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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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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THE HOLY SPIRIT & THE ’57 CHEVY
This is reprinted from a past BLOG, but after my trip to HAVANA and all the wonderful classic American cars I saw, I thought of this story, its lesson…and I...