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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Kindness in the name of JK

Jim passed away in February of 2026, but his spirit of kindness lives on ! Pamphlets he created still abound. We still have boxes in the garage filled with the ones left over from his 11 years of  International Kindness Conferences at the Crystal Cathedral. I couldn't bring myself to just too them. These are nice color multi-paged pamphlets that not only cost a bit to print, but also have spiritual value to encourage others. 

So I added them to my evangelical lifestyle. I myself have my own ministry that includes handing out little "Christ cards" as I call them to people here and there and everywhere . These are various inspirational evangelical cards that I mostly place under parked cars windshield wipers at stores (lots of walmarts ) and other large gatherings of people. 

I mostly do anonymous evangelism in the USA because most Americans are so accustomed to brushing anybody off  no matter what they have to say ( in a kneejerk manner, most Americans treat other Americans as another annoying sales person). And if you persist in trying to strike up a conversation you immediately risk being accused of harrasment. Therefore, it is much safer to simply distribute them anonymously and hopefully they might keep and read them and take them to heart. You never know ! 

We are seed planters for Christ. The rest is up to the individual, .... and God ! The individual receiving the seed is the "soil". Some soil is ready for a seed. Other soil is too hardened. Some soil is good but doesn't get enough sun or water after the seed is planted (follow-up evangelism). That's why we need pastors and teachers along with Johnny Mustard Seed the evangelism (that's me, and others like me). THe hope is the card (seed) will lead them to ask questions, and seek answers, and they will try to find a place where they can get answers: ie the church in most cases. 

Anyways, that's a long rambling way to say I am also handing out Jim's kindness pamphlets along with my evangelical Christ cards, across America. I hope you too find a way to reach people with the Good News. God bless you 
 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

special edition of JK's "Angel Series" (audio/visual) pertaining to his final days (on earth)






 below: artistic renderings of JK's final days                            based on actual photographs

JK taught a course on angels at the Crystal Cathedral (probably not in the actual cathedral itself but in the nearby arboretum which was the original church) over the course of several months unbeknownst to me at the time but I came across an old audio cassette recording of these presentations after his death. 

In one particular segment JK spoke specifically about angels at the time of death and his belief that they are there to comfort those who are dying and protect them from sheer agony and terror.

I was there with JK in his final days. He was still able to talk a little and even enjoyed a final wheelchair walk to the park with me pushing him. And at the park there is an exercise area that he always enjoyed (when healthy enough to use ) and I pushed him up to one of the exercise machines and was stunned that he was eager and able to do about 10 reps on each of the arm machines only a few days before he died.

I wonder now if the angels were already ministering to him and gave him this boost of energy at a time when it seemed naturally impossible for him to do on his own ?! 

 below: artistic renderings of JK's final days                            based on actual photographs

For He shall give His angels 
charge over thee,
to keep thee in all thy ways. 
(Psalm 91:11)




rest-in-peace beloved father, pastor, 
teacher, grandpa, uncle, 
CPE supervisor,  & most importantly, BELIEVER in 
JESUS CHRIST as Savior !

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

new: adding audio to Jim's Iowa City Sermons (in progress)





these are sermons from Jim's time as the senior pastor at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Iowa City Iowa in the 1960's (before he became CPE supervisor at Pine Rest). JK saved them all the way to California where he later worked at the Crystal Cathedral. The manuscripts were found in garage files after he died in February 2026. Subsequently, I converted them and created text-to-voice so they can be listened to (not his actual voice which should be obvious) and also added some visual illustrations. 

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to the 1st 12 sermons combined
 (1 hour 15 minutes)

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click here to listen/view on website

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or on YouTube below

 click here (1st 4)

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and here (2nd 4) 



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and here (3rd 4) 


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more to come (in progress)