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The Meandering Hermit: May 2013
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Beauty of a Storm. Aldo Leopold, in "Come High Water", writes about the special peace that comes in being stranded by floodwaters, unable to return to work or regular life, and forced into a special type of seclusion. Thank you, Abba. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Love God, love life, love friends, love nature, hate evil. View my complete profile. The Beauty of a Storm. Links to other blogs of interest. A humorous link about white people.
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The Meandering Hermit: The Beauty of a Storm
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The Beauty of a Storm. Aldo Leopold, in "Come High Water", writes about the special peace that comes in being stranded by floodwaters, unable to return to work or regular life, and forced into a special type of seclusion. Thank you, Abba. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Love God, love life, love friends, love nature, hate evil. View my complete profile. The Beauty of a Storm. Links to other blogs of interest.
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The Meandering Hermit: Tiny Glass Bells
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Sunday, May 03, 2015. I remember the night I cried for my loss. I was on the school's annual induction retreat for incoming freshmen students, and after a late night of preparation and planning for the next day's activities I escorted one of my female colleagues to her cabin in the woods. I'm not sure what kind of security I could actually provide if we encountered some rabid lumberjack on the trail, but there's always comfort in companionship. And again: "SHHHHHHHH...
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The Meandering Hermit: Happy Labor Day Weekend
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Tuesday, December 03, 2013. Happy Labor Day Weekend. It's Sunday morning, year 2013. As I type, a swarm of hummers have just mobbed this feeder- life suddenly is even happier from this chair. Paul lovingly writes to his Children in Corinth another letter, and says, "do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Therefore come out from them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will r...
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The Meandering Hermit: The Pause
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Friday, April 25, 2014. As I sit here in my lab desk, reflecting over the crazy pace of this last month, I am aware of a background noise that masks itself earlier in the day with the sounds of footsteps or conversation. No, it is not my tinnitus, though that certainly is part of the moment. It is the air conditioner. The air conditioner running, and there is nobody left in this building but me. And I like it. Listened to your pulse in your ears? The awareness that ...
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The Meandering Hermit: The Value of Suffering
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Wednesday, July 31, 2013. The Value of Suffering. I don't like pain. I was not a great football player. I hate to see suffering, whether man or beast. I have deep sorrow when I see an animal struck by a car but not dispatched. I also acknowledge the value of both pain and suffering in experiencing the depths of life available to us on this side. I understand how some folk see Jesus as a miracle-performing lunatic- His teaching is all upside down! And in that powerfu...
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The Meandering Hermit: December 2013
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Tuesday, December 03, 2013. Happy Labor Day Weekend. It's Sunday morning, year 2013. As I type, a swarm of hummers have just mobbed this feeder- life suddenly is even happier from this chair. Paul lovingly writes to his Children in Corinth another letter, and says, "do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Therefore come out from them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will r...
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The Meandering Hermit: July 2013
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Wednesday, July 31, 2013. The Value of Suffering. I don't like pain. I was not a great football player. I hate to see suffering, whether man or beast. I have deep sorrow when I see an animal struck by a car but not dispatched. I also acknowledge the value of both pain and suffering in experiencing the depths of life available to us on this side. I understand how some folk see Jesus as a miracle-performing lunatic- His teaching is all upside down! And in that powerfu...
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The Meandering Hermit: April 2014
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Friday, April 25, 2014. Why WalMart will Fail in my Neighborhood. WalMart has risen to preeminence in the consumer retail industry because of their smart-inventory systems and sense of branding among "associates". But that is recently shifting with ongoing lack of local management. If it were anecdotal, this would not be blog-worthy. It is the air conditioner. The air conditioner running, and there is nobody left in this building but me. And I like it. April had bee...
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The Meandering Hermit: July 2015
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Most Excellent Adventures: A New Life. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Ouch I believe this stone is yours? I am a sinner, saved by Grace, so I have no room to boast. I am not perfect. like I said: I am a sinner. I keep screwing up. There is a popular perception that somehow America, or other countries for that matter, are no longer the Christian nations that they used to be. I have read enough history to doubt whether any nation is Christian, but to qualify that, let me explain what I mean by "christian". An ama...
