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Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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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…
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Broke (poem, 2008)
Okay. This is the last of the 2008 poems I’m going to share. And I’m not going to try to defend or explain this one.…
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Yoke (poem, 2008)
I’ve been sharing some poems I recently found from a stash I wrote in 2008. These poems were written at a time when I was…
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Double (poem, 2008)
Last night, I shared a poem I found from 2008. Here’s another of the poems from that stash. This one seems to be about anxiety,…
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Never Enough Left (poem, 2008)
I found some old poems I wrote in 2008. This was about a year after I was ordained a pastor, and I was having some…
● 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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