Jack LaFountain's Blog

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:   And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.     Proper etiquette calls for a person to dress for the occasion, not the crowd. Looking at the verse above, it seems to me that standard of civility goes back a long way. But all the rules aside, proper dress is ultimately a gesture of respect, a matter of treating one’s neighbor as...

I find it interesting that readers of fiction want a book to give them the very things they shun in life. Conflict, stress, and...

“ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ”  Mathew 7:7   One of the things that...

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13   What does it mean to be strong? Christians give a...

I once took a job at a university children’s hospital step-down unit. I didn’t want to, but I allowed myself to be talked into it. Even...

I think this is the fifth time I’ve started this 480 th blog post. To be honest, I’ve lost count. Four times I started typing and threw...

“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.  1Corinthians:16:13 (NKJV) What does it mean to “be brave”? The King James uses the...

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation...

There’s an old adage in writing that tells writers to “Show, don’t tell”. I want to start a new one that goes, “Write, don’t talk”....

“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.”  1 Corinthians 16:13 (NKJV)   Standing sometimes causes me trouble with editors...