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IF I KNEW THEN…
Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s something else, but lately I’ve been obsessively fantasizing, and even had dreams about, going back and starting over…beginning with my Freshman Year in High...
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Rick Vale
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
ESSENTIAL
I’ve learned quite a bit so far, in the five weeks of quarantine; things about others (hmmm) AND things about myself (double-hmmm). For instance, here are just a few caveats:...
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April 21, 2020
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
HEROES OF INFLUENCE
LISTEN and/or READ 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...
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April 14, 2020
THE CHURCH
PANDEMIC PASSION WEEK
I sit in my house during week four of this “season of sequestering”, this “Lent of Solitude”, and this week: “Pandemic Passion Week”. It’s not as I imagined so many...
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April 07, 2020
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
FERN SUNDAY
By request, I am recounting the story of “FERN SUNDAY” (an unofficial observance of my own; the Sunday before Palm Sunday – last Sunday, in fact.) First, I know this...
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March 31, 2020
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE CAVE
I am, by nature, an introvert. It seems strange to people who know me well, but like many performers, teachers, and ministers, I need and love alone time in my...
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March 24, 2020
THE CHURCH
BUMPER FISH
I was in my car, on my way to Indianapolis. I was in the right-hand lane (going the speed limit…really!) and a car drove past me, pulled in front of...
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March 18, 2020
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
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...
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March 11, 2020
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE GREEN JACKET
(reprinted from June 2019) During my college years, in Seattle, I played the piano and sang – somewhat frequently – to try and make a living while going to class. ...
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March 03, 2020
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT
I love to travel, as you all know, and am travelling as I write this BLOG today: this ASH WEDNESDAY. I love seeing our beautiful world and the people in...
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