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A Single Root

January 1, 2025

A Single Root

It seems certain that we are all bound, like redwoods, by a single root.

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Vincent Van Gogh

April 29, 2021

Do the Next Thing

Now and then I host what Quakers call a Clearness Committee for an individual working their way through an issue about direction or a decision.

Arthur Rackham

April 22, 2021

Is it Too Much to Ask?

It’s not just me but a growing number of people have made comments about a theme running through commencement speeches for the last several years.

Sangpal Chawhan

April 15, 2021

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Periodically, I think about full retirement and what that might mean.

Seth Clark

April 8, 2021

What's The Outlook?

The difference between weather and climate is important.

March 31, 2021

The Gospel Drone

In 1967 film maker (and devout Christian) Irwin “Shorty” Yeaworth produced “The Gospel Blimp” as a send-up of the craze over mass evangelism using the latest technology to reach a whole community in the most effective way possible – an inflatable blimp.

*Artwork: “David and Jonathan” by Mary McCleary

March 24, 2021

Gods in Disguise

It was not even a major miracle.

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