Monthly Archives: January 2009

I wonder…

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Dave Ball

Is it more important to believe, to have faith, than it is to “spread the good news”? I suspect there are many shepherds who do not believe.  I suspect that of many I know personally.  I see people at the … Continue reading →

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War

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dave Ball

I have given much thought to war.  Not the right or wrong of it, but the winning.  I have, for much of my life, treated life as a battle to be won.  If at all possible without fighting.  But I … Continue reading →

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A poem

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Dave Ball

Your smile is exquisitely painful. In it, I die, abandoned and cold. At the same instant I am born screaming, full of life and hope. In your smile is my salvation, my Rebirth, my origin and my return. I am … Continue reading →

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I talked to a pretty girl yesterday

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Dave Ball

It was pretty awesome.  She was pretty.  I went to the Santa Monica REI today.  They didn’t really have anything I was really interested in or needed.  I went to the Beverly Hills knife store that’s going out of business.  … Continue reading →

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Behavior and Maturation

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dave Ball

I was sitting in the park today having a snack and one of the largest Great Danes I have ever seen walked by with his owner.  Shortly afterward and small boy, maybe 6 years old, walked the other direction with … Continue reading →

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