Jack Shinholser

THIRSTY FOR LIFE A cocktail of words and mathematics is a mighty dry drink when you’re thirsty for life and love. Jack

MIRAGE I thought I saw your face across a crowded room, the fleeting image of your body and smile. But, then, people got in the way. I thought I heard you and me and what used to be in a …

THE HOLY POWER OF HER FAITH After thousands of nights of sorrow staved off by the Holy power of her faith, the updraft of God’s joy, love, and wonder is lifting her in His divine creation like the winged seed …

HANGING ON Life gets very complicated when we’re trying to hide and protect all those lies and skeletons in the closet; and hang onto all those bad habits and self-destructive behaviors in the dark; a personal reality that only the …

FREE GOVERNMENT CHECKS How many free government checks does it take to rot out the heart and soul of a normal person and a great nation? Jack

THANKS FOR THE GIFTS FATHER, BUT I’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE I’ve been reading about an extraordinary man on the internet; he is an amazing person that most of us would call a whiz or a top-flight genius (not Elon …

THE GRATITUDE OF MANKIND Father we love the garden You have given us; we love to traverse its climes; hold these seas to our hearts, feel their motion, and inhale their powerful winds. We hold the stars to our minds …

ONLY FOR LOVE The human heart holds its true desires, its knowledge, and its secrets very close; opening fully only for love. Jack

TRANSCENDENT TRUTH — LOVE Love is that great transcendent truth that we children of God long for above all else in the world; that awareness of love, that we see in each other when grace lifts us above our insecurities, …

STOMPING ON A DEMON’S TOES A few days ago, on the 10th of September, I wrote about missing my AA meetings for the whole month of August because I let the very hectic demands of my life keep me from …