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Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Welcome to autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern. I am sure you "Southerners" are excited to get back outdoors after a long winter inside.

Here at Cybersalt World Headquarters we are already getting our first fall storm systems coming in off of the Northern Pacific. Grandma Cybersalt is getting ready to process a bumper crop of apples from the backyard. It's amazing how things grow when you water them during the summer!

BTW, do you know what I find is one of the greatest challenges of marking the change of the seasons and all these hemispherical references? It's properly capitalizing (or not) each term in different uses. I've tried my best - but not too much because I like to keep J. Pierce on his toes!

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~ Pastor Tim

A motorcycle cop was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix.

The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs on his chest. Worried that it might be a second surgery the doctors hadn't told him about, he finally got enough energy to pull his hospital gown down enough so he could look at what was making him so uncomfortable.

Taped firmly across his hairy chest were three wide strips of adhesive tape, the ultra sticky kind. Written in large black letters was the sentence, "Get well soon! Luv, from the nurse you gave a ticket to last week!"

Self-annihilating Command

Authorized parking is forbidden!

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Notice! Take lettuce from top of stack, or heads will roll!

"Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your god."

- Martin Luther

"Well, I reckon you've been a pretty good horse," said the farmer. "You work hard and I ain't had to call the vet on you much. I only wish you pulled the plow a little faster."

"NO!" said the horse, "I said 'feedbag' not 'feedback'."

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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

For some reason, this week, I had been thinking of my maternal grandfather. I was named after him, and therefore we had a connection.

I was thinking about him because this month I turned the same age as he was when he passed. I hope there's no connection there.

As a young boy, I would spend a month, every summer at my grandparents. They lived up in the mountains of Pennsylvania in a long valley. My grandfather was a farmer, and his primary income was his dairy cows. He taught me how to milk cows, and he did it the old-fashioned, hands-on way.

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Sunday greetings everyone!

Today's video share is an example of how the perspective from which you look at something can really change your . . . . . . perspective on it.

Above water, Flamingos are beautiful. But under the water, they look and eat like a child's playtime vacuum or a dream you might have when you are fevered. I was pretty surprised to see what is really going on under there.

Now, ponder this for a minute. Imagine you had only ever experienced flamingos from the underwater perspective and then saw video of them above water for the first time. You'd probably be amazed that they were so graceful.

This is a reminder to me that I can experience other people or cultures over and over in a way that reinforces my limited perspective on them, while missing whole other truths and realities about them as a whole.

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~ Pastor Tim

Albert Einstein was also recognized as the original absent-minded professor. One day, on board a train, he was unable to find his ticket. The conductor said, "Take it easy. You'll find it."

When the conductor returned, the professor still couldn't find the ticket. The conductor, recognizing the famous scientist, said, "I'm sure you bought a ticket. Forget about it."

"You're very kind," the professor said, "but I must find it, otherwise I won't know where to get off."

Self-annihilating Command

Ignore this sign!

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I had just moved to an address between Sunrise Ave. and Sunset Blvd., one of Sacramento's major streets, and was explaining to a clerk where my home was located for billing purposes.

"I live between Sunrise and Sunset," I told her.

"Oh, Honey," she knowingly replied, "we all do."

"Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting."

- Elizabeth Bowen

The Game Warden stopped a deer hunter and asked to see his hunting license.

"This is last year's license," the warden informed him.

"I know," said the hunter, "but I shouldn't need a new license. I am only shooting at the deer I missed last year."

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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

Some people say we are living in the "new normal." I'm not sure exactly what they mean, and I don't have the time to ask, nor the desire.

If the "new normal" is what I have been experiencing in the parsonage for the last several months, I'm all for it. Let it continue. Everybody should be able to live their own normal.

Because of being limited, as far as traveling is concerned and going shopping or whatever, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I have spent a lot of time at home enjoying our time together.

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Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Today, for the first time in over 6 months, I had a business lunch with one of my clients. We met up at the local Denny's. Arriving at the parking lot, I put my mask on to walk from the car into the restaurant, used the hand sanitizer at the front door, and then proceeded to the booth where he was already seated. 

Once seated, I took my mask off and we caught up on our days, our lives, the faith in Jesus that we share, and then we checked out the menu. He, being in his 70s, told me he what he was going to order from the seniors' menu. I asked him what the senior age was at Denny's and he replied, "55."

And then it dawned on me again; in 7 weeks I am going to be a senior citizen!

This may explain why I often run into situations that make me think, "I'm too old for this!"

I'm not complaining because a lot of people and doctors have helped me get to the age I am and I am grateful. But there is nothing like a little context to keep things in perspective.

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~ Pastor Tim

Jim had an awful day fishing, sitting on the lake all day without a single bite. On his way home, he stopped at the supermarket and ordered four catfish.

He told the fish salesman, "Pick out the four largest ones and throw them at me, will you?"

"Ok. But, why do you want me to throw them at you?"

"Because I want to tell my wife that I caught them."

If everything goes perfectly, something's wrong.

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The road to the patent office is paved with good inventions.

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."

- Chinese Proverb

Two caterpillars are sitting on a leaf when a butterfly zooms by, startling them.

One turns to the other and says, "Boy, you'll never get me up in one of those things."

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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

I’m not a proponent of lying. I don't like it when people lie. If they lie once, how do you know they're not lying again?

Lately, I've been thinking about what the definition of a lie really is. Is there some time when telling a lie is the best to do? And, is every lie a non-truth?

The reason I've been having these thoughts is that I just celebrated my birthday. It always sneaks up on me, and I'm not sure why because it happens every year.

It was like when I was in school, we always had a test on Friday, and it always surprised me that the teacher had a test.

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Sunday greetings everyone!

After the recent interruption in mailings, today marks the return of Rev. James Snyder's ongoing column. Usually I included a link to his latest articles on the Cybersalt site, but the new template system has made it easier to include their beginning with a "read more" link to take you to the site to read the rest. That will shorten the Cybersalt news and streamline the newsletter creation process for me.

So, all of you God's Penman fans, just keep reading to the end of each digest to find the latest - and watch on Wednesdays as I include a few to catch up!

Today's video share isn't a video. I recently ended up on an amazing "Google Earth" type site - only for our solar system. You can scroll in and out and also search for specific planets, moons and other things. It's an amazing perspective on the neighbourhood of the beautiful planet God has placed us. Simply go to www.solarsystem.nasa.gov, and click on the "orbit" graphic in the top menu (pictured below).

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~ Pastor Tim

A young man confided to his mother that he had proposed to his girlfriend and they were going to get married.

"Whatsa dis?" screamed his Mother. "Who's a-gonna love you like a Momma? Who's a gonna starch-a you socks? Who's a gonna make-a you lasagna?"

"Please, Mom, calm down," pleaded the son. "Why are you talking like that? We aren't even Italian!"

The only attitude I trust is skepticism.

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Did you hear about the pet store whose canaries were constantly flying and never landed?

They gave them away for free.

After all, we're all familiar with "no perches necessary."

"Don't tell me what they said about me. Tell me shy they were so comfortable to say it around you."

- Unknown

My husband retired, and for the first time in over 40 years I had to think about preparing midday meals.

Tired of it after several months, I said, "I married you for better or worse, but not for lunch."

"Fair enough. From now on I'll make my own," he replied.

A few weeks later he had to go downtown on business and invited me to join him afterwards.

"We could have lunch at that Chinese place we both like," he suggested.

I happily agreed. At the restaurant the next day we were seated, and the waitress came to take our order.

My husband looked up, a twinkle in his eyes and said, "Separate checks, please..."

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Rev. James Snyder, God's Penman, writes . . . . 

I am not very agile when it comes to finances. Do not get me wrong, I know how to spend money; it is just that I do not know how to save money. Somewhere I lost my little piggy bank.

One of my father's favorite quotes was, "A penny saved is a penny earned." It never made sense to me, but my father knew how to save money. On the other side, he was not very agile when it came to spending money especially on me.

My whole life has never been focused on making money. For me, the outdoor was busier than the indoor with money. I must confess my wife and I have struggled throughout our life on the financial side. On the relational side, we have done wonderfully; at least that is my impression.

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