What Christmas means to me
There are rare times when the truth is apparent; maybe the truth is always apparent but we look the other way. I think many of us walk about in a world that is shaped by influences that promise to help...
View ArticleChristmas on my mind
The biceps brachii muscle is given the name biceps because it has two heads and brachii is the Latin word for arm. The juncture of these two heads meet is where the pain begins and our story starts. I...
View ArticleI remember Christmas
 I want to indulge myself in a little Christmas nostalgia this week. These are some of the Christmas memories that I want to share with you. Whenever I think of Christmas, I think about milking...
View ArticleA Matter of Faith
I see our country still has a problem with Christmas. Some schools call their Christmas programs “informances” while others institutions quickly cover their mouths in shame if they happen to...
View ArticleChristmas in Five Acts
Act I Lazy Christmas My work ethic has not shown itself this Christmas. I am unusually lazy and have not done much about the season. Lisa did most of the decorating and I only recently began buying...
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Rural Reflections Christmas Radio
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View ArticleThe Advent Calendar
I have a need to mark time. I need to see tangible points that mark the passage of time so that I don’t feel I have wasted my life. I don’t waste my days during Christmas, I mark time with an Advent...
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Rural Reflections Christmas Radio
Here is this week’s Rural Reflections Christmas Radio program, the Advent Calendar
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Rural Reflections Christmas Radio
Here is this week’s Rural Reflections Christmas Radio program, Christmas Letter to Dave
View ArticleTwas the night before, the night before Christmas
(prolouge) One night I awaited a spot to stay during the Off-Sale parking lot ballet. I reminded me much of a sware so merry, on stage, it was the dance of the sugar plum fairies. My mind relaxed into...
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Here is this week’s Rural Reflections Radio program, Twas the night before, the night before Christmas
View ArticleHard Candy Christmas
For those of you who like a good cry, try the song “Hard Candy Christmas” by Dolly Parton. It is such an honest look at depression during Christmas that it must be first-person reporting. I love the...
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Rural Reflections Christmas Radio
Christmas Day, and here is your Rural Reflections Christmas radio program, Hard Candy Christmas
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Rural Reflections Christmas Radio
Here is this week’s Rural Reflections Christmas Radio program, Christmas on my mind
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Christmas-a sustainable truth
I think about sustainability a lot. In farming, sustainability means the ability to continue to produce using inputs that can be created through management rather than purchase; to continue the...
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Here is this week’s Rural Reflections Christmas radio program, A Sustainable Christmas
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The Christmas Guest
I love the words to “the Christmas guest” as sung by Grandpa Jones. The lyrics of this song deal with an old man who has a vision that God will visit him that Christmas evening. God never appears in...
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