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Simple Gifts
This blog is home to nearly 700 posts. Occasionally I re-blog a post that has meaning for our current lives and may not have been read by newer followers. This piece was originally posted on November 24, 2o14. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged "Tis a gift to be Simple, Aaron Copeland, Appalachian Spring, Shakers, Thanksgiving
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‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple – Thanksgiving, 2014
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I was in the process of sending an on-line card to some friends for Thanksgiving Day when I ran across the song Simple Gifts. This lilting melody always charms me and creates a longing for simpler living, simpler … Continue reading
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Tagged Joseph Brackett, Shakers, Simple Gifts, Thanksgiving
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Living as Apprentices 