God's Shepherds

Gerrit W. Gong

"God’s shepherds are to . . . bring again that which was driven away . . ."

Gerrit W. Gong

Sorrow and penury drove me away.

My spirit was ragged and turning quite gray.

Kind words meant nothing to my shattered soul;

I felt that I never again could be whole.

Still, kindly shepherds came visiting oft --

until my hard heart once again became soft.

I may not be perfect, I may stumble yet;

but God's loving servants I'll never forget!

"Your Comment on The Most Powerful Arab Ruler Isn’t M.B.S. It’s M.B.Z has been posted in the New York Times."

Your comment has been approved! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with The New York Times community. tim torkildson | utah So now we're stuck with MBZ/a shiek who writes our history/He schmoozes with the Trump machine/His influence becomes obscene/I wish I had a dollar for/each greenhorn that the Trumps adore. View your comment If you're having trouble viewing your comment, please copy and paste this link in your browser: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/world/middleeast/crown-prince-mohammed-bin-zayed.html#commentsContainer&permid=100764353:100764353 All of our comments are moderated for civility. Have feedback? Let us know. If you would like your comment to be considered for publication as a letter to the editor, please email a copy of your comment to letters@nytimes.com – along with your name, city/town and phone number (the latter for verification only). ABOUT THIS EMAIL  This is an automated notification. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for email notifications from The New York Times. Unsubscribe | Manage Notifications | Privacy Policy | Contact Copyright 2019 | The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

"Your Comment on Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change has been posted in the New York Times"

Your comment has been approved! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with The New York Times community. tim torkildson | utah I fly the friendly skies no more/after all the recent gore/When the love of profit rules/companies turn into ghouls/Boeing is the latest case/of this corporate disgrace. View your comment If you're having trouble viewing your comment, please copy and paste this link in your browser: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/business/boeing-737-max-crash.html#commentsContainer&permid=100758077:100758077 All of our comments are moderated for civility. Have feedback? Let us know. If you would like your comment to be considered for publication as a letter to the editor, please email a copy of your comment to letters@nytimes.com – along with your name, city/town and phone number (the latter for verification only). ABOUT THIS EMAIL  This is an automated notification. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for email notifications from The New York Times. Unsubscribe | Manage Notifications | Privacy Policy | Contact Copyright 2019 | The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

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Your comment has been approved! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with The New York Times community. tim torkildson | utah Knocking on your door today/could be someone gone astray/without shelter, without food/Do you open or just brood/Someone else should have the job/to support the homeless mob/You and I can both agree/tis better just to watch TV. View your comment If you're having trouble viewing your comment, please copy and paste this link in your browser: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/nyregion/homelessness-shelters.html#commentsContainer&permid=100759913:100759913 All of our comments are moderated for civility. Have feedback? Let us know. If you would like your comment to be considered for publication as a letter to the editor, please email a copy of your comment to letters@nytimes.com – along with your name, city/town and phone number (the latter for verification only). ABOUT THIS EMAIL  This is an automated notification. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for email notifications from The New York Times. Unsubscribe | Manage Notifications | Privacy Policy | Contact Copyright 2019 | The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

Haiku Postcards to Friends

"Your Comment on ‘You Don’t Have to Be in Des Moines.’ Democrats Expand Primary Map, Spurred by Social Media has been posted in the New York Times"

Your comment has been approved! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with The New York Times community. tim torkildson | utah New Hampshire's in a gloomy state; and Iowa is too. The Primaries that made them great have vanished in the blue. No longer office seekers and their minions run around, spending lots of money to be one day White House crowned. The candidates instead are hooked up to slick streaming chats with their rich supporters who are loyal Democrats. Republicans, I'm sad to say, will not make any splash in those states because incumbents don't spend any cash. View your comment If you're having trouble viewing your comment, please copy and paste this link in your browser: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/us/politics/2020-democratic-primaries.html#commentsContainer&permid=100750701:100750701 All of our comments are moderated for civility. Have feedback? Let us know. If you would like your comment to be considered for publication as a letter to the editor, please email a copy of your comment to letters@nytimes.com – along with your name, city/town and phone number (the latter for verification only). ABOUT THIS EMAIL  This is an automated notification. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for email notifications from The New York Times. Unsubscribe | Manage Notifications | Privacy Policy | Contact Copyright 2019 | The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

Postcard to the President

My Poem about Trade Tariffs Against Mexico is Posted in the New York Times

Your comment has been approved! Thank you for sharing your thoughts with The New York Times community. tim torkildson | utah Like the famous Chang & Eng/ conjoined at hip when born/America and Mexico/ really can't be shorn/Connected by the ties of trade/ a bond that brings much wealth/To cut it off with tariffs/ is to threaten its good health/Trump's bugaboos now threaten/many good economies/Showing that his intellect/has turned to cottage cheese. View your comment If you're having trouble viewing your comment, please copy and paste this link in your browser:  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/business/economy/trump-trade-tariffs-mexico-cost.html#commentsContainer&permid=100748732:100748732 All of our comments are moderated for civility.  Have feedback? Let us know. If you would like your comment to be considered for publication as a letter to the editor, please email a copy of your comment to letters@nytimes.com – along with your name, city/town and phone number (the latter for verification only). ABOUT THIS EMAIL  This is an automated notification. Please do not reply directly to this email. You received this message because you signed up for email notifications from The New York Times. Unsubscribe | Manage Notifications | Privacy Policy | Contact Copyright 2019 | The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

Devotion leads to peace of mind

Ronald A. Rasband

"As we live with devotion born of faith in Jesus Christ, we will feel the peaceful presence of the Holy Ghost, who guides us to truth . . . "

Ronald A. Rasband.

Devotion leads to peace of mind,

when with Christ we are aligned.

With the Holy Spirit's guide

we can shun both sin and pride.

Truth is not subjective -- nay!

Not when God does lead the way.

Devotion born of faith succeeds

in filling all our wholesome needs.

Netflix Review. Legends of Tomorrow

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

How to explain the allure of this series? It's goofy and laid back in a way that other shows attempt but do not succeed at. And my Prude Alarm (which I like to think of as a righteous Spidey Sense) never tingles when I watch this show -- even though it's filled with the kind of leftist liberal twaddle that Hollywood dishes out in such massive quantities today.
No, I really can't think of an adequate way to explain this show's appeal. Except, maybe, to say that it's like the real comic books of my gilded youth -- the kind that featured implausible plots and zany villains to such an extent that my prepubescent cerebellum threatened to implode. They have just posted Season Four, and I am binge watching it like it was the World Series.
Is it possible to OD on popcorn and root beer floats?