Author Archives: Paul Harris

About Paul Harris

Pastor Harris retired from congregational ministry after 40 years in office on 31 December 2023. He is now devoting himself to being a husband, father, and grandfather. He still thinks cenobitic monasticism is overrated and cave dwelling under.

Poor, Poor Pitiful Me

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Paul Harris

It’s not often that I prefer a remake of a song to the golden days of the 70’s.  I first heard Linda Ronstadt’s “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” while drinking beer in a car with a college friend on the banks … Continue reading →

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“It’s 2024. Do you know (or care) from whom your kid’s are getting their tech?”

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Paul Harris

This is a play on the Public Service Announcement I heard from time to time growing up in the in the later 60s and mid-70s. “It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your children are?” You’re going to think this … Continue reading →

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21st Century High Place – Life.Church

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Paul Harris

I’ve had my eye on this “church” ever since they bought the building Kohls vacated, tore half of it down, and rebuilt a big box to replace the big box retailer that was there. This really is a Big Box … Continue reading →

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Virtue Signaling

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Paul Harris
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Tantamount to Sacrilege

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Paul Harris

This Good Friday blog had its genesis in my pastor’s remark in a Lenten sermon, but it sprung to life while on a walk somedays later. The first sermonic thought I had had in 15 months. No exaggeration. Before retirement, … Continue reading →

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Resisting Artificial Intelligence

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Paul Harris

The above is the title of Harper’s July 2024 issue. I sure don’t hear many raising this hue and cry. According to Benjamín Labatut’s essay “The God’s of Logic – Before and after artificial intelligence”, we ought to be listening to Geoffrey … Continue reading →

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Just as I Suspicioned

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Paul Harris

I heard my mother-in-law say now and again that she ‘suspicioned’ this or that. I always thought that was a made up word. My Merriam-Webster says it is a word though they consider it “chiefly dialectal”. I always liked the word … Continue reading →

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If not for the Laughing I’d be crying

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Paul Harris
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Give us 18 Minutes, we’ll give you the world

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Paul Harris

The Satellite News Network (SNC) debuted in 1982 with  this slogan.  It would be more accurate to say that if you give them 18 minutes they will give you their world, the world as they see it, believe it, edit … Continue reading →

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Is Implying Closed Communion Practicing It?

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Paul Harris

Again, I don’t go browsing, surfing, or shopping the web for Communion Statements. Something else brought me to St. Paul Lutheran Church & Early Childhood Ministry, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod,  Columbus, IN. Once there I checkd out their Sunday bulletin, … Continue reading →

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