It’s best to approach a glacier with a deep sense of humility, I’ve decided.
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Today’s find: Branch Manager
A couple of friends, separately, asked if I was gonna “blog” this week.
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Tags: 1 John, ACTS Retreat, Branch Manager, Deadwood, Fourth Sunday of Easter, John 15, Vine, Vine and Branches
Today’s find: By dawn’s early light
Almost a full week before our clocks “sprung forward,” it was still pretty dark at quarter-past-six in the AYEM…
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Today’s find: House of zeal
No one would mistake this place for a palace – this place I call “holy ground.”
Continue readingToday’s find: Marigold
It is mid-September, after all. So I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that many of the “annuals” in our flower pots are looking a little tired.
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Today’s find: Ordinary Witness
Things were a bit different at our men’s faith-sharing group this week: Ron Peters was with us only in spirit.
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Today’s find: Timekeeper
Things did not begin auspiciously for me on Day One of our recent ACTS retreat.
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Today’s find: Extra-ordinary
As I settled in to say my ‘regular’ morning prayer today, I realized that I hadn’t done so for the past several days.
Odd, but guiltless, this realization. You see, those days were spent at a retreat center…where I was serving on team for our parish’s fall ACTS Retreat.
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Today’s find: Gimme mercy
The ‘gimmes’ flowed freely in my foursome at the golf league the other night.
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Today’s find: Candlemas
Candlemas came a little early this year at our parish.
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With Us Still 