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Five Minute Friday – Rain

Posted on September 8, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Five Minute Saturday {Friday}! The post is {as is usually my norm} a day late, but the rules remain the same. Ponder the weekly prompt. Nothing too pithy, just honest as the words flow from the brain through the … Continue reading →

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Social Media

Posted on July 19, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

I’m not a big social media fan. . II use it, but I’m not an every-minute online junkie. I often find Facebook feeds disconcerting. In addition to the obvious political posts that do absolutely nothing to advance discussion, the drama … Continue reading →

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If We’re Honest

Posted on June 17, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

Just sharing some words from the pulpit in Maine this morning. May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. It’s Father’s Day, so Happy Father’s … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Turn

Posted on April 21, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

On a drab, dismal Friday — one of the reasons I waited until Saturday — it was refreshing to plug into the Thursday night Twitter Party for Kate’s word for the week — TURN! Just thinking about it brought sunshine to … Continue reading →

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Blame It on My Biorhythm

Posted on February 15, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

I’ve been in a bit of a funk. While it’s not unusual for energy and emotions to ebb and flow, this time seems different. In the past, I would reach deep down and pull myself by the bootstraps and in … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Silence

Posted on November 10, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Five Minute Friday. Five Minute Friday is a discipline where independent writers join together to transform thoughts on a specific prompt word from their minds through their fingers onto the screen for five minutes. Then we get together and … Continue reading →

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Ces Soirèes-La

Posted on October 8, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Ces Soirèes-La. Or more appropriately Ces Après-midi-La. I spent yesterday afternoon with 1,699 other souls at a sold out performance at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, ME. While waiting in the lobby, I couldn’t help but notice snowy heads, frail bodies, … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Inspire

Posted on July 29, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Welcome to the Saturday installment of Five Minute Friday. No excuses. I just couldn’t muster the inspiration to write for five minutes Friday. Oh, wait. INSPIRE. That’s this week’s prompt. How (in)appropriate. But I didn’t want the weekend to fly … Continue reading →

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I Did It!

Posted on June 5, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Some people will read this and shrug, “So.” Other will read this, purse their face into a perplexed look, perhaps scratch their head and comment, “Why?” But those who know me will smile and simply say, “Joe has his wanderlust … Continue reading →

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Love Songs

Posted on April 27, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Not everyone is going to understand this post … but those of us who have gone through the loss of a long-term partner, it is all too real. You never know when the ache returns. Sometimes it is shortly after … Continue reading →

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