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Posted: December 30, 2020 by Tamara Puffer
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I have not written many posts this year and I haven’t done anything with my web site. I hope to do better on both fronts next year. When I get to the web site, I may have to pay my web designer (Jonathon Ross) to help me. However, Michael is pretty handy and with a […]
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Waiting
Posted: December 3, 2020 by Tamara Puffer
I’ve never really liked the Christmas season. This changed when former pastor Mark Ramsey lead the congregation in a real Advent season not a Christmas season. We didn’t sing Christmas carols until after Christmas Eve. But rather we sang Advent hymns. Christmas doesn’t begin until Christmas Day and the beauty and reality of the season […]
Read more...The News is Bleak
Posted: September 26, 2020 by Tamara Puffer
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In his blog, “Prayer and Politics,” Ken Sehested writes, “Kindred, the news is bleak.” He continues by listing the many reasons for this. The medium wealth of Black households is a tenth of whites, the wildfires in California have set another record in size and destruction, 30 million families lacked sufficient nutrition last week and […]
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Seeds of Hope
Posted: August 21, 2020 by Tamara Puffer
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When we bought this house the small front yard had grass and I really hated mowing it. I decided to get rid of all the grass and replace it with plants. I had no plan which was obvious but I had a good time picking out various plants and putting them in the ground. I […]
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Waiting
Posted: June 11, 2020 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Circle of Mercy, Pentecost, Psalm 23:4-5
Pentecost and Epiphany are my favorite times of the church year and I always look forward to attending worship. Pentecost was on May 31 which was right in the midst of my bought with depression. As a result, I didn’t watch either of my congregations – Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, in the morning, or Circle […]
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Resurrection
Posted: April 18, 2020 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Easter, GCPC, Resurrection
I watched Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church’s live-streamed worship service this past Easter Sunday (April 12). I missed the Call to Worship where various church members proclaimed Christ’s resurrection in their own way because I was too busy pushing buttons to try and get the worship stream. By the time I figured it out, Jeff was playing […]
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