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Ugly Is In the Eye of the Beholder – Some Scruffy Scavengers Skate Through the Skies of Spring.

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

In my March 12, 2011, post on this blog, observant reader, I referred to the beginning of the spring migrations of birds – including raptors/birds of prey – heading up this way from further south. Among them, I referred to … Continue reading →

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March Squirrels – Outside and Inside Churches

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

I would hope by now, discriminating reader, that if you have been reading my posts for a while, you have come to expect me to be responsible, professional, serious, a man of standards and principles….all that and more that I … Continue reading →

Posted in God, faith, theology, religion, the Bible, what and why we believe as we do, Months and seasons of the year, Wildlife, natural habitat, stories and legends about wildlife | Tagged balance and agility and skill, church, church sanctuary, church-goer, confession is good for the soul, coveralls, covetous and resentful, criticize, Eastern gray squirrels, fatigued, fellowship hall, fessing up, Frederick the Wise, God's creaitons, God's grace and love, gracefulness, heaven, hell, I Surrender All, i6th century Protestant Reformation, if you're going to sin - sin boldly, integrity, invite to church, mad as a March hare, March, Martin Luther, Mississippi Squirrel Revival, more lively, nuts, oasis, opening buds, palm trees, pandemonium, pastor, preaching, preoccupied, Presbyterian church, professional, rant, Ray Stevens, revival call, rodent, Saxony, sign of spring, sinful claims, sins of the heart, Something's Got A Hold of Me, Southern California, Southwestern rock squirrel, squirrel inside the church, squirrel revival, squirrels, staid and reserved, standards and principles, stress, Sunday mornings, take the consequences, Throne of Heaven, trouble-making, tsk-tsk, wandering mind, warming sun, well-meaning, what a hoot, worship | 9 Comments

More March Folklore, What Is It About March Hares, In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

More about the month of March, dear reader: It is called by some “the daffodil month.” Bright, fresh-looking, yellow daffodils are the cheery flower of the month (also called the “birth flower” for those born in March). Daffodils are very … Continue reading →

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The Well-lived Life and Love II. – “Eros”

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

I remember well the first time I preached for one of my congregations on this second kind of love that is appropriate and important to the well-lived life. The reaction of at least a few of the Presbyterian Women’s Association … Continue reading →

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A Life Well-lived, What Would It Look Like for You?

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

In the 1700’s, with the great influence of the Renaissance and the European Enlightenment, a life well-lived – at least among the more educated, more prosperous, class of people – might be personified by someone like Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was … Continue reading →

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Spectacular Sunrise, Desert Awash in Color, Color Me Blessed, Crayons

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

Rising as I always do in pre-dawn darkness this morning, I was treated to one of the most spectacular sunrises you would ever see….and we get some awfully good ones here in the high desert. Words will not suffice to … Continue reading →

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News, Happiness, Friendship, Church Attendance, Marx, Opiate for the Masses

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

On the news this morning finally came an item that veteran rabbis and pastors like me have always known: you’re only fooling your prideful self if you think all those people in the pews on Friday night or Sunday morning … Continue reading →

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When the Sky Is Said to be Literally Falling, End Times, Apocalyptic Math, Don’t Make a Habit of Buying Green Bananas

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

My previous post offered more on the imminent End of the world, the universe, (interestingly enough, heaven, too, it seems) along with governmental waste, high taxation, all that annoying political campaigning that still litters the desert landscape, the Tea Party … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: church

Ugly Is In the Eye of the Beholder – Some Scruffy Scavengers Skate Through the Skies of Spring.

March Squirrels – Outside and Inside Churches

More March Folklore, What Is It About March Hares, In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion

The Well-lived Life and Love II. – “Eros”

A Life Well-lived, What Would It Look Like for You?

Spectacular Sunrise, Desert Awash in Color, Color Me Blessed, Crayons

When the Sky Is Said to be Literally Falling, End Times, Apocalyptic Math, Don’t Make a Habit of Buying Green Bananas

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