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All Dressed Up

Thursday I was invited to have lunch with the head of our denomination 1, so I dropped of our car at my wife’s work so she’d be able to get home after work 2. From there I walking to catch a train up...

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A Week in Music – Dr. Who Theme Song

I first encountered Dr. Who as reruns appeared on our local PBS affiliate 1. My father would turn it on and I would be lost in that wormhole with that fantastic theme playing in the background. I...

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A Week in Music – I Don’t Care Anymore

This song is as dark as I’m going to get this week 1. “I Don’t Care Any More” rips through speakers as declaration determination and strength. At the center of it’s words is a meaning akin to what I...

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A Week in Music – Les Miserable Finale

I’ve written about this song before, but the finale of Les Miserables is worth another look. The turmoil through which the characters live rides the full gamut of human experience – triumph, failure,...

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A Week in Music – “Testimony,” from the Amazing Grace Musical

I had wanted to post this yesterday, but life had other plans. This song means something to me for three reasons. First, I’m a history nerd and two of my favorite historical figures happen to be John...

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A Week in Music – Be Thou My Vision

I could have chosen a number of hymns for the last post in this series, but in the end I was compelled to go with one of my favorites of all time, “Be Thou My Vision.” This hymn is based off an old...

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The Fool

I was searching through some old Flickr Photos this evening and came across some paintings from a retreat I ran over a decade ago. The image below is part of a sequence, but this is the frame that...

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My Life At Present

I am a creature of habit. The reason why I am a creature of habit is because I find it difficult to function without a rhythm. When my life has no beat distractions become overwhelming and...

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Random Thoughts #20

It’s Wednesday, what a week. Time for some random thoughts. The Bible is not a prop. I am a sworn-in police chaplain, which means I am a volunteer member of the Palmyra Police Department. This is...

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The Only Winning Move

With all the sabre rattling coming from Russia lately, a number of Gen-Xers have found that we’re reliving parts of our childhood. Only now we’re doing it as adults. This has allowed us to stir from...

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