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Serving Time

Each spring there are many people who grow pumpkins for pies and carving… and even hurling!  And then there are those individuals who thrive on the challenge of raising Giant Pumpkins to enter into competition.  And by “giant” I don’t … Continue reading

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How Can I Know?

An interviewer of the artist Gerhard Reichter commented to him, “The paintings have changed a lot.”  Gerhard responded, “Yes, yes!  That’s the thing: They do what they want!”  For many artists a blank canvas is a thing of terror: What’s … Continue reading

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Reach Out And Risk

Being a minister I have witnessed some remarkable graveside expressions of grief.  One woman stood there screaming obscenities at her husband’s coffin down in the hole!  Another woman threw herself down into the hole necessitating the assistance of four big … Continue reading

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Unwanted Relationships With Others

I came across the following quote by Mahatma Gandhi which has had me thinking: “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”  The Divine is always trying to … Continue reading

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Having Sight But No Vision

Realities we don’t wish to acknowledge have a way of relentlessly annoying us like mosquitoes buzzing around our heart.  Often the person we think ourselves to be and the person others see us to be are at odds!  That discrepancy … Continue reading

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