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Way back in 2007 I posted an observation on what I had come to understand about reconciliation as it pertained to a church I had been a part of for nearly 20 years.

Sandi and I had left the church amid “leadership” disagreements and overall disatisfaction with the direction the church was heading. We had been hurt by “leadership” and in this had in turn wounded
others. The church had a long history of leaving wounded soldiers by the wayside. Our attempts to change the way relationships were handled were not met with a …
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A couple of my favorite things to do are visiting my son and daughter who live in the Cary, NC area and while there visiting a couple of local, used book stores and a humongus Barnes and Noble’s.
Mostly in that order with a mocha latte added at some point. I occasionally stumble upon a rare find or two—which is well worth the trip in and of itself. Ordering online from Amazon is not nearly as
rewarding.

My latest trip was last weekend and while there, I picked up several books of poetry …
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You can rest assured that each of our life journeys have been more or less unique to us. There may be some overlap in shared experiences, but overall, it is our shoes that we have filled and no one
else’s.

And what I see today is that each mile that we have walked brings with it some understanding of the purpose of the mile before it. In other words, it seems we are never quite current in our overall
assessment of where we have been and why. In this sense, revelation comes to …
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It seems almost a shame to have a blog and not post something related to the year ending or the new one beginning. We all know by now that New Year’s resolutions hardly last beyond the first few
weeks and that real change comes from deep within not from a feeling you get about going to the gym a little more often.

If anything, I would have to say that my ship has a little more water in it than it needs. In other words I feel like I have been more influenced by …
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Social Media is all the rage these days. Everywhere you look, you are apt to run into an invitation to connect with your past, present and sometimes future (ie: Match dot com).

As an avid newspaper reader (USA Today mostly) I often find myself amused by the articles about Facebook, Twitter, My Space, Linkedin, etc. that speculate on their respective influences, both good
and bad, for our modern lives.

I will have to admit, I am often one of the first to investigate new trends that involve the internet. …
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It’s no secret amongst our family and friends that Sandi and I love to visit New York City every couple of years. We first visited together in 1991 or 1992 when we tagged along with a group from our
local college, Appalachian State. It was some kind of advanced English class going up to tour the city and there were several seats left on the bus they had leased. I think it cost us $40 bucks a
piece for both ways. We stayed in a loft owned by the university on the lower west side and slept in …
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I was struck last week by a large headline in one of the daily newspapers that I pass by on my way to the USA Today paper box. The big block letters on the front page almost screamed, “Can We … Continue reading →

I won’t be the first to say this and I won’t be the last: the digital age sucks big time—the digital age is the greatest thing that has ever happened to us. A certain dichotomy. As I read an article … Continue reading →

To say that I am constantly amazed at the information about life that we pick up in bits and pieces along the way—even in our later years—would be an incredible understatement. It seems that if we stay connected and keep … Continue reading →

In talking with a friend the other day who asked me why I had not been blogging, I realized that it has been at least a couple of months since my last posting. The reasons why I would slack off that
much after almost 3 years of being relatively consistent are as many and as varied as the pot holes in our Boone roads after what has been a long, cold, snowy winter.

No, I have not lost interest in expressing myself on the various thoughts that pass through what is left of my …
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