November 14, 2025

Ballantyne Ginkgo Biloba Park — Charlotte, North Carolina

How do we know what to do when? How can we be sure that the way we see things is the way things are? Why do we see things the way we see things? What guides our boat on its path through the sea? What makes us think that what we want is the best thing for us to want here, now? Where do our ideas about how things ought to be come from? Who would be most pleased with the way we do things? How often do we examine our choices and evaluate the way we are living our life? What evidence do we consider in determining that the way we do things is the way to do things? What leads us to believe we are right about the things we believe are right? When is the last time we changed our mind about anything? How often do we take questions like these into consideration?

Published by jimwdollar

I'm retired, and still finding my way--but now, I don't have to pretend that I know what I'm doing. I retired after 40.5 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, serving churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina. I graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Austin, Texas, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. My wife, Judy, and I have three daughters, five granddaughters, one great granddaughter, and a great grandson on the way, within about ten minutes from where we live--and are enjoying our retirement as much as we have ever enjoyed anything.

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