THE CHURCH
ANNUAL “FERN SUNDAY”
By request, I am recounting the story of “FERN SUNDAY” (an unofficial observance of my own; the Sunday before Palm Sunday – this coming Sunday, in fact.) First, I know this...
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Rick Vale
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
OVER THE HILL
I am literally “feeling” my age these days of 2021 – especially now that I’m on the “other side of the hill”. Desserts are now replaced with more-friends-than-food at my...
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March 10, 2021
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
THE BARD
William Shakespeare. The words attributed to that name are some of my favorite phrases. I have grown in my appreciation of the plays and sonnets, of the accurate recording of...
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March 02, 2021
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
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,...
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February 23, 2021
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
LIFEBOAT
I miss traveling. I love seeing our beautiful world and the people in it. In fact, as wonderful as all the scenery and cultures I’ve experienced are, it’s the people...
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February 16, 2021
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
POINT OF REFERENCE
Here’s a story from a few years ago: I have a friend, let’s call her, “Dawn” (because that’s her name). She and her family don’t live in Anderson, they live...
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February 10, 2021
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
HIDDEN 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...
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February 02, 2021
THE CHURCH, Uncategorized
PIZZA
What is it about PIZZA? I know that I’m not in college, nor am I in my 20s, anymore but PIZZA still seems to be “God’s Perfect Food” (aside from...
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January 26, 2021
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
GARBAGE DAY
Because ”RICK’S BLOG” is always written on Wednesdays, and Wednesdays used to be “garbage day” at my old house, and because I’m always the most sensitive to what God is...
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January 19, 2021
THE CHURCH
TANGO
A few years ago someone, in a moment of weakness, asked me to participate in a community fund-raiser based on the popular, “Dancing With the Stars” show. I was supposed...
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