ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
CROSS FIT
In my office at church I have a wall filed with crosses. Some are big, some are small, some metal and some wood. Some are hand-made, others a little more...
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Rick Vale
ENCOURAGEMENT
DANCE AS IF EVERYONE IS WATCHING
PALM SUNDAY. I have some wonderful memories associated with this day and time. My Dad was the choir director at my home church, for several years, and Palm Sunday evening...
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March 23, 2021
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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March 16, 2021
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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