Author Archives: Rick Vale



Rick Vale

BUILDING & MAINTENANCE
ENCOURAGEMENT, THE CHURCH

BUILDING & MAINTENANCE

As I walked around our beautiful sanctuary and building this we, I thanked God not only for all who work so hard to repair, restore, and maintain our 121-year-old building...

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July 07, 2021
ENCOURAGEMENT

This is yet another true story/”epiphany” from my catalog of memories.  I was in my late teens or early twenties, attending a wedding where I knew no one.  Being what...

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June 15, 2021
THE REASON WE GRADUATE
ENCOURAGEMENT

THE REASON WE GRADUATE

Miss LaClaire, Miss Just, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Goranson, Mrs. Stankman, Mr. McNamara. When Graduation comes around I go through these names and memories again. I may not remember...

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June 08, 2021
SPIRIT & TRUTH
ENCOURAGEMENT, THE CHURCH

SPIRIT & TRUTH

There is a beautiful street close to my neighborhood.  It is exceptionally beautiful during Indiana autumn and Indiana spring.  In the spring, the beautiful, white, flowering trees that line the...

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June 02, 2021
GARDENIA
ENCOURAGEMENT

GARDENIA

Anyone who knows me understands that I have what is the opposite of a green thumb (the opposite color to GREEN on the color-wheel is RED, but saying I have...

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May 26, 2021
THE LONELY CHURCH
THE CHURCH

THE LONELY CHURCH

I have a friend in town whose life is filled with noise, he lives in a house filled with great “stuff”, he is constantly on the move and involved in...

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May 18, 2021
PRIME OBJECTIVE
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

PRIME OBJECTIVE

As THE ALLEY THEATRE, here at Central, puts up each production in the season, I watch all the players onstage and the crew backstage as they prep, rehearse and polish....

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May 11, 2021
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

We have 2 cats whose home we share: Mr. Blu and Delores.  Mr. Blu is probably about 17-years-old, a male.  Delores is 6-years-old, and female.  I’d like to say that...

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May 04, 2021