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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Tuesday, February 05, 2008. A Christmas Story" in Cleveland. On Feb. 3, 2008, this fellow got a delightful opportunity to wander about and be photographed in the house used for all the exterior and some of the interior photography of "A Christmas Story." The 25th anniversary of that movie is coming this November, and the staff at the house and museum and gift shop has done a great job creating a unique visitor experience. Straits of Mackinac from Sheplers.
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Notes From My Knapsack: 05/10/2015 - 05/17/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Friday, May 15, 2015. Notes From My Knapsack 5-21-15. Notes From My Knapsack 5-21-15. A Body in the Well (conclusion). Back at the tavern, Job Case sat with William and Sarah Gavit on one long bench alongside the large hearth in the public room. Opposite them, closer to the fire himself, was Hezekiah Mirk. Case and Mirk were closest to the warmth, boots to one side, woolen socks steaming. So, Chief Justice Gavit, what do you propose that we do? That's ri...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 06/07/2015 - 06/14/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Sunday, June 07, 2015. Here's my last get-way-ahead pre-submitted column for June! Weddings and June and what will change. You may have figured out, and I do mention from time to time (I trust not too often) that these columns are usually written well in advance of when you read them, in print or online. As a matter of practice, this will create complications for some clergy. There are denominations that are more in support of same-sex marriage than ...
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Notes From My Knapsack: Faith Works 8-8-15
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. Measuring progress on multiple levels. In many non-profits and social service agencies, there's a tool for tracking how things are going that's been borrowed from the business world, called a "dashboard.". It also is a response to the modern truism "we become what we measure." Or, as has been said in fields like community policing or social justice "if it isn't measured, it stops mattering.". Actually, most congregations do have...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 05/03/2015 - 05/10/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Tuesday, May 05, 2015. Notes From My Knapsack 5-7-15. Notes From My Knapsack 5-7-15. A Body in the Well (pt. 6). Hezekiah Mirk and Job Case paused at the banks of the Pataskala to take off their boots and roll up their leggings. That's her, isn't it? Case only nodded, then stood and nodded towards her, almost but not quite a bow. Who tripped, ma'am? Asked Mirk, rising awkwardly to his feet, one boot on, one boot off, a woolen stocking in his hand. Caleb ...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 05/31/2015 - 06/07/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Thursday, June 04, 2015. Some climbs are steeper than others. There's always more to say about mental health in general and behavioral health care options in the community. Last week I was talking about pastors in particular, and more to all of us about being willing to discuss, to recommend, to commend getting help when a mental health challenge is in front of us. So talking about behavioral health the same way we do medical health is a smart, helpful, ...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 05/24/2015 - 05/31/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Treatment works, Recovery happens. In this space some years back, I mentioned that I've had a few colonoscopies. Yeah, I'm sure you were waiting for me to get back to that subject. No details, right? Right But it was a necessary subject because, among other things, my doctor conducting the colonoscopy (is that right? Do they conduct them? So may I note that I've made use of behavioral health in my life? Or as the phrase in behavio...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 07/19/2015 - 07/26/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Not Just a Job, an Adventure. So, I'm exhausted. But the good kind. You know, the kind of tired you are after having 4,000 house guests enjoy their stay, not break anything, engage in lots of active, even contentious conversation without any ugly arguments breaking out (not complete agreement, but civility and even love reigned supreme), and now they're gone. That kind of tired. I love my job. Yes, it's hard work. So's being...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 07/26/2015 - 08/02/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. What comes out of an education. Through the recent general church meeting I was part of last month, you could often hear "they didn't cover [blank] in seminary! And that was usually true. You can't cover everything, and the point of a seminary education is to give you the tools of ministry and some proficiency in using them, not to talk you through every possible usage of them. That's an entirely different column. Theology and e...
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Notes From My Knapsack: 07/05/2015 - 07/12/2015
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Notes From My Knapsack. Plus, occasional bloggage. Wednesday, July 08, 2015. Your choices, everyone's considerations. Thank you for the fascinating and thoughtful e-mail these last few weeks. I want to promise everyone that I do, in fact, read every last bit of it, and I try to answer, even if briefly, all of them (although I do suspect in the clutter of my inbox I may miss a few, so feel free to re-inquire if you've asked me a question and heard nothing! Yes, there are many of you who choose to open the...
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