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Lenten Reflections

Posted on March 5, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

I had about 36 hours notice to prepare something for this morning. Steve had asked if I could perhaps give the sermon I gave in Maine, but it was on joy … not particularly relevant for this Lenten season. But … Continue reading →

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Connections

Posted on March 1, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

In late December, my elder daughter asked yours truly and her siblings, family and friends if we were interested in joining her and her youngest son in a photo a day challenge. Idea is to concentrate on a particular word … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Slow

Posted on February 25, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Five Minute Friday on Saturday time. You know what that means … letting the neurons out of their cages to roam free, spark the heart, mind and soul and trigger the finger movements for a five minute post on … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Refine

Posted on January 21, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

Happy Saturday! It must be time for Five Minute Friday — you know, the time where we collectively write for five minutes (more or less) on a common prompt word and meet up at Kate’s place (http://katemotaung.com/2017/01/19/five-minute-friday-refine/) to share and … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Middle

Posted on January 14, 2017 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Five Minute Friday on Saturday time. Although I tried — really — to carve out a couple of minutes for the weekly exercise yesterday, something got in the way. Important things, like taking a nap, cleaning out my car … Continue reading →

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Top Posts of 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

After reading some of my Five Minute Friday friends’ posts this week, I realized I must have missed something in Kate Motaung’s memo. I reread the invitation. Sure enough, Kate didn’t ask for the top Five Minute Friday post of … Continue reading →

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Finding Maine

Posted on November 25, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

Now that I’m more settled in Maine, as I travel I try to do some exploring. My latest trip was bookended with visits to Lincoln and Guilford/Abbott. Lincoln? Guilford/Abbott? Believe it or not, there is a method to my sightseeing … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Common

Posted on November 12, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

It’s late Saturday afternoon so I guess I better settle down and let the neurons out. They’ve been waiting patiently since this week’s prompt was announced yesterday … well more precisely Thursday night. What the heck am I talking about? … Continue reading →

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Dreams … Dreams … Dreams

Posted on October 16, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

I have been called a dreamer … and I would never dispute it. Psychologically, a dreamer is a person who lives in or escapes to a world of fantasy or illusion. Again, I would never dispute that. And dreamers tend to … Continue reading →

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Math 2016

Posted on August 28, 2016 by wisdomfromafather

My faith in science has been shattered. By science, I mean specifically math. It seems everything I thought I knew has changed. I mean, aren’t math facts well … facts? It started innocuously enough with a picture problem from my grandson. … Continue reading →

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