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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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● Featured Article
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It’s the middle of autumn. November. A wintry wind has been whirling around my world the last week or so. This wind knocked the power out twice within a week, which was less than pleasant for me. A power outage is a very reliable trigger for me, one that ramps…
● Latest Articles
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Forty-Five
When I was a kid, we had a record player that had four settings: 16, 33, 45, and 78. These numbers, as anyone over a…
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Forty-Four
When I hear the number forty-four, I think of President Obama. It’s funny — I never thought of Reagan as forty, or Clinton as forty-two. But…
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Forty-Three
The youngest person to become president of the United States was Teddy Roosevelt, who was a 42-year-old Vice-President when William McKinley was assassinated. But the…
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Forty-Two
Well, here we are. We all knew it would come to this. Science fiction fans have no doubt what I’m going to talk about here.…
● About Me
I’m Michael, the author of this blog. I search for meaning through walking labyrinths, through exploring my Christian faith and my experience of depression, through preaching, and through writing about it for you.
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