Things not to do when someone is visiting your Church

A warm greeting from a few greeters is a good way to start…., but don’t start an interview Smiles and a few acknowledgements from members signals a warm welcome….. but forming a welcoming line is over the top Questioning with the obvious intent on gathering personal information isn’t welcome Excessive emotions are generally considered disingenuous…..aka…

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Curse of the Ponderer…..

I wish I was a simpleton….. I’m sure they have much more fun…. than spending time examining things they cannot comprehend who cares where the wind šŸ’Ø goes or where the water comes from that make the rivers flow or if a turtle knows more than I think they know….. where these thoughts come from…

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Non Existent…. The Definitive ā€œDavidā€

The only constant my friends would offer as a description of me would be….. ā€œchangeā€, in appearance…. In dress….. in habits and in personality……not I don’t have multiple personalities….. I’m just evolving…… I’m a little Leary of people that never change. Some find it comforting to have familiarity ever present…. Ā I don’t. A little is…

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Clean Slate…..

Every day I am given the opportunity to be free of the concerns and potholes of yesterday…, it is a new road and there are new adventures and challenges for this day…. I cannot enjoy the uniqueness and nuances of this moment living in the past….. now is the only thing happening…… the only way…

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Trying to avoid myself…..

8766 miles from my previous home and I was sure I wouldn’t run into me ……. But there I was….. he wasn’t dressed like me and his structure and facial features were different and his complexion was much darker but while I was waiting at the market seated in the tryke waiting for my wife,…

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When Man Plays God

When man plays God…. You are going to get robbed….. paying for the intrusion it will usually arrive packaged and tied… with a note promising a blessing and in the end…. When the ā€œdisasterā€ sets in and you realize you accepted the plan…even though your gut told you it was treason….. you shake your head…

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Please don’t interrupt my dreaming….

So many things come to me in my dreams…. No I don’t care to explain it….. words would only frustrate me and puzzle you…if I would try and frame it… so I generally announce šŸ“¢ if anyone is near….. I’ll be checking out of this challenging atmosphere, to go where I’m comfortable and everything and…

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Later….. doesn’t work for me

I’m sorry later doesn’t work for me….. because I don’t know where I’ll be….. so if you want to get along with me ….. I live in the ā€œnowā€ Later is a tenuous game…God knows things change….. and while you are planning for later time isn’t stopping or standing still….. oh I hear you groan…

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Yuck…..🤢 sucking on dirty socks

When I’m not on guard and my mind wanders off, occasionally I can entertain ā€œbad thoughts Ā ā€œ there is a price and quick to respond and send them off…… the impression they leave…..ā€ like sucking on dirty socks ā€œ yuck…. oboe the hobo šŸ‡±šŸ‡·šŸ¦šŸ‡±šŸ‡·šŸ¦šŸ‡µšŸ‡­

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