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Our world of many faiths
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There is a tradition of faith and religion, the seeking of an understanding of the nature of God and our relationship to whoever or whatever God is going back at least 10,000 years on our planet. During those 10,000 years many faiths have emerged helping people find their way to a connection with God from many different viewpoints. Each has validity, each has value. With so many different faiths the world over, the concept of any one being the one and only true faith is peculiar to me. It doesn't make any sense if you think about it. However, it...
About wishing you a Merry Christmas
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The other day I stopped in at our favorite local apple grower's roadside store to buy a few pounds of apples and some fresh pressed apple cider. After paying, the lady at the counter said, "Have a nice Christmas," and I could see a little look of doubt in her eyes as if she wondered if it was okay to say "Christmas" to me. I smiled and said, "Merry Christmas!" She relaxed, smiled and said, "Merry Christmas! It is so hard to tell what to do say these days." In response I said, "Let's not have our communication stifled by...
The true meaning (or a better meaning) of "righteous"
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Our little world is in a bit of trouble, and someone needs to do something effective to turn things around. But, who can we turn to? Who has the power to turn things around in a little world so seemingly large? World leaders? Politicians? Celebrities? The media? Who. Two thousand years ago, give or take a couple hundred years, someone had the idea it was the every day people who could make the biggest difference, because that is who he brought his message to. A message of love. Love your neighbor. He gave his message to you and to me,...
Photography show tomorrow evening
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One River, a photography show curated by me and my husband, will open tomorrow night (Friday, December 2, 2011) at Marti's on Main in Albion, New York. The public is welcome to the opening reception from 5:30 to 9:00 that evening. If you are one of my readers in the local area, I hope you will come by. It will be a fun, warm, and happy evening. We have fifty six photographs printed on Kodak's Endura Metallic paper in sizes 8x10, 11x14 and 16x20 all matted and framed in the exhibit. The photographs have been shot over the past sixty...
Surviving a holiday
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Thanksgiving Day was the most relaxing Thanksgiving holiday I think I have had as an adult. Unfortunately, the rest of the weekend was spent nursing my dear daughter through a three-day migraine. So sad for her, and stressful for me. I don't mean that as a complaint, it just is what it is. Giving care to someone in that kind of pain while simultaneously caring for a 2-1/2 year old full of robust enthusiasm for life (which is totally great) takes a toll on my body after the first day and a half. Thereofre, I hope you will all...