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Just So
October was pastor appreciation month. The congregation I pastor was so generous throughout the month sending words or encouragement and demonstrating generosity above and beyond what I deserve. (The congregation’s name is Grace, so there’s that). Several years back I was with a couple of other pastors who were sharing…
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Take Time
Malcolm Guite’s weekly or so, Spells in the Library have been a great encouragement to me and Jennifer. One of the things which either happens or I imagine happens is that Dr Guite colloquially speaks in iambic pentameter. So many good and curious expressions roll off his tongue, and I…
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Now There Was A Day
The following is a step towards the culmination of a project sponsored by Rabbit Room called Pass the Piece. If you’d like to view what has been so inspiring for me, you may access the content of this year’s Hutchmoot Homebound through this weekend (Oct 28-31) beginning Thursday, HERE. (Note:…
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Waking to Our Fear
This sonnet is based on Mark 4:35-41 which reads, On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.…
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Behold the Chickadee
This poem is inspired by two sources. The first is Job 40:15 which begins “Behold Behemoth!” I’ve been preaching through the book of Job, and I am finding that my imagination is getting a little dark. I need a bit of a corrective. The chickadee is one of my favorite…
Backward Mutters 