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After many years with the same layout, I’ve taken the plunge and changed my blog layout. It’s probably well beyond time for this. Change is good, and in the digital world that changes every day, it was probably silly to keep the same layout for almost a decade. The layout was tied to my website, […]
Read MoreThe incredible news of yesterday was no blockages!!!The doc said the arterties were “clear as the day you were born,” and the nurse called them “textbook.” YES!! Here’s the video… So, that means some kind of electrical problem with “extra” beats in between the regular cycle of beats.The doc is not worried about it […]
Read MoreTuesday morning, I will go in for an angiogram on my heart. This results from a series of tests that docs have been running on me in the past few weeks. It started with the recognition by my primary care doc that the electrical circuitry in my heart appeared to be off. (Just a routine […]
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I believe the decision to house a Presidential Library, any Presidential Library, at a major university is a no-brainer, and a real honor for that university. Presidential Libraries become those places where the legacies of presidents are finally sorted out. Historians come to comb the record, write the histories, that ultimately help us shape our […]
Read MoreIt’s been quite a jarring week in the news. Boston. Ricin Letters to the President. Kaufman County. The explosion in West, Texas. Flooding in the midwest. The “news cycle” feels unrelenting. As a friend of mine said moments ago: you know it’s bad when they interrupt breaking news to bring you more breaking news. One […]
Read MoreWith little editing (meaning: there’s lots of typos) here is my eulogy for beloved Northavener, Carole Carsey. This should publish around the time the service starts today. She was always one of my “Balcony People” but is for sure now…EF I am confident that everyone in this room will agree with me when I say […]
Read MoreThis week, the Supreme Court takes up two important cases on the issue of same-sex marriage. The cases may, or may not, fundamentally change the legal understanding of marriage in our nation. Whether or not they do, decisions are not expected for months. (UPDATE 6/27/13: Yesterday, the Supreme Court came back with decisions in both […]
Read More(Note: Please read this entire blog for an important update at the end…EF) Watching the election of the Pope Francis last week, I couldn’t help but notice how impressive it was to see a true “global church” in action. However, it also reminded me of a truth about our beloved United Methodist Church… We say […]
Read More“Sometimes in the night I feel it, Near as my next breath and yet untouchable. Silently, the past comes stealing, Like the taste of some forbidden sweet.” ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ A week ago right now, we were rehearsing for that night’s Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show. It […]
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