Jerry Scott

  • A life untended, aimless days

    The chaos that surrounds us demands that we impose order! Ordering your world requires that you pay attention to the details, that you mind the little things. For example, ever note a lawn that is mowed regularly, but the corners… Continue reading

  • The Gold Standard

    Throughout history, gold has been ‘the’ unique metal of greatest value. At various times nations, both ancient and modern, have agreed to link their money supply to a valuation in gold in order to bring stability to currency and trade.… Continue reading

  • How to lose your joy

    Bev and I walk a circuit through our neighborhood several times each week enjoying the sunshine, and hopefully, helping ourselves stay healthy. On one of those walks last week, I took note of a very big boat next to a… Continue reading

  • Good diet, healthy life

    Why are some Christians more loving to others, dedicated to the things of God, consistent and faithful, generous, kind? Why are God’s purposes and holiness so evident in some and invisible in others? It’s not personality! Sometimes you’ll hear somebody… Continue reading

  • My Wonderful Lord

    It was time for a break! The day was long, filled with people’s needs- the sick, the deranged, those desperately needing attention pressed in to be close. So, at evening, they decided to take the boat and go across the… Continue reading

  • A God of Abundance

    God cares about your needs! God created the world as a place of abundance where every need of every person should be met. I believe that. It is a consistent theme of the Bible. Genesis tells us that He looked… Continue reading

  • The Poor are my Brothers

    I once was blind, I am beginning to see Until very recently, the plight of the world’s poor people was an “Ah, that’s too bad,” kind of thing to me. It not like I thought of poverty as a good… Continue reading

  • "I’m offended!"

    Not long ago, I came to a car attempting a left hand turn across a busy highway at an intersection that was marked ‘no left turn.’ Thinking perhaps the other driver had not seen the sign I sounded the horn,… Continue reading

  • More than anything?

    If asked today, ‘what is your life about? what do you hope to be accomplished in your living?’ could you answer cogently, succinctly, readily? Would you need to scratch your head, think, fumble and perhaps come up with something by… Continue reading

  • Identified with the Poor

    Who is my neighbor? What responsibility do I have, if any, for people who are on the other side of town, or in a ghetto across the state, or locked into poverty in some developing nation? The issue it addresses… Continue reading