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John 3:15 So that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. With the passing of Ray Manzarek of The Doors, my youthful days become even more distant. I am sure that those who were teens and young adults in the 1960's squint even harder to see the past. As a cloud than vanishes away in the hot afternoon. The scorching winds of time whisking life away. This is the end, my only friend the end.....of everything that stands the end....I'll never look into your eyes again . Beautiful poetry, quite sad. Perfect for adolescent angst. The End , the magnus opus of The Doors. Every great band has one song that defines their best work. I had a pattern as a teen to adopt a band and then listen to them incessantly like a perseverating autistic child. The Doors and The Jimi Hendrix Experience were by far the two most prolific on my playlist. It was a good yet destructive habit. I appreciated the intelligence of the music yet it was...

Revelation 3:2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. I was chatting with the mom on Mother's Day. No coincidence there. She reminded me that after she and my dad split up, she yearned to return California with us four kids in tow. She had grown up as an Army brat living all over the world and California had become home. She graduated from college in California and she and my dad started out their married life in California. California then was often thought of an earthly paradise. In the 1950s, America was in the post-war boom and California is where a lot of people wanted to ride their dream rocket ship to. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, in their song Californication , have a lyric : "Space May Be the Final Frontier, But It is Made in a Hollywood Basement ." Sun all of the time. No winter. Endless waves. Pretty girls, muscled men. Life tan. It will burn you.   California...