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First Posted 13-Jul-2014 The story below is a turning point in my life. I tell it a lot. This version is what I sent to my aunt recently: A few years ago, when I was calling an emergency shelter program home, I was parked near a place that let folkContinue Reading

Street Preacher

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First Posted 24-July-02014 We’ve made a mistake at our church. In gathering some information about our neighbors, we ended the assessment with, “Tuckahoe Tom and Grove Avenue Gladys have yet to realize that the only way to ultimate joy and fulfillment, and to eternal life, is through Jesus Christ asContinue Reading

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My son and I have started a regular Sunday afternoon phone call to keep in touch. He’s moved out, off to college. We talked about this blog, this wall of text. I am, this blog is, an anachronism. The Interweby thingo favors audio or video content. YouTubes is the blogContinue Reading

Sabbath Rest

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First Posted 08-Sep-2014 We don’t have to. We can, and some do, run 24/7/365, until we crash and burn, then go at it again. I married someone who lives this way. My son started his college life this way and collapsed because he couldn’t keep up the pace in theContinue Reading

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First Posted 08-Sep-2014 I got accused of writing pretty word salads. So . . . these word salads are a symptom of my schizophrenia? Good to know. Can you put some money on my commissary so I can get a new tinfoil hat? My old one is tuned to theContinue Reading