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Eulogies: Jack

by David Pettit On these summer Sundays, I invite you to think about lives and what they have meant. To think not with a pietistic

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Casablanca

What makes a movie memorable? So memorable that we can watch it on almost infinite repeat? Well, it has to be of truly unusual quality,

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No More Iowa Nice

Among all the varieties of Midwest Nice, no doubt Iowa Nice is the nicest. So it has been surprising to see recent cases of culture

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Help, Please

Does one “celebrate” Labor Day? Mark it? Observe it? Perhaps our resident historians (Rebecca and Jim) can illuminate us about the origins of this day.

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Labor Day and Sabbath

Happy Labor Day. I hope for at least some of you it is indeed a rest from labor. It has me thinking about the evolving

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Eulogies: Amy

by David Pettit On these summer Sundays, I invite you to think about lives and what they have meant. To think not with a pietistic

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Markers on the Highway

When finally we came to the place on the highway where he was killed, I realized neither of us knew exactly where it was–specifically, under

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