Author Archives: Rick Vale



Rick Vale

BACK TO SCHOOL
ENCOURAGEMENT

BACK TO SCHOOL

It’s “Back To School” time again.  Of course, with every system on a seemingly different schedule, “back to school” could almost be ANY time…and for some of us who believe...

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August 01, 2018
VERTIGO
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

VERTIGO

Poor Jimmy Stewart: every time he gets up too high and looks down, this weird spiral thing happens and he feels himself falling, all the while trying to solve a...

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July 25, 2018
YOUR JESUS, MY JESUS
THE CHURCH

YOUR JESUS, MY JESUS

When people think of my “home state”, Washington, (especially those NOT from Washington) more than likely the iconic image of tall evergreen trees, mountains, the Puget Sound and the bustle...

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July 18, 2018
PIE CRUSTS & PROMISES
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

PIE CRUSTS & PROMISES

I’m going through a “mantra” in my head right now, a “vow” that I made this winter.  I’m saying the words in my mind, and sometimes out loud, as I...

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July 11, 2018
ALLEGIANCES
THE CHURCH

ALLEGIANCES

Well, it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful and WARM Independence Day (with a chance of showers and storms…isn’t that typical?).  I’m singing tonight (Tuesday) with THE INDIANAPOLIS...

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July 03, 2018
KING RICHARD
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

KING RICHARD

Yesterdy, in 1486, King Richard III took the throne of England…only to die in a battle over that same throne some 2 years later, ending the famous “War of the...

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June 27, 2018
ONE SMALL STEP
Uncategorized

ONE SMALL STEP

  It’s difficult to believe that 49 years ago (in July) Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, the first to do so?  I remember where I was, I was staring...

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June 20, 2018
FATHER
THE CHURCH, Uncategorized

FATHER

I am still my Father’s son.  I carry so many parts of his personality that it’s impossible to escape his influence, even if I wanted to.  My Dad knew no stranger,...

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June 13, 2018
BEHAVIOR
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

BEHAVIOR

Last night as I was walking home from work, I noticed two boys and an adult walking along the street.  One of the young boys had a bike which he...

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June 05, 2018
24601
ENCOURAGEMENT

24601

That number, 24601, is the number the prison gives to identify the man known as Jean Valjean, the protagonist in the book and musical, LES MISERABLES. 24601.  The number is...

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May 29, 2018