Jack Shinholser

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 …

I MADE GOD LAUGH God caught me right in the middle of a very naughty fantasy………… and we laughed, and we laughed, and we laughed. Jack

AUGUST AND AA Sometimes, I almost forget that I’m an alcoholic and AA has to pull my fat out of the fire, as the saying goes Like it did a few days ago and has done more times than I …

A LITTLE BARNYARD FUN Down on the farm, there were two old plow horses resting in the barn after a hard day of pulling the plow in the fields. Billy, the first horse said to Spike the second horse, “Did …

ONLY THE HERO OR HEROINE AND GOD KNOW FOR SURE God is the only author that allows the hero or heroine of His play to decide their own destiny. Jack

REAL LOVE Love is not a payoff or a payback; real love is paid in full. Jack

SEAN’S WHITE COAT CEREMONY From the beginning, Sean, when you were a twinkle in the whole family’s eye, a beautiful expectant image of you began to grow, especially in your grandmother’s mind of what an amazing grandchild you were going …