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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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From Shepherds Keeping Watch, to Rise Up Shepherd and Follow, from Caesar Augustus to Lowest of the Lowly

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Rev. Dr. David Q. Hall

I was invited to be guest preacher for a nearby Presbyterian church yesterday….the regular pastor taking the typical, well-deserved, “after-Christmas break.” And even though on Christmas Eve the congregation had just heard the obligatory Nativity account from the Gospel According … 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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Ugly Is In the Eye of the Beholder – Some Scruffy Scavengers Skate Through the Skies of Spring.

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