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ASH WEDNESDAY
I can remember, in elementary school, seeing people on Ash Wednesday with ash on their foreheads and thinking (since it was generally just a few people) that they had bumped...
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THE BIOGRAPHY
If I attended a wedding and, sitting in the pew listening to the minister, heard and watched him turn to the couple and say, “The most important thing is communication, through...
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February 25, 2025
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THAT SHIP HAS SAILED
I saw an interesting “post” on the internet a while back: “The 38 Most Haunting, Abandoned Places On Earth”. I decided to scroll through these beautiful (and yes, haunting) photos of everything...
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February 18, 2025
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A GOOD “FRIEND”
In May, in the year 1889 (10 years prior to the construction of our current sanctuary, and the year construction began on my Brown-Delaware house) one of my “heroes” passed away. His...
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February 11, 2025
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FILLING IN THE GAPS by Rev. Ken Rickett
John 5: 1-9 Some time later came one of the Jewish feast days and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-Gate, a pool surrounded by...
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February 03, 2025
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A TRICK QUESTION by Rev. Ken Rickett
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image; in the image of God created him; male and female God created them. Genesis 1:31a And God saw everything that...
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January 28, 2025
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IN CONTEXT, PLEASE by Pastor Ken Rickett
THE BLOG by Pastor Ken Rickett Luke 6: 1-11 One Sabbath, as Jesus happened to be passing through the cornfields, his disciples began picking the ears of corn, rubbing them...
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January 21, 2025
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BACKUP SINGERS
It was just a few days before my 20th birthday when I found myself standing with the University Chorale of Eastern Washington University on a warm spring day, getting ready...
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January 14, 2025
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MY FAVORITE THINGS by Rev. Ken Rickett
THE BLOG by Rev. Ken Rickett Romans 8: 34-35, 37-39 Who is he that condemns? It is Christ who died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at...
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January 07, 2025
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THE FIRST RECITAL
I began playing the piano regularly, around 62 years ago this year. Not only is that number astounding to me, as is looking in the mirror these days, but I’m...
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