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Occasional Thoughts from Rev. Fred Willis
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Imagine Christmas
In 1970, when I was born, my father went down to the local Goodyear store and bought “The Great Songs of Christmas” album by the Goodyear Tire Company. Adding it to his yearly collection of Christmas albums from both Goodyear and Firestone, I have since listened to those albums countless times over 20+ years of [...]
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Too Good Not To Post!
Many years ago before anti-discrimination laws were in effect, Mrs. Rosenberg was stranded late one night at a fashionable resort on Cape Cod — one that did not admit Jews.
The desk clerk looked down at his book and said, “Sorry, no room. The hotel is full.”
The lady said, “But your sign says that you have [...]
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Servants Seeing Miracles
I used to work at the Crazy Cajun restaurant over on Nasa Road 1 as a dishwasher. It was there that I received my breakthrough into the wonderful world of cooking… now before that, I could cook. But it was at the Crazy Cajun that I learned the secrets that you only get by being [...]
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Some Personal News for you…
So, yeah, “we” are pregnant.
I figured I might as well post it up at the start instead of teasing you with a long essay which made you wonder “oh my, are they…?”. And just as it would normally be in character for me to tease you (though I refrain this time) surely it would also [...]
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Memories of Mountains
When I was about 20 I took a trip to Manitou springs, to stay in a 100+ year old hotel at the base of Pike’s Peak. I was attending a summer camp called “Summit Ministries” at the insistence of a close high school friend, Don Miller. There was a lot to be jazzed about, but being [...]
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