padrewarren on August 27th, 2008

The following is a flier announcing a neighborhood meeting for the folks in the Salisbury Area of Tantuck in Worcester.  I commend it to your reading and action!!! Do you feel safe walking or driving on Flagg Street? This question will be explored at a public meeting scheduled for Sept. 8, 7:00pm at Congregation Beth [...]

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padrewarren on August 26th, 2008

The all too short New England summer is fleeing quickly from experience into memory.  It simply is, it’s neither good nor bad.  It, like most everything else in life has its upside as well as its drawbacks.  The change of the seasons is as God created things. It has been said that life is 10% [...]

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padrewarren on August 25th, 2008

I made a commitment to an online friend the other day that I would blog about the MDGs (Millenium Development Goals) today.  Now to figure out what to say! I’m only half kidding.  If you’re not aware of what the MDGs are here’s a brief overview courtesy of the United Nations which drafted these goals [...]

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padrewarren on August 25th, 2008

Hey there world!  Yesterday we had a rousing ‘Blessing of the Backpacks’ event at St. Luke’s.  It was a good and joyful thing.  I was looking through the Telegram & Gazette online this morning and ran across this story.  A different angle on the Blessing but a good one.  These folks and these backpacks ARE [...]

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padrewarren on August 21st, 2008

I listen to NPR every morning while I make coffee (for my wife) and tea (for myself).  I don’t drink as much coffee as I used to, partially because of the havoc it wreaks on my stomach and my blood pressure.  This morning while I was fixin’ caffeine (in both kinds) a story about meditation [...]

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