Monthly Archives: March 2014

Thanksgiving Day

Church was at Rye Preserve today.  It’s not a premier outdoor venue.  There are limited facilities.  The pavilion is old.  The bathhouse is a little rustic.  Several of the “trails” are really fire-breaks and utility roads.  There is no manicured … Continue reading

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Accidental Cleaning

It was a morning like any other . . . Except my wife is out of the country, my oldest son, who is home for Spring Break, took my middle son to a track meet at 6:45 in the morning … Continue reading

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Conversations With the Homeless

Conversations With the Homeless. Dennis Cardiff followed my blog recently and is my habit, I popped over to check his out as I do with all new follows.  His link is above, I would encourage you to take a look. … Continue reading

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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

It’s amazing the things we don’t even realize we have until they are gone. As vital and important as air is to my very existence, I don’t really “notice” it.  Even being winded from a faster than average running pace, … Continue reading

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The LORD’s Anointed

So he said to his men, “Far be it from me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD ‘s … Continue reading

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Undiscovered Country

But that the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country . . . makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of? Read more at http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_001.html#sKI3buq1yAB8YoIo.99 It’s been a long week. … Continue reading

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Sabbath for Man. Not Man for Sabbath.

2nd week into the 2014 Lenten journey and I already blew my Sabbath commitment!  There are just too many crises – even with other folks helping out.  Jail, hospital, Greyhound busses, shut-ins, house guests, broken cars, etc. And He said … Continue reading

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The LORD Is With Him

Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and … Continue reading

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Not As Man Sees…

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the … Continue reading

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They Came A Tremblin’ . . .

So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, “Do you come in peace?” (1Sa 16:4 NAS77) Samuel is coming!  Samuel is coming!  Quick, make … Continue reading

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