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UN-blurring the Only Vision One Has
October 19, 2022 Ray Geers 1 Comment

Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams. Dostoevsky If you see it another way, God will clarify the difficulty for you. It is important that we continue on our course, no matter what stage we have reached. A Letter of Paul to the

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More Insects…Work Invested
October 15, 2022 Carole Barnhart 1 Comment

Much work has happened since my plea of a few months ago – More Insects…Please! Much of that work took the form of talking, planning, researching and decision making. The most important decision was to purchase “pocket prairies” from the Cincinnati Nature Center. Co-leader of the initiative Vicki Culler explained,

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Death by the Numbers
October 11, 2022 Judy Leasure Comment

9 billion dollars – the cost of gun violence in the state of Tennessee, with $433 million of that cost paid by taxpayers. 39,707 – the number of Americans killed by firearms in the United States in 2019 (from CDC statistics). 1,762 – the number of Ohioans who died from

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Gratitude Is the Fountain of Youth
October 8, 2022 Jim Newby Comment

The vast majority of Americans, as well as most of the people around the world, seem to be done with the COVID pandemic. I know that I was … until I discovered that the COVID virus was not done with me! Albert Camus writes about another plague and the stealthy

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Elizabeth Newby Named to Wilmington College Board of Trustees
October 3, 2022 Judy Leasure 1 Comment

“Listen and learn.” Those are the most important words Elizabeth Newby uses to describe her new role as a member of the Board of Trustees of Wilmington College. She was one of three new trustees approved by Wilmington Yearly Meeting at its Annual Meeting in July in Wilmington. The Board

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