Category Archives: Priorities

Thanksgiving Blessing

Posted on 2021/11/25 by JimR, Chaplain

At the age I am now I find myself blessed and more than that thankful to God for those blessings. I find myself surrendering more each day to the things of God. I just want His preeminence in my life. … Continue reading →

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Suicide Awareness & Prevention – Lesson 2

Posted on 2021/09/27 by JimR, Chaplain

Now that you have felt my heart by way of the introduction you can see where I came from.  It’s not all of what I have experience that has shaped me.  I may share some more of that during the … Continue reading →

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Suicide Awareness and Prevention Class

Posted on 2021/09/12 by JimR, Chaplain

This class I will be teaching has a deep meaning for me as I’m sure it does with many of the people in attendance. Like myself many of you have been privy to suicide by friends or family.  In my … Continue reading →

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Studying Suicide

Posted on 2021/08/25 by JimR, Chaplain

The following statements from from my observations on the YouTube video titled: What I Learned from my Husband’s Suicide Lori Prichard I’ve listened to the video and could not help feeling this woman’s heart that has and continues to be … Continue reading →

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God’s Guidance

Posted on 2021/05/10 by JimR, Chaplain

I’m sure in your lifetime you have heard God speak to you. You may or may not have known who it was speaking, but I feel pretty certain most would know. I heard God speak to me around age twelve … Continue reading →

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Leave The Door Open

Posted on 2021/05/03 by JimR, Chaplain

I’ve wrestled with this over the last twelve years. Should I close the door or should I keep it open. By that, I mean my sons. I have two sons, both in the mid-forties. Both are married for several years. … Continue reading →

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What Would I Tell My Dad?

Posted on 2020/12/31 by JimR, Chaplain

At this point in life I find myself with a peculiar thought. I turned seventy years old this year. May dad passed away at the age of sixty. This being the last day of 2020 I look in retrospect of … Continue reading →

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Ain’t Got Me Yet

Posted on 2020/03/16 by JimR, Chaplain

Let’s see, I’ve had the Red measles, Black measles, German measles, mumps, chicken pox, my mom told me the docs told her I also had a mild case of small pox and an assortment of other diseases. I almost went … Continue reading →

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End of a Year and End of a Decade

Posted on 2019/12/28 by JimR, Chaplain

It seems like only yesterday I was sixty. That was 2010. Now approaching seventy I’ve found a plethora of changes have occurred not only in my mental state, but physical as well. No longer youthful, even as I presumed so … Continue reading →

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Heart On My Sleeve

Posted on 2019/07/30 by JimR, Chaplain

My wife asked me a couple of days ago why I tell so much about myself on my blog. My answer is simple. There are people in this world who have, are and will be going through things in life … Continue reading →

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