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Drive-In
The second time I came to South Dakota was with a middle school mission trip with YouthWorks. We spent a week in Rapid City serving the community. I had 4 boys and 1 middle school girl along with a female adult leader. While driving across the open expanse of South Dakota on I-90 we counted […]
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Lonely in a crowd
One of the things I have been least prepared for in my position in Pine Ridge is how lonely it can be. Even when I am in a crowd of people. Sometimes I feel that I am all alone. Part of this is the nature of being a pastor and some of it is from […]
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Sunflowers
Okay Sunflowers. Yesterday I was on my way to a meeting about 30 minutes from home. As I drove, I passed field after field of blooming sunflowers. I saw a wide variety of sunflowers. Large, small, just fields of flowers in some places on both sides of the road as far as you can see. […]
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Art
During my walk I found “Art Alley”. It is a block long alley full of mural art. To paint in the alley you must have permission. So the art work is Not graffiti but really art. Today I visited an artist in Rapid City. After our visit I took a walk around the downtown area. […]
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Vacation Memories
In the last 10 days Jackie and I drove to Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and back home to Pine Ridge. Over 2800 miles. A lot of time in the car together. A lot of time for conversations and site seeing. (More on that later.) During our drive Jackie asked what my favorite […]
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I miss my kids.
On my way to Columbus for a churchwide meeting and leadership retreat, Jackie and I were able to visit our son Sam at his summer camp, Red Arrow Camp, in Northern Wisconsin. I particularly wanted to make this trip because Sam is preparing for a year in service with the ELCA in Senegal in Africa. […]
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Martha, Martha
A few weeks ago, the Gospel text for the Sunday was the story of Jesus visit to Mary and Martha. This was one of the texts that captured me. But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary.[b] Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken […]
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Travel
I love to travel. Luckily so does Jackie. One of the thoughts we had in moving to South Dakota was the idea that we would be close to so many beautiful places to visit. We live near the black hills and have 2 national parks (Badlands and Wind Cave) 3 national monuments (Scottsbluff, Jewel Cave […]
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Fire
Until I moved to South Dakota I had never heard of Red Flag Warning. But they are a common occurrence here in Pine Ridge. Red Flag Warnings come out when conditions are ripe for the spread of wildfires. Low humidity, High Winds and dry ground is a bad combination if a fire is sparked. Yesterday, […]
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And the show must go on
Despite the heat of the day business continued as normal at the center. Well, perhaps not normal, because there is no such thing as normal at the center. The temperature was scheduled to hit 108! So, we opened the shelter today and movies showers and naps were in order. But sandwiches were given out. Coffee […]
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