A Word About, … Encouragement As I sat alone eating in my favorite Thai cafe the other day, I noticed a couple having lunch, conversing, smiling, laughing. They looked married, and I supposed they were. Their interactions were animated, almost playful I think. And their lunch together seemed to make my lunch alone…
A Word About … Puppies I’ve noticed something about myself, lately. I don’t like what I’ve noticed, but I’m not sure there’s much I can do about it. I’m a lot more like our new puppy than I would like to be. Oh, she’s cute, and adventuresome, and inquisitive. She’s learning her name. Most…
A Word About Repetition (Pt. 2) “Don’t make me tell you again.” How many times in my growing up years did my little five-foot tall momma say that to me, I wonder. “Don’t make me tell you again.” Last week, I introduced the idea that one of the most important elements in a believer’s life…
A Word About Repetition If we meet on a street corner sometime, and you’ve been struggling with a particular math problem, and you ask me for help, if your question has to do with the multiplication tables, I’m your man. I can help you. I know what 6×7 is. It’s 42. And 3×4 is…
A Word About Buttons Last week, as I sat alone in a coffee shop thinking, I watched a little boy across the room, who was out with his dad, I supposed Christmas shopping for mom, or maybe a sister. As they were leaving, the dad said to the little guy, “Button your jacket now,…
Ken Jones · Classic State of Mind – 2026 2026 If you come over to my house and check out my closet, you’ll find two or three brand new shirts I haven’t worn yet. I got them for Christmas. I’m not even sure Ivetaken the tags of them yet. New shirts, sweaters, a new pocket knife….
Ken Jones · Classic State of Mind – Arrivals A Word About Arrivals I mailed them yesterday. Three boxes containing Christmas gifts for my son and his family who live in Southern California. I was grateful I was the only customer when I arrived at the FedEx mailing center. And they even had carts available,…
A Word About Milestones The other day in church I talked to a good friend of mine who is exactly two weeks older than I am. He said to me, “In five months, I’ll be eighty years old.” I told him I thought that was an amazing accomplishment. But almost as soon as those…
A Word About Moving I talked to a young man this morning who works in a little coffee hut I frequent. Often, when I stop there in the morning to grab coffee on my way into my office, he greets me and we exchange brief updates on our lives, how we’re doing. Several weeks…
A Word About Digging A few years ago, I had the opportunity to do a missionary construction trip in Belize, Central America with some of the guys in my church. In addition to our construction project, I had been asked to speak at a local church on one Sunday evening. As I approached the…