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“Pentecost Is a Party”
It was my grandson Peter’s 8th birthday party. It was a “Nerf Gun Birthday Party,” tobe exact. Party goers were to bring a Nerf Gun. I experienced a Nerf Gun Party at mygrandson Brixton’s 9th birthday last summer. So I knew what to expect (sort of). Not wanting to miss any of the fun, I…
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The Bible: What Is It?
Years ago, in seminary I took a required pastoral care class. An assignment for theclass was to pick a location and once a week for the semester visit the location and provide pastoral care. We were also to keep a journal of what we did and what we learned. I chose a nearby senior assisted…
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Imagination
As a kid at the doctor’s office I always looked for the Highlights Magazine forChildren. Do you remember the magazine? And what I always turned to first was theHidden Picture page. What you immediately saw on the page was a picture of kids in atree house, or Johnny Appleseed walking across a field sowing apple…
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The Walls Fall Down
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” It is the first line of Robert Frost’s poemMending Wall. In the poem Frost reflects on the stone walls between neighbors in New England and the annual spring ritual of repairing those walls. The poem is often best known for the sentiment of the neighbor: “Good fences…
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A Great Number
66. Last December 27th I completed another circle around the sun. 66 to be exact. As I pondered that on my birthday, I began to wonder how that happened. How could Ibe 66? Most days I still think of myself in my 40’s (until a stiff back or thinning hair tellsomething different). My daughter is…
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Keeping Christmas Well
One of my Christmas traditions is to read Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Though I know the story well I usually find something new. And I also enjoy the comfort of the familiar story and rhythm of the words. The ending of the story caught my attention this year. The last two paragraphs include a…
The First Presbyterian Church of Sharon 