Keith Howard

Month: April 2011

  • Today I’m the Chief Priest

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    In the drama which forms part of the Good Friday service I have been (type) cast as the chief priest. In my cameo appearance I argue as follows. I am a leader of a people whose land is occupied by foreign powers, by people whose values and stories are not ours. We constantly have to…

  • Birthday party

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    The birthday party for our youngest grandson was today. Unbelievably we are celebrating two years already! It was my job to pick out the presents. So, I got a shovel made in Italy, a pail made in Austria and an educational wooden put-it-together, take-it-apart, in 20 ways toy made in Thailand of kiln dry, chemical…

  • Redemption

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    Seeing I seem to be on a Johnny Cash theme today I began to reflect upon the power of stories of redemption. The video Cash did with U2 is one story. This comment below the YouTube version spoke again of the power of testimony to encourage and redeem. dude I have watched this vid so…

  • Johnny Cash “Hurt”

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    Just happened across the Youtube video of Johnny Cash singing the Nine Inch Nails tune “Hurt.” Felt very much like a Lenten meditation.

  • Grace

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    Grace can be as unobserved and as gentle as a dandelion wisp blowing in the wind or as dramatic as a child pulled from beneath the rubble left by a 9.0 earthquake. Grace can be as soft as a baby’s pudgy hand or as tough as the truth from a friend that cares. Grace –…