An offer I couldn’t refuse The Holy Land Trip It was a Sunday evening early in 1983 when the phone rang. “Hi, Geoff,” said a familiar voice. “How would you like to go to the Holy Land with me?” Of course I wanted to go but there were obstacles. How could I leave Lily and […]
This is my most favorite photo. Brenda and I were on vacation in Panama City Florida. We spent a day on Shell Island. As we were sitting in the shade having a picnic lunch these gulls came begging. Brenda was tossing the chips in the air as I took pictures with my phone. However, because
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In the summer of 1995 I was blessed to have the opportunity to share a Philippines Mission Trip with Philip Weeks, Hugh Kaiser and Frank Myers, a member of my congregation. Having known Philip for many years and heard numerous wonderful experiences of his missionary adventures I was eager to go. One of my observations
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There’s A Deep Dark Place place hidden in the soul A hiding place yearning to be whole That fears the light and shivers in the cold Forever young and never to be old Could there be a love that reaches deep within Could forgiveness come and cleanse us all from sin Could we at last
Tombstones help us live better lives. When I lived in Hardwick Massachusetts, I was fond of visiting the local graveyard. It had many old graves marked with slate headstones. They were very interesting and easy to use for gravestone, rubbings. My favorite had the following inscription. In memory of Cap. Ebenezer Cox Who died March
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This is An Introduction to Dreams. For some time in our highly technical and scientific culture many people have failed to take their dream life seriously. Many people believe that they rarely if ever dream. Others chalk up their dreams to the side effects of indigestion. However, dreaming and dreams have always been a part
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Seminary Class Freshman year of seminary we were all required to take a course called Awareness, Relatedness and Wholeness. It was not academically challenging. It was however so personally challenging that we all rearranged the first letters and called it WAR! It was in this class I first read Carl Jung, learned about Personality Type
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Travelin the road Between Chaos and Order Don’t belong either side of the border One is uptight the other too loose Right in the middle is the way I would choose Folks on the right have got it together Folks on the left know they are no better We in between may be humble or
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My Prize Wining Photo was some years ago the local TV weather had a contest for photographs for their calendar. I enters the above picture from a local area called The Sunflower Trail. I never heard from them, and I thought I probably didn’t win. A year later I was in the post office. It
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This sermon discusses the time Jesus was Asleep in the Boat . The disciples were concerned about the coming storm. Jesus didn’t seem to notice. We were able to visit the Holy Land. As part of the tour we had a ride on tour boat on the Sea of Galilee. Thankfully, the weather was fair and
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