Seattle for Breakfast
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I donned the white shirt and black pants again this evening, grabbed the trombone and accessories and headed out to our biweekly summer concert. Most are at nursing homes and the residents really enjoy the music. I love the marches, big band stuff and an occasional more sophisticated band piece. Right now we have a …
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100730/house-bill-seeks-to-permanently-ban-abortion-funding/index.html I was reading this week that our President and Congress still cannot get their heads around the truth about abortion. While the house is thankfully introducing a bill to clearly end federal funding for it, a good step forward, the Senate was opening the way for more foreign aid for it. The position of …
One of the great joys of summer for me is daylily season. Hemerocallis is one of my very favorite summer flowers. It is hardy, easy to grow, makes a good display and has few enemies. It transplants well, divides well, and is generally hard to kill, although the voles have been trying. When I arrived …
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Oswego-Church-collapses-but-memories-remain/JSijb-ftPkCAV8-MVti2dQ.cspx?rss=1543 Street vendors sold hotdogs in the empty building’s shadow and people celebrated with loud music at a local festival on nearby streets. The church looked so normal. Yet without warning, St Louis Catholic church in Oswego, NY, partially collapsed to the pavement this past weekend. Fortunately no lives were lost in the immediate catastrophe. …
Change, change change; seems like every time you turn around something changes. Monday night I was picking up a few things in Wegmans and as usual mosied over to find some chocolate. Oh no! it was not there! It’s a crime. They changed the location of the chocolate. This store is so big and it’s …
It was a beautiful morning for a walk as JoAnne and I took our morning exercise at Green Lakes Park today. We usually walk in the hills for an hour or so to get the blood moving. I always enjoy the translucent teal water of Round Lake, the soft mulch-padded path, fresh moist air, bird sounds, shaded lanes, and the …
Who Is the LORD? That was the provocative title of my message this last Sunday and it will be the subject of the next series of sermons. Worship songs, Scripture lessons and messages will all be planned and coordinated to help us to discover more about who God is. All the main texts will be …
What if we could have several people reading the same book at one time and discuss it together online? That was the seminal thought that outreach team leader, Donna Schermerhorn, brought into our meeting today. To share just the main point, we decided to try it using my blog book reviews and comments as the vehicle. The first …
Saturday is was my joy and privilege to attend the dinner given in honor of Rev. Fred Bailey’s 50 years of ministry in the church. What an amazing milestone to reach. I only remember one other ministerial friend who reached it. You have to start young. Fred took his first church while he was a college student. …