Strutting Their Stuff
Nature’s Way This morning I watched two tom turkeys wooing one hen. They strutted around with wing feathers on the ground, all 18+ tail feathers fanned out, heads pulled in, chests thrown out. And they struck this pose for well over an hour. It was, well, spectacular! And the noises were also ...
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Deconstructed Bouquet
Let Yourself Fall Apart The print above is entitled “Deconstructed Bouquet” and is from the collection of local artist Mariah West . As you look closely you see that the vase in the background is empty. “Everything that was on the inside of the nice, safe, orderly container of the vase is ...
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Nationalism and Jonah (Part 2)
Patriotism When I was a child, Memorial Day and the 4th of July were two of the high times in the year. Our little town took these days very seriously. We had a parade, a town picnic, fireworks, softball games and flags—lots of flags. Early in the morning on these national holidays my Dad ...
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Nationalism and Jonah (Part 1)
Not for Children Only We spend so much time obsessing over what really happened that we leave stories like Jonah’s for children’s Sunday school. The political backdrop gets lost among coloring pages and craft-time with whales and bushes and giant worms. But the story has much to ...
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The Bible Alone?
The Bible alone? I don’t think so. The Bible should not be the finally authority on everything. In fact, the Bible should not be the final authority on anything. This does not mean that the Bible should not be an authority, but it does mean that it should not be the final authority. Because ...
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Don’t Look Away
“The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun,” NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre famously said after the Newtown shooting in 2012. That’s a great one liner, but is it true? The answer to that question is: yes, no, and we don’t know. In mid-June, Ohio ...
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Camino Super Stars
The Way The Camino de Santiago is an ancient pilgrimage route to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. Today there are numerous different routes that lead to the final point of Santiago, but the most famous is the Camino Frances or ‘French Way’, which leads through ...
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