Joseph F. Radosevich

You don't need weed cloth. You need thicker mulch. I've written on this before, but I see it all the time. It's in parks and at homes. The recommendations are all over YouTube.  Here is why you don't need weed cloth: Weeds most often grow because the seeds blow in on the wind, get stirred up to the surface by being disturbed, get carried in with the mulch, or travel on the bottoms of shoes. You can't prevent weed seeds from coming in. Weed cloth only prevents seeds that are below it from germinating. If the weeds start growing on top of it, then it cannot help them. I learned from a gardener/florist/nursery owner years ago that you need thick mulch to choke out the seeds that are below. You pick the handful of weeds that grow on the top. As the mulch breaks down, you have to replace it and smother the seeds that have moved in. A related lesson is that you should take advice from people who have demonstrated expertise. The guy on YouTube wearing fancy white Nike shoe...

Don't talk more about pastor work than you talk about Jesus. I'm concerned that there are many pastors and church leaders who are more concerned with getting [fill in the blank] right than they talk about Jesus. They are more concerned with growth, church polity, leadership skills, church discipline, or cultural issues than with the beauty of the king of kings. They are right theologically. Their methods are perfect (as they can make them). Their churches are pure (supposedly). But they never talk about the head of the church. It is a real danger to be distracted by good things or tools. Many of the things that distract us are good and relevant such as church structure, theology, or cultural issues. We can't ignore God's word under the excuse of "just loving Jesus." However, if we don't ever talk about how wonderful Jesus is, then we've lost our way. That goes for parents. Do we talk more about our kids' future careers or their to-do list than we d...