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PJ’s Page – I’ve given much thought lately about  what it means to be at home.  For me, home is a place of comfort and peace, in ideal circumstances, which are not always what we have, but what we hope for. In my lifetime I have lived in 27 different homes, NOT including my college years!  Career and life circumstances have always meant that I was in a highly…

PJ’s Page – Finally!  There is hard, scientific evidence that attending worship in a faith community is actually good for your health!  Researcher and author Dan Buettner is reporting that attending worship services in your church community four times a month can add up to 14 additional years in your life.   If this is true, I will live forever. I am the…

PJ’s Page – There is a greeting common to southern Germany and Austria which I first learned on a visit to Garmish, Germany in 2013.  The saying is “Gruss Gott” and it means, “May God greet you.”  It is spoken most often as a greeting, although in former centuries was also a word spoken at parting. As Bruce and I wandered in and around this lovely town in…