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11/26/17: Koyama: A Sonnet for an Old Farmhouse at Bedtime

November 29, 2017 / admin / Poetry Corner

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Pathfinder — December 2017

November 29, 2017 / admin / Pathfinder

On November 27th — which, as of this writing is three days off — I will have been your pastor for one year! In garlic terms, then, my bottom two or three leaves would now be turning yellow.

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Protected: November 2017

November 27, 2017 / admin / Monthly Minutes

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Eyes of the Heart, Enlightened

November 26, 2017 / admin / Sermons, Uncategorized

the heart, by itself is a biological necessity, but the heart with eyes is a religious necessity.
The heart must interact with the rest of the world. Then the heart is given meaning. Then the life is given purpose.

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10/08/17: Dylan Thomas–Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night

November 21, 2017 / admin / Poetry Corner, Uncategorized

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Lessons of the Fall

November 19, 2017 / admin / Sermons

This change — this transformation from heat wave to cold snap… from flourishing to dormancy, from ripple, to ice…is a seasonal reminder that we must learn to be good at letting go; a reassurance, built into the cycle of our lives, that there is no such thing as sadness without beauty…

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Prayerful Insistence

November 12, 2017 / admin / Sermons, Uncategorized

Prayer does not take away our responsibility.
Because prayer is not simply a speaking outwards toward God.
Prayer is more than that. Prayer is an acting inward toward God.

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Broad Phylacteries

November 5, 2017 / admin / Sermons, Uncategorized

Climate change is not going to go away if we ignore it.
We are confronted with the singular concern of our time.
The singular problem that faces not only our community, but our species.

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Protected: October 2017

November 3, 2017 / admin / Monthly Minutes

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Pathfinder — November 2017

October 31, 2017 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

The other day my son Silas came up to me.
“You want 50 cents?” he asked.
“Uh, sure,” I said.
He handed me what looked like a one-dollar bill. I was about to protest, and tell him that it wasn’t 50 cents, when I realized that the bill in my hand was half of a one-dollar bill.
He laughed.
“Get it?”

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