Monday, July 8, 2024

Cycling the C&O with the Sheetz Six

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             I recently joined my friend Vince on his carefully planned seven day cycling trip along the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage (G...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Dali Haiku 1

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 I recently vacationed in central Florida and was able to attend a Haiku workshop led by  Ani Crane and Tim Huff at the Dali Museum in St. P...
Thursday, October 13, 2022

"Fall Equinox" Haiku

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  Imagining a small fire in a backyard fire pit under a dark sky the first night of fall. Fall Equinox   Creating New Stars   Rising Into Th...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

"Chrysalis" Haiku

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  Chrysalis   Tall Thistles Invite   Fluttering Monarch Wings   And Summer Courting Dances
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

"Sunset" Haiku

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  Sunset   Warm Golden Sunlight   Red Pines Glow Bright Tonight   July Twenty-ninth
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

"Summer Solstice" Haiku

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"Summer Solstice" Marked By The Firelight A Summer Solstice Delight Embers Rise To Night
Monday, June 20, 2022

A Prayer for West Virginia Day

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West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863. I composed this original prayer for the 2022 celebration of West Virginia's birthday. I u...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Unofficial Haiku of the 2022 West Virginia Writers Conference

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Writers Writing Words   Co-creating With I Am   Spring Has Sprung Anew
Monday, June 13, 2022

Words of Grace and Inspiration

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I was asked if I would be willing to say a few words of grace before the West Virginia Writers 2022 Conference Banquet. I appreciate all tho...
Monday, June 6, 2022

Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to Trinity Sunday through Christ the King/Reign of Christ (Year C)

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 Trinity Sunday 2nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 7 3rd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 8 4th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 9 5th Sunday after...
Monday, May 30, 2022

15th Annual Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour Opening Prayer

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Clergy are sometimes asked to pray at non-religious community events. I composed and prayed this o pening Prayer at the  15 th Annual Wheel...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Reinterpreting the Second Amendment

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  The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, reads: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday in Lent through Day of Pentecost (Year C)

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  Lectionary Ruminations 2.5  is a further revision and refinement of my  Lectionary Ruminations  and  Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 .  Focusin...
Monday, November 22, 2021

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  Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of the Lord (Year C) Lectionary Ruminations 2.5  is a fur...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to Trinity Sunday through Christ the King/Reign of Christ (Year B)

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Lectionary Ruminations 2.5  is a further revision and refinement of my  Lectionary Ruminations  and  Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 .  Focusing ...
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Monday, February 8, 2021

Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday in Lent through Day of Pentecost (Year B)

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Lectionary Ruminations 2.5  is a further revision and refinement of my  Lectionary Ruminations  and  Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 .  Focusing ...
Monday, January 11, 2021

A Prayer for National Unity During a Pandemic on Baptism of the Lord Sunday

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  Composed by the Reverend Dr. John Edward Harris © 2021   See Genesis 1:1-5 and Mark 1:4-11   God of creation, you began your creating by s...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 Links to 1st Sunday of Advent through Transfiguration of the Lord (Year B)

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Lectionary Ruminations 2.5  is a further revision and refinement of my  Lectionary Ruminations  and  Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 .  Focusing ...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Lectionary Ruminations 2.5 for All Saints Day (Year A)

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Lectionary Ruminations 2.5   is a further revision and refinement of my   Lectionary Ruminations   and   Lectionary Ruminations 2.0 .  Focus...