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WINTER LESSONS
I’ve learned some things about myself during these past few months, or so: I don’t enjoy being an adult, a middle-aged man with “more-than-middle-aged” insides. I really just want to...
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Rick Vale
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OPINION & TRUTH
A few years ago I traveled back to my hometown in The Tri-Cities, Washington to bury my father’s ashes. I wasn’t feeling like my best self. Suddenly, with my Mom...
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February 08, 2022
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PHIL
Several years ago, a good friend of mine accepted a Music Director’s position at a church in Punxsutawney, PA (yes, THAT Punxsutawney – home of “Phil the Groundhog”). He asked...
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February 01, 2022
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A PART OF THE ORCHESTRA
Years ago, I played percussion in my local Symphony Orchestra. I thought about that the other day while searching for some music. As I was looking for something else, I...
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January 26, 2022
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CONTEXT PLEASE
A 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 18, 2022
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SILLY HUMAN
A few years ago, it was a beautiful morning in Indianapolis, sunny and only slightly warm. I was preparing for my first full day at the Christian Church (DOC) General...
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January 11, 2022
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IN PLAIN ENGLISH: a blog by Pastor Ken Rickett
A BLOG by Pastor Ken Rickett Let me be blunt. There is a world of difference between our way of life and that of the New Testament. Today we have...
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January 04, 2022
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AN “ODD & UNUSUAL” CHRISTMAS STORY
a blog by PASTOR KEN RICKETT Luke 2:15-18 And it came to pass after the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us now go...
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December 22, 2021
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INVITATION
Ahhh, Christmas Parties; one of the best things about the season, and after a “year of drought” they are somewhat back! Any excuse to get together with friends simply to…”get...
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December 14, 2021
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A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS
I am, as I do every Christmas season, reading my favorite Christmas book, Charles Dickens’ “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”. Through the years I’ve had several copies of this story, one is in...
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