Monthly Archives: August 2017

Exodus 26 The Tabernacle

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Neil

Exodus 26 Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, purple, and crimson yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them. 2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3- T-Rex Island

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Neil

  “Shimar!” shouted the young pups as they came back to sit at the base of the chair where the older dog liked to rest. “Tell us another story of you and Reggie the Terrible and the pirate ship The … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2- Reggie the Terrible

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Neil

Sometime later we headed out to sea again, looking for treasure to steal and adventures to tell about. This was my third or fourth voyage on the Vice Grip and the previous journeys had been profitable but not overly exciting. … Continue reading →

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Introducing Shimar the Pirate Dog

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Neil

For the last couple years I have been trying to imagine what is going on in my dog Shimar’s mind. I have a number of stories I have been developing and sharing with kids, co-workers, and others and I realized … Continue reading →

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Chapter 1- Shimar the Pirate Dog

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Neil

“Listen up you young pups, now I know when you look at me you see a dog of small stature with only one eye, bare skin where once there was a long coat of crème and white fur and a … Continue reading →

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Prophesy to the Wind

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Neil

O mortal can these bones live? This people who continues to dwell in the valley of death This people who refuses to learn from the past, these ears that did not hear These hands which did not help and the … Continue reading →

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Exodus 25: Holy Things for Holy Space

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Neil

Exodus 25: 1-9 A Voluntary Offering for the Tabernacle The LORD said to Moses: 2 Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me. 3 … Continue reading →

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Exodus 24: Sealing the Covenant and Approaching God at Sinai

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Neil

Exodus 24: 1-8 Sealing the Covenant Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance. 2 Moses alone shall come near … Continue reading →

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Exodus 23: Justice, Celebration and Presence

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Neil

Exodus 23:1-9 And Justice for All  You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness. 2 You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness … Continue reading →

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