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Pathfinder — April 2018

April 18, 2018 / admin / Pathfinder

I went downstairs and put the kettle on.
“So this,” I mused, “is how ‘the other half’ lives!”

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Pathfinder — March 2018

March 12, 2018 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

My clock uses exclamation marks when it ticks!

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Pathfinder–February 2018

February 5, 2018 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

What this?  A crockpot minister?  Well, it’s better than crackpot minister isn’t it?

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Pathfinder–January 2018

January 1, 2018 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

When the year turns we have a choice –we can either look forward to the new year, or backwards at the old one.

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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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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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Pathfinder — October 2017

October 19, 2017 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

My friends, you may recall on a recent Sunday (September 3rd) the scripture lessons steered me, as they often do,to waxing a bit about church. In the Epistle that morning, Paul comforted us, saying “love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.”(Romans 12:9-10).The gospel lesson from Matthew, though, gave us a more challenging message: If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 16:24-25)…

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Pathfinder — September 2017

September 19, 2017 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

At our church’s August Chicken Barbecue all generations of folks helped –including me. I helped Ken Bacon by filling pitchers with cold water. Owen Houghton and I cut up watermelon (he taught me how to cut off the ends). I ‘shot the breeze’ with Archie Coll and Kathleen LaRou at the fire pit. Every few minutes Helen Coll would sing out that it was time to turn the chicken. At length, I settled down with a gang of corn shuckers–a crew of folks that ranged in age from 12 (or thereabouts) to 95. Community!…

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Pathfinder — July-August 2017

July 19, 2017 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

The black flies have come and gone. Saturday afternoons are filled with the grumble of lawnmowers.We’ve put anAmerican flag(in memory ofDavid O’Neil)and a new Rainbow flagon our flag poles.The High School seniors have graduated. Yard sales are popping up on the sidestreets.The peonies are in bloom.Roll down the car window… It’s July!…

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Pathfinder — June 2017

June 19, 2017 / admin / Pathfinder, Uncategorized

Last Tuesday I wandered down into the basement of the church while the Food Pantry was in full swing. Spying me, Kathleen pulled me into one of the rooms where a box of canned food items was being inspected…

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