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Apr 29
Apr 29 SPRINGTIME ABECEDARIAN - Shan Overton (and the Haiku Workshop at the Porch Gathering)

Gareth Higgins

Apr 22
Apr 22 HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR SOUL - James Navé

Gareth Higgins

Apr 17
Apr 17 WHO BEARS THE WEIGHT - Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 SPECIAL IDEAS - Garrett Mostowski

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF PULPIT - Donna Schaper

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 A HAIKU FROM THE PORCH GATHERING - Peg Mulcahy

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 CABRINI - Jasmin Pittman

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 RADIO-SEMINARY ... SEMINARY-RADIO - Donna Schaper

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 NOT MADE OF STONE - Maurice Possley

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Apr 16
Apr 16 HOLDING HANDS IN THE DARK - Jonathan Warner

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 DON'T GET USED TO IT - Gareth Higgins

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Apr 16
Apr 16 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OPTIMISTIC TO BE HOPEFUL - Gareth Higgins

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Apr 16
Apr 16 A BLESSING FOR THE NEW YEAR - Brian Ammons & Gareth Higgins

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 SHRINKING IN THE NEW YEAR - Trent Jones

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 TO THOSE WHO CAN'T BE WITH US, YET ARE - Maurice Possley

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 FOR THE NEW YEAR: A SCRIPTURE OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION AND SCIENCE - Laura Hope-Gill

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 HOPING IT MIGHT BE SO - Shan Overton

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Apr 16
Apr 16 ANOTHER IMPERFECT CHRISTMAS IS OVER - Donna Schaper

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 POLAR EXPRESS: A BLESSING - Garrett Mostowski

Gareth Higgins

Apr 16
Apr 16 THINKING AGAIN, GROUNDED DISCOURSE - Katherine Savage

Gareth Higgins
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