Set kids loose on theological contemplation and you can’t predict the outcome. Today at “Children’s Time with the Pastor” the question “Where can we see God?” unleashed exuberant responses from the younger congregants. In ME! In ME too! In Patrick?…
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What does “happily ever after” mean?
“And they lived happily ever after.” Most languages, I assume, have a similar, codified ending for the stories we call fairy tales. Pressed for what the expression “really means,” I suppose for most of my life I would have said…
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My Iceberg
My Iceberg, © J. Appleton, 2012 Hello again. I realize I haven’t posted in awhile, between rewriting the first chapters of the new novel and hosting Maurizio’s mother, brother and niece (more on our adventures in the next post). But…
Workingman’s neck
Labor Sunday, Sept. 4. Long before I knew the term “red neck,” I was fascinated by my grandfather’s neck. It was reddish, with deep groves in diamonds that grew deeper when he turned his head. He’d lived in the sun,…
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