Author Archives: Rick Vale



Rick Vale

THE LOST SHEEP
Uncategorized

THE LOST SHEEP

Mrs. G. has become one of my favorite teachers, in memory.  I was seven or eight-years-old when I stepped into her class, at Jason Lee Elementary,  she stole my “creative” heart. ...

0
May 18, 2022
MIRROR, MIRROR
Uncategorized

MIRROR, MIRROR

The older I get (and I mark one more journey around the sun this week) the more I notice (irritatingly) how many mirrors we have in our home.  In my...

0
May 10, 2022
CROWNS
Uncategorized

CROWNS

One lunchtime, during my college days, I was seated in my favorite corner of my favorite neighborhood café, around the corner from the school, when a friend of mine walked...

0
May 03, 2022
FILLING IN THE GAPS
Uncategorized

FILLING IN THE GAPS

A BLOG by Pastor 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...

0
April 26, 2022
SCARS
Uncategorized

SCARS

Our home is like a beautiful “storage room”, we have a lot of stuff.  But I can point to each item of mine and tell you the story behind it, and...

0
April 19, 2022
THE EASTER HYMN
Uncategorized

THE EASTER HYMN

So, I grew up in church.  We went to Highland Church of God in Kennewick, Washington – every time the door was open.  Dad sang in , and directed the choir....

0
April 13, 2022
DIFFERENT ANGLES
Uncategorized

DIFFERENT ANGLES

I am missing Marge and Tom in different ways and at different times, each passing year. The grieving doesn’t lessen, it just changes. Marge and Tom are known to me...

0
April 06, 2022
HOKEY-POKEY SHAKES
Uncategorized

HOKEY-POKEY SHAKES

A BLOG by Pastor Ken Rickett “Behold I make all things new. . . “  I find myself intrigued, awed, and appreciative of Rick’s series on a “Hokey Pokey Lent”:...

0
March 30, 2022
DAMASCUS
Uncategorized

DAMASCUS

His Hebrew name was Saul, and his Greek name was Paul.  I’ve been reading his letters in the scripture for as long as I can remember.  My relationship with him is complicated.  I can’t...

0
March 22, 2022
KNOWN BY HEART
Uncategorized

KNOWN BY HEART

I was a small boy who could barely read when my mother began instilling in my little brain the idea of memorizing things: phone numbers, addresses, scripture, poems.  She was...

0
March 16, 2022