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Two Poems for Eastertide

How do we live in a world, as my minister reminds us every week, “where a Resurrection has happened.” In this now season of Easter,

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Resurrection and Our Past

The most memorable Easter sermon I can recall (it wasn’t mine by the way) used that old chestnut of a song, On a Clear Day,

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A Hoarder of Knowledge

To say the late I. John Hesselink was into books is akin to saying Mozart was into music. According to John’s widow Etta, there were

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Alleluias

For those ready to greet this happy morn’, Christ is risen! For those with praise on the tips of their tongues, He is risen indeed.

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Not Dead, But Alive

(1) It was Saturday, March 9, right around noon when I received a text message from my husband with two beautiful photographs of trees, and

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Good Friday and Interstellar

Every other spring I make college students view two films: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Interstellar. They tend to dislike the first and enjoy the

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My Dad’s Centennial

Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of my father’s birth: April 17, 1919. Centennials naturally call for reminiscence and reflection, and some of this, especially in

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Grown Up

“Is this just going to keep happening?” my seven year old daughter asked. Her voice caught in her throat. Her eyes were tired from crying.

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Holy Week Tuesday

Originally published in 2105, here is Scott’s take for the Tuesday of Holy Week. Palm/Passion Sunday kicks off Holy Week every year but mostly we

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