Category: Real Talk
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Movement of Jah People I’m not a huge fan of the Grateful Dead, but must admit it’s been a long, strange trip since our previous post. In the past year I’ve been kicked out of a halfway house because of no income, slept in a drug dealer’s car for a month, figured out how to…
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Or, Last Call at the Tavern 2015. I was on three years probation for my third (and thankfully last) DUI in Ulster County, that should have been a felony, save for a sturdy defense lawyer and 18 months of court appearances. With my charge finally reduced to a misdemeanor (thanks again, Tom Petro Esq) I…
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Here in the rehab house we’re blessed to have a weekly prayer circle hosted by two local pastors, one an ordained minister and the other an elder in his church. Professionally, both are interstate truck drivers, so we’re fortunate if they’re in town, but when not, we DIY the readings ourselves. Happily for us Brother…
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Q: If April showers bring may flowers, what do may flowers bring? A: Pilgrims! (Sorry, couldn’t resist that one.) Blame it on Mercury coming out of retrograde, but the universal energy lately has been a little funky. Perhaps it’s due to distant saber-rattling from Russia and South Korea, or our President’s drug-friendly son being indicted…
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Author and religious scholar C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) is well-known for his popular fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia, but also for his many collected essays on Christianity. Recently someone gave me a boxed set of his theological books, including The Four Loves, that I read (OK, mostly dozed on) in college. But 40 years and…
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Have you heard this one: What do you call a person who’s dyslexic, an insomniac and an agnostic? Someone who stays up all night, trying to decide if there really is a dog. (Badum-dum.) The point being, even this old dog can learn a few new tricks. And remember what we say about no coincidences…
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When reforming one’s life, whether making amends for past mistakes or just turning over a new leaf, those two letters “RE” often come into play. Change for the better is good, especially when those retributions are under your own control. In the fight against addiction, some turns are mandated for us, even if we don’t…
Behold, Happy Is The Man 