate
Christian, husband, and dad...and a workplace chiropractic geek and cornbread chef on the side. I am also happily the Director of Systems Alignment for the SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging.
Be Prepared
Posted Star Wars Day 5/4/23 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. -Prov 6:6-8 https://www.ky3.com/2023/05/03/may-4-2003-tornado-outbreak-community-stockton-mo-remembers-victims-deadly-tornado/ https://www.ky3.com/2023/05/03/caught-camera-ky3-viewer-captured-powerful-tornado-battlefield-mo/ (This is the town I lived in, a block from the house pictured in this…
Some Good News is Always Welcome…and some of my best Karaoke!
Posted 5/3/23 Bright eyes gladden the heart;Good news puts fat on the bones. -Proverbs 15:30 or, if you are on a diet, Like cold water to a weary soul,So is good news from a distant land. -Prov. 25:25 It is not super often when I let articles speak for themselves without beating them like a…
Hearing ‘Punkin’ (Poem)
(Poem by ‘Punkin’) Posted 4/26/23 Hearing “Punkin’” Science says it releases heathy chemicals to hear our name spoken by others When I was little boy, my Momma used a pet name for me (I was Punkin’) VERY early in life I held this “Punkin’” name separate in my mind from my sisters’ and brothers’ Even though…
Gas Caps and the Wisdom of Keeping It Simple
Posted exactly 8 months before Christmas 2023 For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. -1 Cor. 14:33 If you have followed this blog long, you are probably aware of my propensity to buy crappy cars. I drove Tempo One (RIP) for several years. He took a beating and was already an…
Radioactive Dragons and Other Cool PETs
Posted 4/21/23 (Given the title of this piece, I wish I would have written it on 32123 instead… In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.” -Isaiah 27:1 Not…
Unclaimed Property
Posted 4/13/23 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and…
All Heart
Posted 4/12/23 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. -Proverbs 15:13 Have you heard of the phrase “He/she is all heart”…or “He/she really put their heart into it” or the like? The heart is mission-critical in us being us for a multitude of ways. The Bible goes along with this…
Bob Bob Bobbin’ Along
Posted 4/3/23 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? -Matthew 6:26 I am kind of a hard atheist when it comes to belief in “Mother Nature”. There is no…
Wisdom from my Parents
Posted the last day of March, 2023 “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” -Isaiah 41:10 It has been quite a week. My Uncle is finally being put…