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Find me now at revtallman.graceluckey.orgSee you there.

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I've been in the midst of a discussion regarding parenting and gender roles. I'm no expert but here's my two cents.It seems to me that we have spent the last couple decades railing against something that never existed. The only place that the Leave It to Beaver world ever existed was on Television. There was never a time when only the women did the work in the home. It has always been a

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I passed my state test for volunteer firefighting today (12/9/06). Now I can be more involved in accident and fireground activities, including SCBA use. I'm pumped and excited to get more involved.

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Got called to a vehicle accident today. The dispatcher said the driver was trapped in the car. By the time I got there with the crew in the heavy rescue, it was obvious the driver wasn't just trapped, he was also dead. My first clue was the fact that the vehicle was hooked to a tow truck and the tow truck driver was working to unwrap the car from the tree with the driver still in it. If the

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Here is my December church newsletter article.Merry Christmas So the title isn’t so original, but I can’t help it. Once in a while, I have to be predictable so the unpredictability doesn’t become predictable. I’ll pause for a moment to let you chew on that one. It’s good to sit back and really let things sink in or they do become old hat. Times like Christmas can get that way. We always

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I spent Saturday, 11/18/06 with a few of my friends. That's me on the left sitting on the ground.

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Happy Thanksgiving in the USA. I just completed my annual self abuse ritual watching the Detroit Lions get beat on Thanksgiving Day. I remember as a kid at least looking forward to Thanksgiving because it was one day my favorite team, the Detroit Lions, actually played well. How a team can be so consistantly awful in a league that prides itself on parity is beyond me. Year after year the

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I've just joined the local fire department and I'm just about done with my training preparing to take my state test. One of the first things we talked about was the mission of the fire service. The first and most important mission is life safety, that is, life safety of the fire fighters and other responders.It's not that we are not supposed to care about victims of accidents and fires, it's

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Rick over at Brutally Honest has placed me in his list of offspring. He and I have posted a few times at Desperate Preacher in the discussion board. He's a pretty good guy. We don't always agree, but I never have to guess what he is thinking. If you have come here from Brutally Honest, welcome. I'm not quite as prolific as Rick, but I try. Quite a while ago, Rick encouraged me to start a

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I don't know about you, but I'm glad the election is over here in the USA. It will be interesting to see how things turn out with Democrats in charge in the House and as of this writing the possiblity of Democrats in charge in the Senate. It might not be all bad to have a divided government.On a local level, my community just passed a tax levy fo the school district. It passed by just 46 votes

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I am now in my second year as a pastor and boy is it different than the first. Last year at this time I felt bored with not enough to do. This year, I meet myself coming and going. Some of it is my own doing, some of it I've let be done to me, and the rest of it I guess is the reality of full time ministry with a family of five.I'm not complaining. If I wasn't busy, then I know ministry

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I often compare the art of sermon writing to professional atheltics. No one cares about yesterday, they want to know what you have today. Last weeks sermon is just a memory and this week people come expecting something new. In the process of writing one more newsletter article, I gave in and this is what came out. Some days, I just look at my computer, hoping God will supernaturally possess

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I'm a Lutheran Pastor in Ohio who is trying out blogging to share thoughts and ideas as they come to me. I've never been one to journal so this will be a place for me to think out loud and share what's on my mind. I tend to process things in stages, so where I begin may not be where I end up. I look forward to sharing with you.

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