Robin gently called me out for lack of blogging in a comment, so I figured that maybe I ought to say what’s going on. Once I was full of bravado Now I’m incommunicado afraid to be bold afraid of the scold If I flash like AJ foretold (I’m at our Yearly Meeting’s pastor’s conference this [...]

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Today, I received the traditional bag of “Chips Ahoy” cookies from my friend Jim. Thanks, Jim! A year ago today, I thought I was quite creative and funny. Five years ago today, my grandpa died. Twenty years ago today, I sprained my ankle badly in a game against Rex Putnam (but I got the guy [...]

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Good Easter worship today! Here’s what I shared from John 20…WARNING: scary 20 year old pictures enclosed!

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Hot woman in the tulip field! Originally uploaded by gkoskela. Hot woman in the tulip field!

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I’ve been thinking about yesterday’s meetings for worship most of the day, and I’m still not sure I am clear about what it was all about. The first two services, we had good sharing in open worship, and I shared this message from John 18 on Peter’s denial. But I don’t know quite how to [...]

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I had fun tonight. Loyal blog readers will remember a movie I saw back in September, “Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus.” It spawned this review. A couple of weeks ago, Amazon delivered the newly released DVD to my door, and tonight, I hosted a viewing of it. 26 of us watched the movie and talked [...]

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This coming Sunday, we’ll be looking at Peter’s denials of Jesus, specifically as outlined in John 18. It’s a record of extreme failure. I’ve found myself with a lot of energy as I’ve realized Peter was trying to do the right thing. He wasn’t just an idiot. I used to think that. I mean, come [...]

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Louisiana 46 Originally uploaded by gkoskela. Louisiana 46

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My flood of blogging has truly been great, hasn’t it? Here’s what I shared last week from John 15. Maybe tomorrow, my day off, will be a blog day. But no promises, given my recent track record!

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