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Share Your World Feb. 27, 2017

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It’s that time of the week which I set aside to SHARE MY WORLD.

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Share your world is a challenge hosted by Cee Neuner. In the challenge she asks five questions and in sharing our answers we, her contributors, share our worlds. Check out the underlined link above to see how Cee’s other contributors answered. The weekly questions and my answers are below:

Ever ran out of gas in your vehicle?

Never. I think I am way to paranoid to run out of gas. I am constantly checking the gauge. I don’t usually fill up until the low fuel light goes on, though, unless I am on a long trip and then I never let it get below a half tank.

Which are better: black or green olives?

I like black olives best.

If you were a great explorer, what would you explore?

OK. I am going to take a flight of fancy here. I am going to be an explorer of the dimensions beyond ours.

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Quotes List: At least three of your favorite quotes?

Here are three from a book I am currently reading entitled, THE WAR OF ART, by Steven Pressfield

“…fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.”

“The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work. The working artist banishes from her world all sources of trouble. She harnesses the urge for trouble and transforms it in her work.”

and while this last quote is not really my favorite I thought it was pretty insightful concerning the difficulty of being an artist.

“You know Hitler wanted to be an artist. At eighteen he took his inheritance, seven hundred kronen and moved to Vienna to live and study. He applied to the Academy of Fine Arts and later to the school of architecture. Ever see one of his paintings? Neither have I. Resistance beat him. Call it overstatement but I’ll say it  anyway; It was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to face a blank square of canvas.”
Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful that this week I have been ploughing through some of the writing assignments my publisher has given me. I am grateful to have a plan that prioritizes my writing time in place. This next week I am looking forward to working that plan again.

 

Share Your World Feb. 20, 2017

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It has been a busy week. We have four people in hospital or rehab this week and one of our dear ladies went on hospice two weeks ago. A family in our church lost their daughter yesterday; So there has been a lot of pastoral work going on in addition to our normal ministry activities. I am thankful that I walk this road of pastoring with a group of wonderful fellow staff pastors and that our lead pastor is such an organizational genius.

In spite of the busyness I have a wee bit of time this morning to join Cee’s SHARE YOUR WORLD CHALLENGE. Every week Cee asks us five questions and when we her contributors answer them we share our worlds with all of you our readers.

Cee’s questions and my answers are below, but when you have finished reading them please follow the underlined link to Cee’s blog and see how her other contributors answered the questions.

When you cut something with scissors, do you move your jaw (as if you were about to chew)?

Probably. I have been told that I unconsciously follow other people with my lips when they are speaking; So I cannot imagine that I would not follow the clacking of a pair of scissors

Do you chew your pens and pencils?

I not only chew my pens and pencils. I chew other people’s pens and pencils when they lend them to me. Again it’s an unconscious thing, but I have gotten a lot of new pens and pencils this way.

Are you a collector of anything?  If so what?

I collect Books and walking sticks, although I have not gotten a new walking stick in quite awhile.

What size is your bed? 

I have a full sized bed.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to have increased my writing time over the last few weeks. I am also grateful to have had the opportunity to see Josh Garrels in concert this week with my friend Jody. Please watch this very important and moving video by Josh.

 

Finally I am grateful to have had a chance to go out to lunch and a movie with my daughter Amanda. We had Thai food and went to see THE GREAT WALL.

I am looking forward to increasing my writing time again this week.

Share Your World Feb. 13th 2017

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It is that time of the week again to SHARE OUR WORLDS.

Every week Cee asks the world five questions and when we answer we are sharing our worlds. Do you want to join in the fun? Just click the link above and you will be transported into a world of sharing.

Here are this week’s questions and my answers.

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Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?

Sheets usually end up on the floor so I guess even if they start out tucked in they don’t stay that way very long.

In this way sheets seem counter-productive.

Have you stolen a street sign before?

Never. It seems counter-productive.

Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?

Never. It seems counter-productive.

Do you have freckles?

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Me and Snug at an art show in Winchendon

 

No. I have moles. Just not on my face. ( I bet you expected me to say something about the counter-productivity of freckles didn’t you)

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to have had a great Facetime appointment with my publisher. The book is coming along. Even if the process is slower than I anticipated, it is a lot of fun.

This week I am looking forward to spending a lot more time writing.

 

Share Your World- Feb. 6 2017

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Share Your World is a weekly challenge hosted by Cee Neuner. Every week Cee asks five questions and in answering them we, her contributors, SHARE OUR WORLDS.

To see all of Cee’s contributors answers or to share your world with them click the underlined link.

Here are this week’s questions and my answers.

Regarding your fridge, is it organized or a mess inside?

I guess you would call it an organized mess. All the produce is together. All the  sandwich meats and cheese are in the same drawer. I know where things are without having to look for them but you might not be able to figure out my system.

Do you prefer your food separated or mixed together?

I am a great casserole lover. I also love a plate full enough that all my food is forced to touch.

Do you prefer reading coffee table books (picture), biographies, fiction, non-fiction, educational? 

I am a reader of fiction, non fiction and educational books. Right now I am reading

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Take Charge of Your Destiny: 1 by [Keiran, Alan]

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Close your eyes. Listen to your body. What part of your body is seeking attention? What is it telling you?

My left Achilles tendon is telling me it is going to snow tomorrow. I need to stretch.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to have gotten so much writing done last week and I am looking forward to my Facetime appointment with my editor and publisher.

 

Share Your World- Jan. 30,2017

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I am just coming back to the blogoshere after vacationing with my son Joe. My first blog this week is going to be Cee’s Share Your World Challenge..

If you have never played it is so simple. Cee asks five questions and in answering them the world is shared…at least a little bit . And folks every little bit of sharing in a positive light these days helps.

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Here are Cee’s five questions and my answers:

What is the most incredible natural venue that you’ve ever seen in person?

Oh gosh this is a hard one. I have been privileged to see so many amazing sights.

I think the grandest sight in nature I have seen has to be the Grand Canyon.

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I have been twice and both times the sight just took my breath away

A close second was Angel’s Peak in Zion

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Third was the Cliffs of Moher

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The Cliffs of Moher

And The Lower Lake in Killarney was also pretty impressive

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How many siblings do you have? What’s your birth order? 

I have one sister, Brenda. I am two years her senior. We are very close. She is a missionary in the Netherlands.

If you were a shoe, what kind would you be and why?

I am a slipper, not very impressive on the surface and certainly not a very exciting shoe but I am comfortable and warm.

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What is the strangest/weirdest thing you have ever eaten?

Ostrich jerky.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am so grateful to have had a week with my son. We went to Boston and Keene NH. We played board games and ate out a lot. We also got a chance to catch up. Joe is quite a conversationalist.

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This week I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things at Cornerstone Church. I sense this going to be a year of change and my word for the year coming out my time of fasting is LEAD.

 

Share Your World 2017 Week 3

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I am a little late getting out of the starting gate this week. The week has had several surprise meetings that took over my writing time. I am currently writing  between my morning prayer meeting and my afternoon Communion service. But I have been missing my blog friends this week so I though it important to take a little bit of time to write all y’all

Here are Cee’s five weekly questions and my answers. You can see how everyone else answered by CLICKING HERE.

  1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

My closet door has some very loose hinges that I have yet to fix. So it doesn’t close all the way even though I would like it to.

  1. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?

Yes. They throw them out anyway.

  1. What is your usual bedtime?

Between 10 and 11 P.M. And for the last two weeks I have been up at 4 A.M.

  1. Do you like to use post-it notes?

I do. I use them all the time.

  1. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?

What’s paper?

  1. Any phobias?

Not what I will call a phobia but I do have a keen aversion to other people’s disapproval.

  1. How tall are you?

I am 5’6″

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Sunday I tag teamed preached with my colleague Rev. Donna Slocum at Cornerstone Church. It went really well! I am looking forward to having my son home next week from South Korea. To that end I will be posting all my blogs ahead except for a daily picture blog of our journey through the week. I will be trying to stay ahead of comments, but please forgive me if I fall a bit behind.

Share Your World 2017 Week #2

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It is time once again to SHARE MY WORLD WITH CEE! I am pretty much patting myself on the back that I am actually getting to this challenge two weeks in a row!

Here’s how the challenge works. Cee from Portland Oregon asks five questions of her contributors and her contributors from literally all over the globe answer and thereby our world’s are shared!

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Below are the five questions of the week and my answers. You can click the underlined link above to see how the rest of the world answered Cee.

If you lost a bet and had to dye your hair a color of the rainbow for a week, what color would it be?  

Oh I would like my hair to be green for a week. Especially if it were around St. Patrick’s Day. That would be fun!

If you could choose one word to focus on for 2017, what would it be?

Lead.

What was one thing you learned last year that you added to your life?

I learned that I take greater care of my schedule and say “no” to other people’s agendas for my life.

If life was ‘just a bowl of cherries’… which fruit other than a cherry would you be..?

I would be….. a dragon fruit.

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I am not exactly sure what makes me a dragon fruit. I would just like to be one.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to preach last Sunday at Cornerstone church. This week I am looking forward to team preaching a message on worship with one of my fellow staff members, Pastor Donna. The message is entitled “The Magnificent Seven: Seven Powerful Words Of Praise”

Share Your World Week #1 2017!!

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Happy first week of 2017 everyone! I am kicking the year off by Sharing My World with you all and I hope that this will be a year of great sharing.

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CEE MAKES SHARING OUR WORLDS EASY BY ASKING US FIVE QUESTIONS EVERY WEEK. JUST CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD ANSWERED.

Here are the New Year’s first questions and my answers.

Would you prefer to receive a unicycle, bicycle, tricycle or motorcycle?

I would like to receive a unicycle. Not because I think I could ride it. Some days I can barely walk without falling over (and I don’t even drink). And frankly anything with a  little triangular seat  makes me go a little cross eyed with painful thoughts. So no I wouldn’t think of riding a unicycle…or a bicycle…or a tricycle. Frankly a motorcycle is just a really fast vibrating version of any of those aforementioned things (my legs are going numb just thinking about it). BUT  it would be cool to say, “Oh I have a unicycle.”

What is one thing you’d like to accomplish this year?

I would like to publish.

What was one of the highlights of 2016 for you?

2016 was probably the busiest year I have ever had period. It was a great year of accomplishment, but it was also the year when I crossed the threshold into what I think is going to be a quieter more reflective and perhaps more creative period of life. At least that is one of the commitments I am making to the Lord and myself having come through 2016. I guess that’s not as much a highlight as it is a life lesson but there ya’ go!

Would you prefer to fly a kite or fly in a hot air balloon?

Hot air balloon definitely. Maybe this is the year.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful for a quiet New Year and a wonderful visit with my daughter Melanie on New Year’s Eve.

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This week I am grateful for an opportunity to preach a message on fasting and prayer at Cornerstone Church. The message is entitled, “Truth, Justice and the heavenly Way.”

Share Your World 2016 Week 52

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I have been coming to Cee’s blog for about four years now to participate in her various challenges. Share Your World was the very first challenge I took up as a blogger. In Cee’s own words here is what share your world is all about.

Share Your World (SYW) is all about having a safe place for everyone to answer random questions that I post each week.  Here is the basic format.  I will ask you:

  • To answer four questions each week.
  • Bonus Question is always the same “What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?”  Because we all need to be reminded that there are many things in our lives to be grateful about.  

Here are this week’s questions and my answers:

What’s your favorite ice-cream flavor?

I think this changes regularly but right now it is Mount Washington Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup. I think I will have to have a bowl tonight!

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If you were to treat yourself to the “finer things” what would you treat yourself to? 

Right now it would be a shoulder and foot massage. My shoulders are killing me.

Have you ever been drunk?

No. in fact I can count on one hand how many times I have even tasted alcohol and I would still have at least one finger left over.

Complete this sentence: My favorite supposedly guilty pleasure is… 

Right now it is Bryan Davis’ series Dragons In Our Midst series.

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Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

It was a wonderful Christmas service. I am glad the piano work came off so well. Here is Pastor Deb and I performing the song Noel on Christmas Eve.

This week I am looking forward to a fairly quiet week as we await our first Nor’Easter.

 

NOW CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW OTHERS ANSWERED THE CHALLENGE.

Share Your World 2016- Week 51 Holiday Traditions!

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Woo Hoo! I get to share my world this week! This year has been so busy I have missed a bunch of weeks but I have some extra time this week it being the holidays and all and so I have time to share little bits of my world with you through Cee’s challenge.

THIS WEEK SHE IS ASKING US FIVE QUESTIONS AROUND HOLIDAY TRADITIONS. CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW ALL CEE’S CONTRIBUTORS ANSWERED THE QUERY.

Here are the questions and my answers!

What types of food is associated with your holiday?

I love to cook at the holidays. Our traditional Christmas feast is lasagna, garlic bread and cole slaw. For dessert we usually have either pumpkin roll or Christmas Shtollen

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Do you travel for your holiday?

I don’t usually travel for the holiday. This year Mom and I went to my daughter Melanie’s house for Thanksgiving. It was her first Thanksgiving at her home. I imagine as the years move on I will be doing a lot more of making the rounds at Christmas. It’s that time of life.

Is it a religious or spiritual holiday?

Oh this is one of my high holy days. I love! love! LOVE! Christmas eve service and this year is especially special because Christmas is on a Sunday so we have both Christmas Eve and Christmas Sunday service. Christmas Sunday is my ALL TIME FAVORITE SERVICE AT CHURCH!

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Is there a gift exchange?

We do have a gift exchange, but as all the kids are grown, and I don’t have grandchildren yet gift exchange is much smaller just now. Mom usually gives money as she doesn’t go to the stores much any more and as my son, one of my daughters and sister live away even I find gift cards and mailed gifts easier to deal with.

My favorite thing to open is the stockings. After all Christmas is the season where we all sit around a dead tree eating candy out of our socks!

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How long does the celebration last?

Christmas season starts directly after Thanksgiving. and goes until The 26th. The season is complete with special services, outreach, concerts and parties. Usually I also go carolling but this year do to the craziness of the rest of my schedule I opted out of that.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?  

I am to have finished my final two outreach concerts last week. This week I am looking forward to Christmas Eve service Christmas Sunday service and on Christmas night my daughter, my nephew and I will go to see our Christmas movie which this year is PASSENGERS.