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Stay sharp
We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case… Continue reading
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Stay sharp
We need an active sense of humor during tough times. What do you call a pig that does karate?A pork chop. Why did the bike fall over?It was two tired. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?In case… Continue reading
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Oscar Romero – The Saint Who Shepherded His People Even When It Led Through the Valley of Death
Oscar Romero took this example of Jesus seriously and sought to follow the Good Shepherd as a loving under-shepherd. He could not be like the hireling and run away when his people were suffering, being oppressed, and being murdered by… Continue reading
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Gardens and Dust
Three Mediations on Selected Verses from Genesis 3 Continue reading
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On Fanny’ Crosby’s Birthday – March 24, 2025
A longer version is at: https://medium.com/@tomsims/remembering-fanny-crosby-be8751513645 "Frances Jane Crosby, usually known as Fanny Crosby in the United States and by her married name, Frances van Alstyne, in the United Kingdom, was an American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist,… Continue reading
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To Tell the Truth
It has been observed that if you tell a lie enough, people will believe and even good people will start repeating it. Because they are good people, others will believe it as well based upon their credibility. If constant exposure… Continue reading
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Turn Around – You Are Going the Wrong Way
Turn Around; You Are Going the Wrong Way Jesus could tell by the questions and the attitude behind them that the crowd was going the wrongs way, thinking the wrong way, and heading on a path toward destruction. Are… Continue reading
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Four Shorts for a Saturday – Devotional Mediations
A Prayer from the Vineyard Isaiah 5:1-7 I will sing for the one I lovea song about his vineyard:My loved one had a vineyardon a fertile hillside.He dug it up and cleared it of stonesand planted it with the choicest… Continue reading
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World Poetry Day
It is World Poetry Day. It is also Bach Day. Born this day in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque composer and musician (d. 1750). Poetry and Bach on the same day! What a treat! Here is an hour and… Continue reading
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World Poetry Day. It is World Poetry Day. | by Tom Sims , Ongoing Conversation Between Friends | Mar, 2025 | Medium
According to the UNESCO web site: World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. In difficult times, do not forsake the beauty and picturesque power of words to move, soothe, and… Continue reading







