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About Ken Greenman

Married and Happy. Retired and busy. Living in NC. 71 and counting. December 12, 2025 and it's 77! ... I would love some written comments, critiques, adulation or kind suggestions.... If you have the time and or inclination, please feel free! Not in fear but by faith. We will see. See you later! If you ever want to talk for real, email me and I will send you my cell number.... I am enjoying this!

832 …now here’s a happy thought… 5-10-19

This day dawns to doom as did yesterday and its yesterday and its yesterday. Each days morning morphs to mourning as each birth ends in tomb. Why, then, glory at sunrise, that fickle surprise? Why praise the light when all … Continue reading →

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831 Through All The Doors 5-8-19

After nine months becoming, the fullness of time is upon me. I am pushed by a power somewhere within. I feel the pressure. I ride the wave. I gather my courage, open the door, walk on through. After five years … Continue reading →

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830 Luke 17: 20-21 (extended) 5-5-19

Beseaching god to send the spirit from way out there, somewhere, to here is praying the wrong prayer! The Spirit pounds on the inside of our ribs, calling to be outside its cage, free to do its work, blowing where … Continue reading →

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829 Gotta Love Lust 5-4-19

Be ye not leary of lust. Lust is loves kindling. See two compainonable logs, split so to rest together in the fire place, nursing simmering embers, needing only a toss of shavings and twigs to ignite the flames again. Be … Continue reading →

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828 An Answer to Brownings Question 4-27-19

The want of you creates a want for you. The closer you are, the closer I am drawn, the more I ask for more. When you are far from me, I crave the touching more. What is the answer, then, … Continue reading →

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827 Ten Statements of Belief 4-26-19

I don’t believe in A GOD, but I believe in prayer. I don’t believe a virgin gave birth but I believe Mary did. I don’t believe in ressurection but I believe soul is for ever. I don’t believe in Satan … Continue reading →

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826 A WALK IN THE PARK 4-12-19

( fair warning: This is a long one…. ) I’ve been coming to this park since my Mother carried me. I romped here in my childhood. Green fields and woods in the middle of my Brooklyn neighborhood. I buy a … Continue reading →

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825 What An Old Man Told Me In A Dream 4-8-19

“Slow down, Son. 70 isn’t the end. But there comes a time when signs on the road ahead are not so easy to see and after a while they blur completely. Then you have a choice. Fight on through the … Continue reading →

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824 A Good Way To Remember 4-6-19

A congregation of two, today, in our Saturday morning church. My wife and I in our four-poster bed worshiping love together. Giggling angels sneaking curious peeks through our bedroom window curtains. God smiling from Her beach-chair on the roof. What … Continue reading →

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823 Tusen Tak (Norwegian for Thanks a Thousand Times) 4-3-19

The wind of the Spirit, when it blows at all, blows strong in my family tree. My Great Grand Ma in Norway held faith close to her heart. First in Luthers reforming zeal. Then in the iron beliefs of Adventist … Continue reading →

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