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What's an Old Guy Gotta Do to Catch a Break?
Summer’s here! It’s ‘break out in a sweat when you walk out the door’ weather. I LOVE IT!!! There’s something about being able to get outside and watch the birds as they do all those amazing bird things. I can sit and listen to the weeds grow in the gardens. Great fun! Even with all of the good things that summer bring it can still be hard to be happy. At least for some of us. The sunlight and…
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Thoughts on a Friday. 05-22-26 Edition. Flying High!
Hey kids! It’s Friday! We all made it to pizza night. Well, that’s what it is around here. If you disagree may I assure you that you are wrong. Just sayin’. We got the veggie garden in this week. The usual cukes, peppers, and eggplant. We also have a lot of strawberries happening. The plants wintered well and are full of ripening fruit. Now the war against weeds kicks into high gear. Got my hoe…
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For Crying Out Loud! A Golden Shrine to an Emperor Wannabe? WTF?!?!
It’s Friday again. The weather prognosticators are all saying that warmer weather is soon to make an appearance here on the North Coast. It’s about frickin’ time! I’m well and truly tired of the cold. Here’s to the heat! Rather than thoughts on a Friday, today I’m going to limit myself to one thought. This has been sitting and fermenting in my head for a while. It’s a topic that I’ve mentioned…
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Friday 5-8-26 Hail the New Day! From Behind the Hedge.
It’s Friday for those who celebrate. Those of us who are retired don’t, really. For us every day is Saturday. We awaken every day at the same time as we always have. Our internal clock doesn’t recognize the time change from Daylight Savings to whatever local time zone we live in. Nor can it tell the difference from the 45 – 50 years of our work life to wherever it is that we now live. For me that…
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Friday Stuph a Day Late-4/25/2026
Oops! Missed it by ONE Day It’s Saturday. Yeah, I missed Friday Stuph. I haven’t been feeling well. Actually, I feel like a bag of warmed over dog shit. Don’t know if it’s allergy or some other kind of Cootie. Oh, well. So here I am on Saturday. Last week was interesting. Had appointments with 2 cardiologists. One an electrician who is caring for my arrhythmia. The other my plumber who keeps…
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Why I Chew on the Church. It's Not Cuz It Tastes So Good.
It’s finally Spring again. Yesterday was cold. We had 2 nights of hard freeze. Today the rumor mill of the weather prognostication world says it’s going to get up near 70. Gotta love life next to the Great Swamp Erie! Part of my job here is to try and illuminate where and why the Church has turned left when they shoulda turned right. I’m not talking politics. I’m simply stating that a wrong turn…
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Friday Stuph for 4-17-2026
It’s Friday for those who celebrate. May you enjoy the day! Last week I had the pleasure of sharing some stuff at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. The video is here for you to peruse should you be so inclined. My feelings won’t be hurt if you say, “Mmm, no.” But since this is my blog thingy I get to post what I want. Today is the calm between the storms. Earlier this week we’ve had temps way…
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About that God-In-The-Box on your Mantle
But first a word from the author. On Sunday the 12th I had the pleasure of sharing a couple of thoughts with the folks at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Here’s how that went. There’s been a “big to do” about the so-called “feud” between the Roman Catholic Pope and the U.S. President. It has made a blip on the daily news cycle. I guess the talking heads had a slow day. However, within the hot…
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God Is Not Glorified By Your Hate and Fear
The folks who follow Messiah Jesus just celebrated the highest Holy Days of our calendar. The culmination of a life devoted to showing people that the so-called Kingdom of God had arrived. He was noted as a poor, itinerate rabbi traveling around the countryside doing good stuff. Jesus was acclaimed as a holy man, a prophet. People clamored for a glimpse of this Miracle Worker of Galilee. Yet, the…
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Friday Musings 3-27-26
Here we are. Another beautiful day on the North Coast. Yesterday there was sunshine. Temperatures got up to 74 degrees. It was a lovely day in the neighborhood. Woke up this A.M. to clouds, wind, and the temperature at 31. Gotta luv it! Or not. Been thinking about the sixties. I was a kid then. (Maybe this is end stage reminiscence.) My friends and I played hard. I’m sometimes surprised that we…
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God is Dead. Who cares?
I have a question. Is there any use for discussions about God? Is God irrelevant in the post-modern world? Should we just agree with Nietzsche and say, “God is dead. God remains dead. And we killed him.” Are we still enlightened or have we become wholly subjective so that everything is relativized by our own point of view? These are real questions. I don’t have ready answers. At least not…
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Happy Vernal Equinox! 3-20-2026
Happy Vernal Equinox! The event happened 5 minutes ago! Spring! In Northern Ohio that doesn’t really mean too much. We’re expecting temps near 70 on Sunday and about 35 on Monday. Yippee….. A couple of weeks ago my treadmill sent my left foot through a wall. Yeah, I’m old. Don’t pick on me! It’s now patched up. Only need to paint it. Something else to add to my schedule. I have been able to…
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Some Thoughts on a Tuesday. God is God is God is God.
Eating the Church is my way of explaining my critiques. From the beginning the Church sought to find her place in the real world of hunger and sickness; power and influence; personality and identity. This task has taken the Church far and wide searching for language to explain God and God’s relationship to humanity. A truly impossible task. Augustine tells a story of a man walking on a beach. A…
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It's Friday! 3-13-2026 Edition
Happy Friday the Thirteenth! I hope that only good luck comes to you today. Even if the number 13 is unlucky in many cultures. And, Friday has fallen afoul of popular superstitions because Jesus was crucified on Friday. And, just perhaps, Jason Voorhees is still lurking about in the shadows. Tonight, I’m off to see a recital by Walker Whitehouse. Walker is a senior at Oberlin College. He has…
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Clergy. I don't think that means what you think.
Ok, just for a change of direction. Most of you know that I have a Master of Divinity from Ashland Theological Seminary. All that really means is that I have the credentials to lead a Christian congregation. I’m not currently doing that. I am, however, what they call a lay leader at the church I attend. I do things like lead Bible study, preach occasionally, and chair our Spiritual Formation…
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Thoughts for a Friday.
We humans have always had an arrogance problem. I’m not talking about the neighbor with the perfect lawn who keeps telling you what you’re doing wrong with yours. That’s just annoying. And you can simply walk away shaking your head while he says, “Did I say something to offend you?” Yeah, you did. Goodbye. No what I’m talking about grows much deeper. It has roots that are large and go deep. That…
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More Thoughts About Stuph
shutterstock_1824099968 It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. I started a new position at the local Giant Eagle. I’m no longer in the bakery. I’m now “Mike the Meat Man” in the meat dept. What that means is that I get to do whatever the meat cutters tell me to do. It’s cold over here. The chaos of the bakery is not missed. I was in hospital this week for a cardiac procedure. I had an…
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