Jack LaFountain's Blog, page 3

Know Jack #473 Text Without Texting

If caps lock is the bane of your existence, you might be a writer.   I was around for the advent of texting. Before that time most people...

Lost Crusader #252 Real Judgment

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,...

Know Jack #472 Second Childhood

Growing old is a blessing, a somewhat mixed blessing, but a blessing, nonetheless. It may sound strange but growing old seems to happen...

Know Jack #471 Well, What Do You Know

The exhortation to “write what you know” requires a writer to do two things. Some creative thinking and a lot of research. From across...

Lost Crusader #251 Knowledge of Sin

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.   James 4:17   A comedian used to tell a story about how,...

Know Jack #470 Belling the Cat

In a medieval fable, a group of mice plagued by a cat get together to discuss a solution to their problem. One of them puts forward the...

Lost Crusader #250 Seed Faith

For in him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.   And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality...

Know Jack #469 Anxious to Tell You

A good thing about being a writer and retired is that I rarely deal with deadlines. I don’t like deadlines. All the flip-flopping back...

Lost Crusader #249Giving Up the Ghost

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.   It seems almost nonsensical in its simplicity that there can be no...

Know Jack #468 Man of War

The preacher is a stock character in modern literature. His depiction varies little from author to author. You know him. He’s the...