D and I were wandering around a clothing store today and as we headed out to our car D said, “You’re smaller than the other woman who was in the store.” [If you follow me over on Facebook or on my other blog you'll know that both D and I have lost a significant amount [...]

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My beloved wife, best friend, and co-conspirator in mischief is at home in California while I’m in Oregon for a few days visiting my mom. I make this trip every six weeks or so and while I’m never gone for more than a few days at a time I start missing D before I’ve even [...]

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There is a Time to be Born, and it is Now
There is a time to be born and a time to die.
And this is a time to be born.
So we turn to you, God of our life,
….….….….….….……God of all our years,
…….….….….….…….God of our beginning.
….Our times are in your hand.
Hear us as we pray:
….For those of [...]

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You’re my Honeybunch, Sugarplum
Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You’re my Sweetie Pie
You’re my Cuppycake, Gumdrop
Snookgums-Boogums, You’re the Apple of my Eye
And I love you so and I want you to know
That I’ll always be right here
And I love to sing sweet songs to you
Because you are so dear.
I know. It’s so sickeningly sweet and over-the-top you want to gag. [...]

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The communion bread yesterday was three layers of delicious! Members of the congregation take turns baking or buying the bread each week for the table. Every one of those dear people bakes a great loaf of bread but yesterday was Suzanna’s turn. That would be Suzanna, as in Suzanna the professionally-trained pastry chef, bread baker, [...]

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Philip Gulley and James Mulholland
Grace is the unfailing commitment to love all persons, regardless of their beliefs. Only grace makes it possible for those who believe differently to respect and relate to one another. Grace allows us to disagree, to challenge the damaging beliefs of others even as we are challenged and to do this [...]

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