Monthly Archives: April 2005

Back to basics

Our office is computerized – well the front office anyway.  We haven’t gone whole hog and gotten computers in every operatory and we don’t chart directly onto a screen.  We use paper.  And are we ever glad that we do … Continue reading

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Needing to mend fences

I am deleting some posts and editing a couple others.  I am not doing this because of being flamed in the comments.  I think I am guilty of crossing over into sensitive territory and in so doing I hurt my … Continue reading

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It is coming!

Yesterday was a gorgeous spring day.  Most of the snow that covered the riverbank a week ago is gone.  Everyday there are more geese on the stretch of open water on the still frozen river.  And the pussy willows in … Continue reading

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An unexpected gift

Today I received a gift.  It was totally unexpected,  thoughtful, and wonderful.  A bouquet of flowers to top off a day that held all the promise of spring.  Thank you, thank you.  To think that Christians as far away as … Continue reading

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More Ready Than You Realize by Brian McLaren

Brian McLaren seems to stir up controversy in conservative evangelical circles.  I have never thought of myself as being particularly “liberal” in my theology.  However, since my teens, I have never felt comfortable holding strong and inflexible opinions on matters … Continue reading

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Pretending or real?

Real Live Preacher has taken a vacation it seems.  But he has an article in The Christian Century that talks about protecting our personal space as part of the way we pretend in church.  He calls that Disneyland Christianity.  In … Continue reading

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