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  • River Crossing

    We are not starting from a place of being entirely OK. We have been soiled by our choices, wounded by our transgressions, compromised by our surroundings, oppressed by our conflicts, and damaged by life itself. We have responded badly sometimes.… Continue reading

  • Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt plays “Gabriel’s Oboe” We may not die heroically, But may we live with such quiet heroism That someone thinks it appropriate to play Gabriel’s Oboe to memorialize our life Or at least, What we aspired to become… Continue reading

  • Praying for the Elected on Wednesday in America Continue reading

  • Tuesday and Wednesday Prayers for the Election and the Elected

    Updated, 11-5-205 As I type these words, it is Sunday, November 3, 2024. On Tuesday, America will elect all of its members of the U.S. House of Representatives, thirty-four Senators, assorted state and local officials, and one President who will… Continue reading

  • Tuesday and Wednesday Prayers for the Election and the Elected

    As I type these words, it is Sunday, November 3, 2024. On Tuesday, America will elect all of its members of the U.S. House of Representatives, thirty-four Senators, assorted state and local officials, and one President who will bring his… Continue reading

  • Wednesday in America

    America on Wednesday Wednesday is coming to America. Will we be gracious in defeat or victory? Will we be incapacitated if we lose? Will we be vindictive if we win? Will still be all Americans whatever the outcome? I am… Continue reading

  • 666

    Revelation 13:11-18 Then I saw another beast that rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it… Continue reading

  • More Grandpa Jokes Continue reading

  • Jesus wept Continue reading

  • Angry Voters Flashback to November of 2010

    I hear a lot about so-called angry voters this year and frankly I either have not met them or have been insensitive to them so that I did not notice their seething or the steam coming out of their nostrils.… Continue reading