Fringes

“Out with Karens…” — School board sign in our neighborhood. In January I started volunteering at our school. Monday is my day off, so I go in with the kids at 8:30 and stay till the class has lunch at 11:30. I am not in one of their classes — my goal is to help […]

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Individual Value

Zelensky “proves the truth that one man with courage makes a majority.” — “Why we admire Zelensky”, NYTimes When the warship Moskava was sunk the official word from Russia was that the entire crew was saved. I suspect everyone, even Russians, knew this was a lie. Yet it is the official story that Russia continues […]

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Bradford Pear Hunt

As a kid I lived in Blue Springs, a small town blooming into a large suburb, houses and neighborhoods were growing up everywhere. And in each yard there was a Bradford Pear tree. Including my own. The trees were cheap and easy to grow. Every spring beautiful white flowers burst forth. For a child ready […]

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Divided

“…what Europe has given so far to Ukraine — roughly 1 billion euros — it hands to Russia each day for energy purchases.” — Bloomberg, April 7 “Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression runs on the money Russia gets by selling fossil fuels to Europe.” — Editorial, NYTimes Russia’s War in Ukraine is evil. Refugees run […]

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Carry

I taught the kids on Wednesday night and provided a bit of translation flare to John 4:14, so a “spring of water welling up” became a “geyser of water springing up”. Hence the mentos and diet coke — this is the action of Jesus that propels us into God’s Love! I let the youngest kids […]

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