Eccles' Stories

                          Notice: No names of persons, places or things                 mentioned in this story being alive or dead,  is real but are a complete work of fiction. As is so in all my Thunder stories.                   Thunder had just gotten a telegram making him and his roommate Jimmy heads of the Pizza House.   Thunder was so excited that he jumped six feet off the ground, but did not know what Jimmy would think.   Thunder figured he would speak to Jimmy later that night, and got on with his  next therapy client.  After all, Pizza House, was where Jimmy worked.                   Bella, the health inspector, came into the Pizza House, asking to speak to the manager, as  well as Jimmy.  The manager brushed her long, silky, hair back, and said to Jimmy, "Come on I don't know what you did now but it must have been pretty serious.  The health inspector wants to see both  of us."  So, they both washed their hands before seeing Bella.                     Bella th

                                                       It was early one Saturday morning in April, and Jimmy had just cleared the table. Thunder was doing the dishes, as each adjusted their voice translator boxes.  They each started  drinking a cup of coffee.  As they each reminisces over the first time the two of them had met.                    Thunder sipped his cup of coffee, and asked Jimmy if he recalled the first time the two of them had met.  Jimmy's reply was, "Well, as I recall right I had replied to an add in the local news paper.  It said applicants must love dogs, and pizza.    I loved all animals with the exception of Canadian Geese, who leave their messes all over the place.  I work for the Pizza House, so that was just a bonus."                Thunder laughed and said, "I recall your entrance with pizza sauce all over the seat of your  pants.   You then asked to come into my house with a hot pizza in your hand, and a two-litter diet soda. You asked me

              As I look back in time to my teen years, I think of going to a small congregation of about  fifteen to twenty-five people.  Yet it was from that church that I was heavily affected.  It was there  that my concern for the size of the church became so strong.  It was there that I learned that the average  adults attention span was fifteen to twenty minutes long not thirty or more for a lesson.               My concern for church growth grew.  I was in the wrong area, and by the time I was in the  correct area none would work with me.  They were either afraid of me due to the fact that I spent time in the south or were unsure of my ideas.  I often wonder if we will let the dead run our lives today, or work with the living that we have with us.                I strongly believe that a church can live longer than seventy years if they but try.  A human  being might not live more than seventy-five years, but a church is made up of people of both young and  old.  It will only die

                   To strengthen your brethren means to build one another up.  We are told this in Hebrews.  3:13.    Which comes from the Greek word parakaleo, meaning to call near, invite, invoke, (by  imploration, exhortation, or consultation) beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, exhort,  (given) exhortation, entreat, pray.                 According to Thayer's it is to call to one's side, call for summon, indicating the purpose.   Which may be done in a way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction.  A good example of this  is what I hear that one of the brothers in the church does daily that I go to when he sends out the  scriptures through text to certain individual's phones.  This type of thing strengthens the brethren.                The way we exhort one another today is done differently than in times past.  In times past they would live in tribal communes and things would be done afoot.  Today it is all done by phone, e-mail,  or social media, as

           One day Jimmy & Thunder drinking coffee next to the fireplace having a chat.  Jimmy at this time mentions Thunder's library, and the fact that he had a number of books that were American History  books.  He then asked, "Why, what does American History have to do with you?"           To that Thunder sat back drank a sip of coffee, cleared his throat, lit his pipe, and said, "While it is true that not until the SPCA got the bill passed in congress making all animals and humans alike we were not really that important.  Now of course, we find in American History that Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression and was given a dog that they named Fido.  People have named their dogs  Fido ever since.  Fido was a yellow mutt who went all over Springfield, Illinois, with Aberaham  Lincoln. "            At that point Jimmy spoke up, and said, "Sounds to me like Fido was a pretty important part in American History.  Did Fido go to the White House?"  

        One day Dr. Kroger and Thunder were talking about putting a basketball team together while they  were having tea.  She thought it would be a way of having recreational therapy for the clients.  Thunder took a look at the list and realized for the most part they were young.  I might add that even though he  had young patients for the most part they would try his nerves.  Truth be known that is exactly what he  told Dr. Kroger.        Doctor Kroger just reminded him that he was young once too.  They then looked over the list of the twelve animals that were written down.         1.) Penelope the porcupine (quite fat from playing on the computer all the time.).        2.) Fred the bullfrog, who had a fat gene.        3.) Rod the snake, who let life slither by him.        4.) Jeannie the cat, who sat by the road in diamonds.        5.) Lucy a quail, who flew in the sky with diamonds.        6.) Scott a Billy goat, who did too much grass until it went to his head.        7.)  Paul th

              It was a pleasant, sunny day outside with a temperature of seventy-five degrees outside.   Thunder was outside taking a break from his therapy sessions drinking a diet soda.  When all of a  sudden his next-door neighbor a two-year, golden poo (named Lilly) came over to him.  Thunder rolled  his eyes to the heavens and asked what she wanted.  To which Lilly said, "I'm bored, there is nothing to  do around hear."            Thunder looked at her in disgust and said, "What am I supposed to do about that, am I your  entertainer?    You could always go read a book, or play on a computer which you kids are so fond of  these days.  Don't you have any friends to socialize with?  You kids these days get bored awful easy."            Lilly jumped back a little bit.  Then she said, "I have an idea we could have a race.  I could  invite some of my associates, and you could invite some of yours.  We could call it The Great Race! We could even invite WP