Two weeks ago we went to worship at Lewis Center United Methodist Church.  We attended Lewis Center a couple of times in the spring and are tending toward considering it “our church” when we are in Delaware.  We like going to church with John and Jackie and my parents, but feel like we need a …

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Last Sunday Tom and I attended Peculiar United Methodist Church.  If this sounds like a strange name for a church – it is!  But it is also the name of the town in which it is located, so lots of things are peculiar around here. We really enjoy being back in the land of United …

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Everyplace Tom and I go, we try to leave it a little better off than we found it.  This is especially true of the places we work.  Tom and I left Pipe Spring on October 1, but I left behind some pieces of myself.  We made some new friends, and I will keep pieces of …

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On our last Sunday at the little United Church of Kanab, Rev. Marv Vose was the guest preacher.  Rev. Vose is an Elder in the United Methodist Church and serves as the District Superintendent of Utah and Western Colorado District.  Imagine that – a district that is the entire state of Utah plus some of …

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I’ve been working in the garden and orchard here at Pipe Spring quite a bit.  Things are getting ripe so fast that the gardener can’t keep up by herself, especially since she went on vacation last week.  So I’ve been picking beans, peppers, carrots, onions, and turning the melons.  I also seem to be the …

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One of my duties here at Pipe Spring National Park has been sewing historic costumes.  I’ve made aprons, skirts, blouses, and bonnets.  One blouse in particular gave me fits.  Here is a picture of the blouse but the picture looks better than the blouse actually is. First, even though I was sewing a size 14 …

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A couple of weeks ago, two of our adventurous rangers – Sarah and Drea – went on a backpacking trip through Buckskin Gulch and Paria River Canyon.  They were prepared to hike four days through deep water, over logjams, and around quicksand.  Not quite my kind of trip but they were excited. The first day …

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The little church we attend in Kanab, Utah, recently lost its pastor.  She announced one Sunday that she was leaving and the next Sunday was her last.  It seemed rather abrupt compared to the extended leave-taking of United Methodists.  She didn’t even stay to say goodbye to the congregation after the service.  Because it seemed …

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In John 15:1-8, Jesus talks about pruned branches.  “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, …

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