September challenges
Feeling a need to shake things up a bit in several areas of my life, I signed up for both the September challenge on 750words.com (write every day for the month) and on BlogHer’s NaBloPoMo, which...
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The sculpture in question. September 16, 2012 Yesterday’s wedding reception was at the Currier Museum of Art, in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was beautiful, the setting, the tables, the food,...
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Life is a little wild this week as I try to catch up from being on retreat and plan for a funeral on Saturday. We hosted small group yesterday, and between that and Lutheran Loafers, a visit, and my...
View ArticleFact checking
Recently I passed this image along on Facebook, as I liked it. I was too lazy to fact-check it, but one of my friends did and found it was not accurate – Churchill probably would have said something...
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Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. Mad Mom, bronze, 2001, by Tom Otterness, American b. 1952, at Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids,...
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I haven’t posted sermons in a while. Not so long ago I received some feedback from outside the congregation, which referred to my sermons as wandery. While that wasn’t the exact word used, it sums it...
View ArticleReviving Ten for Thursday
Recently I have found myself rereading my archives. This blog used to be more varied, I wrote more often, and posted pieces other than sermons (2011 was a particularly fertile year, I think). I used...
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