Learn To Be Wise

Category: Americana

  • Horses at the NY State Fair

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    Watching the horses I don’t remember JoAnne and I ever stopping to watch the big hitches in the coliseum before.  Yesterday was the day.   We watched four different classes during the afternoon horse show.   In the third class, the six horse hitches came roaring in.   Six horse hitches These are the big Percheron draft horses. …

  • State fair fun at the butterfly house

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    Since our dating days, JoAnne and I have loved going to the fair.   In fact, I took her to the Bath fair on one of our first dates and later to the NY State Fair.   Since we have been going for many years, we look for the unique things.   Usually there is something that just happens to…

  • I Cheer for Immigrants

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    Recently my wife was reading the book Imagine, How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012).   One evening she read to me from it some startling statistics concerning the contributions of immigrants to our American economy. Immigrants contribute profoundly! “According to the latest figures from the U. S. Patent office, immigrants invent patents…

  • Red Wing Baseball and Houghton

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    Tonight I had the privilege of attending Houghton night at Frontier field in Rochester.   It was hosted by Red Wing’s Board Chairman Gary Larder who is also a member of the Houghton College board of Trustees with me.   I met several Houghton friends I have known for many years and chatted with one young alumni…

  • Applause for President Obama’s decision not to deport young illegal immigrants

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    I commend President Obama for his decision not to allow our government to deport the children of illegal immigrants.  It is a decision long overdue.    I have long held that such deportations are gravely unjust, and violations of the golden rule.  They are also opposed to the principle of the Scripture that teaches us to treat aliens among us the…

  • The Faith of the Presidents

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    Five key conclusions At this time of year we remember the birthdays of two great presidents, and because of them we think about all the presidents of our country.   It is important to think about the faith in God that has been a part of the character of most of our great leaders as well…

  • Christmas trains running!

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    Our annual Christmas display is a highlight of the season.  I’m a little late getting it up since we visited Keely and Mark over Thanksgiving weekend.   However, I finally have three trains in motion again around our tree.  One of them is the new (to me) 1776 bicentennial engine that my brother Phil purchased in…

  • A Prayer on 9/11/11

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    We prayed this prayer in our services this morning for this 10 year anniversary remembrance of 9/11.   Our heavenly Father, source of our strength, protector of our homeland, ultimate giver of all prosperity; to you we come on this anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in the history of our country.  We come…

  • September sermon series to be called Preserving America

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    I’ve been planning our September service emphasis to go along with the 10th anniversary of 9/11 which we are all marking this next Sunday.  Most of us remember exactly where we were when we first heard the news of the devastation caused by the terrorists’ depraved acts.  The tragedy moved us all to greater prayer…

  • More state fair fun

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    Big concerts not our thing Concerts are a big deal at the fair!  But, for JoAnne and I, the big venue concerts are not our thing.  They are too loud, and very seldom present our kinds of music.  The one at Chevy Court on Tuesday late afternoon was so loud it was literally painful to…