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Something new each Saturday.
Life, the universe and my circumstances permitting.
I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
But if something else caught and held my interest during the week, that's what I'll share.
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Calling Us
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2017: 2 Kings 4:8–11, 14–16a Romans 6:3–4, 8–10 Matthew 10:37–42 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2017 By Deacon Lawrence N. Kaas July 2, 2017 What a week this has been, a Deacons Retreat at the … Continue reading
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“Renewed and Expansive Hope”
Wanting respect is reasonable. I think folks who support Gay/LGBT Pride Month for that reason have a point. I don’t agree with much of what’s said on the gay/LGBT pride issue — and explained why I won’t spit venom in … Continue reading
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Respecting Everyone
Gay/LGBT Pride Month will be over in about two weeks. Wanting respect is reasonable, but I don’t agree with much of what’s said on this issue. Don’t worry, I won’t be spitting venom. Even if I felt like it, which … Continue reading
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London: Death, Hope, and Love
This is bad, but could have been much worse. Yesterday evening, starting around 10:00, three people in a van drove across London Bridge, deliberately running down pedestrians.1 After crossing the bridge, they left the van and attacked folks out for … Continue reading
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Acting Like Truth Matters
Folks have thought truth is important for quite a while: “Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.” (Aristotle, “Nicomachean Ethics” (349 BC)) “3 Love and truth will meet; justice and peace will kiss. “Truth will spring from the … Continue reading
