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Month: August 2014

The Forlorn Hope

Posted by | Aug 25, 2014 |

‘Forlorn hope’ now just means ‘lost hope’. That’s not how it was in the 16th century, when a forlorn hope wasn’t a bad feeling about the world but a robust band of fighters.  They would...

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Klemet Preus prompts a thought.

Posted by | Aug 24, 2014 |

I haven’t thought about George Orwell for a long time.  Most people don’t think of Orwell at all unless they think of “Animal Farm”.  Not “Animal House”, “Animal Farm”.  Orwell...

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Funeral Service for Pastor Busse

Posted by | Aug 21, 2014 |

Pastor Gary L. Buss, was called to Glory on Wednesday, August 19,2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital, in Grand Junction, Colorado. > > Pastor Buss was a graduate of Concordia, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He graduated from Concordia...

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The Organizing Principle.

Posted by | Aug 20, 2014 |

Since we hired a community organizer to be the President of the United States it is fun to think about organizing and communities isn’t it?  Part of the reason that we live the way we do today is that words have pretty...

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