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Hey folks…Today it finally felt like spring! In our country neighborhood you can tell it’s spring because the real estate signs start popping up. Maybe people get restless in spring, maybe they want to try to move while the kids are out of school, maybe they can’t get anything else to grow in their gardens […]

I’ve been thinking about summer. (Well Tim…that is hardly news!) O.k…I’ve been thinking constantly and borderline obsessively about summer. Better? And because I’m married to someone that plans ahead, that also means I have been thinking about travel plans. I’ve traveled a bit, although compared to some of the globe-trotting denizens of The Table I’m […]

Easter Sunday! This is supposedly the apex of the Christian calendar. It’s often been about the resurrection, and how we are now the recipients of everything we could ask for and more (something including a new car). I’d like to explore the dark side of Easter a little (but not make it too dark), and […]

I was outside earlier this week, enjoying the rather delightful warmth we experienced and thinking about spring. In contrast to my happy thoughts, I was listening to the fine Canadian husband and wife duo Whitehorse singing the song Cold July which is about an overdue relational thaw. Maybe it was that combination, together with the […]

My maternal Grandfather was a compendium of folk sayings. Always prefaced by “Like the old fellar says…”, they were colorful, memorable, and usually at least obliquely funny. So I guess my mom came by her collection of similar sayings honestly enough. I can remember a few, but one that has stuck with me very well, […]

I can be oblivious – the last person in the room to be aware of the environmental, relational, or spiritual reality of what is going on around me. As you can imagine, that isn’t generally a good thing! So working at being more aware is a perenial and necessary task for me. If there is […]

Hey all…this week I’m going to try to connect the dots between an ancient/future innovation process that is getting a lot of current buzz and ways in which we can “unblock” our spiritual growth. That’s all I’m going to say about that, because having made the commitment, I still have to figure out how I […]

In the midst of my curling game last week, I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach. Whether it was from physical indigestion or a guilty conscious, I couldn’t tell. But likely both. En route to the game, I was in a pinch for time with a growling stomach and a light wallet. Just then, […]

With my apologies for the lateness of the blurb (we are migrating our website and email programs to a new server – no small task), here is a quick glimpse of what is coming up. This week, I have decided to demonstrate the intriguing link between snow removal (and the occasional limits of the same) […]

Hey all – this week we will be continuing our “Spiritual Songs” conversation with a “guest” from within our community, Donavan Heiken. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying our preperatory chats, and am very excited that Donavan is available to do this. Here is her take on where we’re headed…. “Greetings Tablers near and far, I am […]