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Daniel Jepsen
Jan 252 min read
Sacramental Sedona
What is it about Sedona? I spent the day hiking there yesterday. Sedona's beauty, like the beauty of most things, scorns verbal...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jan 233 min read
A Strange Mid-winter Hike
Yesterday I took a long-midwinter stroll. But it didn't look like this (a hike I took a couple Januarys ago in my native Indiana): No, it...
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Daniel Jepsen
Dec 26, 20234 min read
An after-Christmas Carol: Good King Wenceslas
December 26 is the Feast of Stephen, the “second day of Christmas”. And this is the setting for one least-understood Christmas carols:...
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Daniel Jepsen
Oct 30, 20231 min read
The Flowers of Late October
My wife draws my attention to the back yard, where we have planted a memorial garden, of a sort, for our son. "Did you see all that color...
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Daniel Jepsen
Oct 25, 20231 min read
Scenes from a Woodland Walk
I am taking a three day retreat at Clifty Falls State Park this week. I'd really need times like this to disconnect and spend more time...
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Daniel Jepsen
Oct 22, 20232 min read
Another Day, Another PET Scan
Friday I got to spend the day at Saint Francis. It's a lovely place, for a hospital, which is a bit like saying pneumonia is a lovely...
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Daniel Jepsen
Aug 26, 20232 min read
How Beautiful Are the Small Things all around us
“Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round and...
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Daniel Jepsen
Aug 21, 20231 min read
"Wasn't Your Friendship always as Beautiful as a Flame?
I came across this poem today, and it brought (good) tears to my eyes. Though Mary Oliver wrote it about the death of a friend, I share...
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Daniel Jepsen
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Scenes from a Backyard Garden
I like small things. I enjoy seeing things from a different scale. To remember that my frame of reference is far from the only one. I was...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 26, 20232 min read
Amazing Grace (It Reached as far as me)
I wrote this song a few years ago for a sermon series I preached (about finding Christ in the Old Testament). The first verse and chorus...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 21, 20231 min read
Strange is the World, and Strange are Her Children
Today's post is not written by me. It is from the blog, Flowers for a Foreign God. I wish I could write this beautifully. Here is the...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 19, 20232 min read
The Worst Breakfast Burrito I’ve Ever been Thankful for
Paul Harvey used to tell a joke: “Hundreds of thousands of Americans this week will be ill-fed, ill-sheltered, and ill-clothed….they call...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 14, 20231 min read
A Mass of Catholics
A Mass of Catholics One of the great things about the English language is its utter absurdity. Foreigners trying to learn English can be...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Is Doubt Virtuous?
I've been thinking about doubt, lately. Partly because I am getting more annoyed by the certainty-mongers. You know the type. They have...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 3, 20232 min read
A Note from King Charles on the Fourth of July
Dear Yanks Welcome from the new King of England. I am happy to inform you that this will be your last fourth of July Celebration. Enjoy...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 2, 20232 min read
One Last Cancer Update
This will likely be my last update on my health for a good while. I know, I know, you really want more detailed info on my groin incision...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jul 1, 20233 min read
...But He sent His Friends
I sat with 20 other folks in a lakeside lodge in Michigan. We were different ages, different races, different backgrounds, but we shared...
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Daniel Jepsen
Jun 29, 20231 min read
Top Ten Signs You're Attending a Bad Church
You know, there are a LOT of churches out there these days. Now, this may shock you, but some of them are . . . sub-optimal. Of course,...
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