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NOTICINGS… June 30, 2021 As of today I live with a woman who no longer has any class or principals. My wife retires today after a wonderful 30 year career as a high school math and music teacher. I’ve been…

NOTICINGS – JUNE 23, 2021 Our denomination generally follows a set of scripture readings called the Revised Common Lectionary. It’s a three-year cycle with 4 readings offered each week: one each from the Hebrew Scriptures, Psalms, New Testament, and Gospels.…

NOTICINGS… June 16, 2021 It worked! All the decluttering and clearing out of things. All the cleaning. All the stripping the house of anything personal or ‘homey’. All the froofy pillows. It worked! We are thrilled that our house has…

NOTICINGS… June 9, 2021 I don’t even know where to start. I have no insights, no explanations, certainly no answers – just questions. Terrible, haunting questions. Why do some people so devalue and dehumanize other people that it is somehow…

NOTICINGS… June 2, 2021 I’m finding myself yearning for normalcy these days. The pandemic has obviously thrown us all for a considerable loop (more about that in Sunday’s sermon), but it’s more than that. If you’ve been following Noticings for…

NOTICINGS… May 26, 2021 Tonight will be the last song in my “Songs Along the Way” series. If you’re not familiar with that, every Wednesday at 7:15 pm for the last 19 weeks I’ve shared on our Faith United YouTube…

NOTICINGS… May 19, 2021 I’m nursing a sore finger today. I was trying to put our sliding screen door back onto its rails and I pinched my finger in the process. My first thought (other than “ouch”) was, “Oh no,…

NOTICINGS… May 12, 2021 There’s a labyrinth on canvass spread out on the floor of our Faith United sanctuary. It’s been there for a little over a year now. We borrowed it from our Region to use during Lent 2020…

NOTICINGS… May 5, 2021 I just noticed something. I forgot to write Noticings today. I’m writing this as I’m sitting down late Wednesday afternoon with a cup of tea after my workday, and only now did it occur to me…

NOTICINGS… April 28, 2021 I’m moving. Just houses, not churches. No, we haven’t found a place yet. We’re still looking. No, we haven’t sold our home yet. Buy one first, then sell. Yes, we’re well aware of how volatile and…