Author Archives: awtraughber

The Force and the Return

I don’t do remixes often, but yesterday I came across this musical remix for the big moment at the end of The Mandalorian season two (so: spoilers).  Such a great weaving together of themes. That ending is something that a … Continue reading →

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Last Words, First Words

Sunday was our current pastor’s last Sunday at our church.  It’s been interesting, watching someone of that position leave, watching them transition from one place of living to another.  Sunday was also the day of his last sermon, an exposition … Continue reading →

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Question to Questions

I ended yesterday’s post with a question: what’s a leader for?  It’s more of a thought-question, really, as I think that leaders are important, vital.  At the same time, how things play out when leaders aren’t around can be quite … Continue reading →

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Twice Bitten, Thrice Shy?

Two years ago, I was serving on two search committees.  One was for our high school’s Christian Ministries coordinator, a position that had been vacant for two years and that I had helped step in to partly fill.  The other … Continue reading →

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Saturday at the Cinema

Life is slowly but surely returning to the movie theaters.  Last week it was Tom & Jerry (not for me) that brought back some families.  This week there was a new Disney animated feature, Raya and the Last Dragon, and … Continue reading →

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Smallville, One Way or Another

I have to admit that there was a moment early on in Superman & Lois episode 2 that I hoped they would cut to a scene of a meteor crashing through the Smallville sign with Remy Zero’s “Save Me” playing … Continue reading →

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And then WHAM!

A few words on the continuing story of the week. I received my second Moderna dose Monday at 9:50 AM.  I was fine for the rest of the day, all the way to going to bed.  I had a hard … Continue reading →

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Running Out of a Certain Kind of Time

Today I get the second round of the Moderna vaccine. I keep telling myself that tomorrow will be some kind of day off for me, even though I’ll be teaching regardless of how I feel (as we’ll all mostly be … Continue reading →

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At the Movies

These have been interesting days to be a movie-goer.  After a few weeks away, I made it back last week to see A Writer’s Odyssey, an epic Chinese fantasy story about worlds overlapping in dangerous ways.  This morning, I caught … Continue reading →

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“The Four Yorkshiremen”

I had not heard of “the Four Yorkshiremen” until this morning, when the phrase turned up in a tweet.  So I did the thing you do: I looked for it on YouTube.  And this is what I found: Definitely a … Continue reading →

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