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. [...]

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SugarPie HoneyBunch 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. [...]

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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 [...]

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