Douglas Kinney ⋅
Father, Poppie, Pastor, IT Tech, Composer, Singer, and the guy trying to figure out how I got to be so old and life so complicated.
What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis? Quote from the episode "The Desperation Emanation" (S4 Ep5) of the Big Bang Theory--By Leonard Hofstadter
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New Friends in Life After 60
Since I have started my new journey with this journal, my podcast, and facebook I have developed a circle of Virtual friends. Yes, I consider you all friends. I communicate with you all more th...
Pray for them who despitefully use you? in God, With Skin On
“Okay, I pray your brakes go out going down a hill, I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill, And knocks you in the head like I’d like to”..Some of you just laughed, and some of you are ...
Nerve Receptors in Life After 60
I have a belief system that tells me, “No good deed goes unpunished”. Okay, it is a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. That would...
Freedom FROM Religion in God, With Skin On
I find it interesting that the same amendment that gives us Freedom of Religion would, if read correctly, might and should give us the Freedom FROM religion. But I digress. My point this mornin...
Freedom of Speech in Life After 60
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. And ...
Just Forgiven in God, With Skin On
Matthew 5:45 states, “For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” In simple terms like it or not, some good people suffer and some bad p...
A Sound Mind in Life After 60
Well, maybe not yesterday. I do two different journals on this site and yesterday I published two entries in the same book. I was trying to do too many things at once. Science has proven (...
Humor in Life After 60
I am thankful for humor. Laughter is known to be good for people. I remember a news report that said people who laugh are healthier. I am not sure where they did their study but even the Bible...
Super Christians in God, With Skin On
Exodus 4:11states, “Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?” I never really thought my little blog/journal ...
That You Should Believe The Lie in God, With Skin On
Without naming names, let me say from the onset if this is your best life now, you are screwed! Those well-meaning, and I use the term with some contempt, prosperity preachers like to stay in th...
Cold Weather in Life After 60
Okay, maybe this is a stretch, but I know that without the cold weather and I mean below freezing the germs and insects would kill us. In my part of the country rocky mountain or spotted ticks a...
I've Seen The End Of You in God, With Skin On
I am reviewing a book called “I’ve Seen The End of You” by W. Lee Warren. Warren is a Neurosurgeon who writes about his struggle with his faith and with his knowledge that patients with gramblas...
Phalanges in Life After 60
Mr. Amie is a pleasant 71-year male who presents today with chief complaint of pain in the distal joint of 3rd phalanges of right hand. Pt states nki, acute pain began three days ago..... ...
Health in Life After 60
I am thankful today for my health. In my 61 years, I have had my ups and downs but today I am relatively healthy. That is until the doctor tells me otherwise. Then I may find out I am not as h...
Sudden Death in God, With Skin On
The best that you can hope for it to die in your sleep. God told Moses to go up on the Nebo and there he would die. Moses had a lot more faith that I have. Honestly, I would have taken several...
The Human Side of Christianity in God, With Skin On
This where I can be myself, honest and open. I am not a Super Christian. I have many faults and I have my doubts and days of misery and confusion. Add to that the times I don’t want to pray or...
Computers in Life After 60
I am thankful for computers/technology. Without them, I wouldn’t have this job which I love so much. Even a bad day is still a good day for me. So in with that in mind, here is a little unscien...
World Naked Garden Day in God, With Skin On
The first man, Adam had it made. Everything he need was provided for him, right from the start. The Garden of Eden was his Utopia…And then the woman came along! Hey don’t shoot the messenger, ...
Freedom in Life After 60
For all of her faults, America is still the greatest country in the world. Of course, I have never lived anywhere else so that statement is slightly biased. And I am thankful for the freedom we...
Hard Lesson of Life in God, With Skin On
For as long as I can remember I have been a bi-vocational minister. And I enjoyed it for the most part. But somedays it really brings me down. Working a full-time job and then trying to balanc...
Fall in Life After 60
I am thankful this morning for the fall. It’s bright colors with the cool, crisp air, (along with going back to Standard Time) bring me back to life. After a long hot summer, the air is so refr...
And So The Adventure Begins in God, With Skin On
God, With Skin On. Please don’t think I am saying I am anywhere near close to Holiness or Deity of God. What I am saying is that I am a representative of God, with skin on. Simply put, I am hu...
Music in Life After 60
Perhaps one of the more unusual things I am thankful for is music. I have loved music ever since I can remember. My mom used to tell me when I was a child she knew if I was sick by the fact I w...
Reba in Life After 60
I use to watch Reba every week on her show by the same name. I thought it was really nice how she and her ex-husband were still able to get along. Yes I know it was a sitcom but the message was...
Day Two of Positive and Encouraging in Life After 60
Today was a rough day. My parishioner was told today the cancer was worse than they thought. But this 81-year-old lady is still positive, and that gives her HOPE. And I am thankful for her Spi...
