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Lady Godiva
This 1861 statue is in England is the oldest known statue of the most famous nude.
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How Cheap Can We Get Him?
A mentor of mine who for decades was a circuit counselor in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod told me that when he was working with a church that had a pastoral vacancy, when the topic turned to salary some old … Continue reading
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What to say after Here I stand: Perhaps I’m Wrong
There is such a thing as the tyranny of conscience. This early quote from Luther applies: Luther’s own appraisal of his “Here I Stand” 95 Theses in a 1518 letter to his superior, the Bishop of Brandenburg, said in part: “For I … Continue reading
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A Myth of the Digital Age
I’ve come to terms with “sometimes perception is reality”. Finally, I’m able to expose it for the fallacious thinking, even more to the point, the solipsistic thinking that it is.
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The Buggy Whip Salesman & Me
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The Excruciating 21st Century
You can say something is excruciatingly funny or that a comedy is excruciating. “But the root sense, all pain, is: ‘to crucify.” The Lain ex functions as an intensive. Cruciare ‘to crucify’ has the generalized sense to torture. That’s from … Continue reading
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Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
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?”
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
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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