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Monthly Archives: January 2014
2014: We (i.e. progressive Democrats) who support systems responsible for our situation are the cause
The following is from the essay I wrote in 2010 about what I have learned about our world: That our world is in serious trouble, and we are the cause. This is the first of three posts about who I … Continue reading
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Today is the beginning of a concerted effort to dialogue about how our life style affects us and the world. This blog is about how our lifestyle cause suffering in the rest of the world, and Esther Emery will post a blog … Continue reading
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First Thoughts on the Lectionary: February 2, Part 2.
My church has had an hermanamiento with a sister community in Nicaragua for the past eighteen years. I went on the first delegation in 1996, and have been in the village at least sixteen times since then. They are a … Continue reading
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First Thoughts on the Lectionary: February 2: Part 1.
Micah 6:1-8 6:1 Hear what the LORD says: 6:6 “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 6:7 Will the … Continue reading
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2014; Analysis: Our world is in serious trouble
I wrote my Five-year plan in 2007, and in 2010, soon after I learned that my cancer had metastasized, I wrote an essay on what I had learned in my life. Here is the basic outline: Our world is in … Continue reading
2014: Five-Year Plan, 5. Eat only Food, Mainly Leaves
The fifth point of my plan is reall a sub-set of the fourth, Live Simply. The basic theme is that you can make or grow almost everything you need. My house was moved off the street around 1900 and put … Continue reading
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First Thoughts on the Lectionary: January 26, 2014
Matthew 4: 4:18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea for they were fishermen. 4:19 And he said to them, … Continue reading
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2014: Five-Year Plan: 4. Live Simply
This is the fifth post in a series: What does 2014 look like for me. The first, posted on January 4, gave the general outline: evaluating the five year plan I made five years age, and looking at my analysis … Continue reading
Isaiah 49:1-7 Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. He made my mouth like a sharp sword, … Continue reading
2014: Five-Year Plan; 3. Invest in Community
FIVE-YEAR PLAN 1. Repent for thinking it was all right to live the way we have been living. It wasn’t, and we should have known it. 2. Don’t look away from the hard reality because it is depressing. Whatever it … Continue reading
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