ENCOURAGEMENT
LEONARDO
We are approaching the Birthday of one of my favorite personalities in all of the world’s artistic history: Leonardo DaVinci (April 15th). One of my personal heroes, Leonardo was one...
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Rick Vale
THE CHURCH
THE ASHES
LENT: the sacred observance in preparation for the Easter Season and Easter Sunday specifically. LENT, in the early church, was the time that new members prepared themselves for baptism into...
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March 05, 2019
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JAZZ: PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS
As we approach this last Sunday before Lent, sometimes called “Shrove Sunday” – but what we at Central know as “MARDI GRAS SUNDAY” – my thoughts go to one of...
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February 26, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE ORCHESTRA PLAYER
A good friend from church sent me a link to a wonderful clip with Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar from “Our Show of Shows”. The link is below if you...
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February 19, 2019
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
MOZART
One of my favorite plays and films is AMADEUS. It has been one of my favorites since I first saw the film in the theatre, in 1984. In college I...
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February 12, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE PRIME OBJECTIVE
As THE ALLEY THEATRE, here at Central, puts up the second-to-the-last show of the season, I watch all the players onstage and the crew backstage as they prep, rehearse and...
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February 05, 2019
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
LESSONS FROM THE POLAR VORTEX
Lessons from the Polar Vortex: I’ve learned some things about myself during these cold days…I don’t enjoy being an adult, a home owner or a landlord during this kind of...
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January 29, 2019
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PROOF TEXT
This cartoon/meme is one of my favorites. It’s the twisted and “word” kind of humor that I love. Analyzing the humor, one could say that it’s about punctuation or wording…but...
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January 15, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE WEDDING CRASHER
She was a petite, beautiful, blonde girl who fell in love with a college linebacker while in school. Back at home, in my home church, she asked me (still a...
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January 09, 2019
ENCOURAGEMENT
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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...
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