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“I wonder, wonder, who…. wrote the book of love.”  That was a hit song when I was 5 years old, so I have no claim to remembering it when it was new.  But some songs are timeless, aren’t they?   Why mention this?  Well, in some ways the question is universal.  For lots of people, there…
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It’s time to start planning.  Spring is when clergy begin thinking about the next ‘church year.’ Our Music Director, The Worship Associates, and I met this week to begin doing that for our worship ministry.  Summer was foremost of course, but the big question – when will we resume in person  worship – hovered over…
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When I got my initial training for interim ministry last spring I got a syllabus with lots of required reading and recommended reading, and handbooks and case studies, a small library of tools and techniques that honestly I could not begin to digest.  That made me anxious.  How could I possibly get all this done?…
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I had a great idea for this week and sure enough, the moment I sat down, I forgot what it was.  Don’t say it was a ‘senior moment’ because I have been like this my whole life.  There are so many things happening in my head that truly there is no way to keep track…
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