MORGAN'S MOMENT
No snow on Mary’s Peak here…
    highest in the Coast Range
    unaffected by winter.
The gray squirrels scramble
    racing up and down oaks
    like in the fall.
Deer come digging and nibbling
    finding acorns squirrels left
    chewing forever on the alert.
Migrating birds drop by
    chirping and gulping insects
    not in a hurry to fly south.
Daffodil buds push up
    always in a hurry for spring
    and usually way early.
Moss grows on the driveway
    taunting my negligence
    but glowing soft green anyway.
A fire burns in the fireplace
    warning winter away
    while warming my reading time.
As gray it may be in winter
    it is a season of life
    I am in no hurry to see gone.
— Art Morgan 
BOOK CORNER
“Have a Little Faith” by Mitch Albom prepares for a Eulogy for his childhood Rabbi. He had seven years. Along the way he meets a Christian preacher doing inner city ministry. A story of a man (Albom) without faith who was lifted by the faith of a preacher and a rabbi.
“The Healing of America ─ A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Healthcare,” T.R. Reid. A timely book. He reminds us that
“All the developed countries except the United States have decided that every human being has the right to health care.” (p. 213) He never lets us forget that it is basically a moral and ethical issue. Christians might take notice.
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MOMENT MINISTRIES
– January 18, 2010 –
Email Blue Sheet
contact us at a-morgan@peak.org
write us at 25921 SW Airport Ave., Corvallis OR 97333
INSIDE INFORMATION
  We have had over 50 responses to our email blue sheet. It is rare to get a half dozen. We’ve had a couple of complaints about our page not being compatible with some printers. It is possible to reduce your printed page to 90%. That, of course, makes the print smaller.
  The other option is at our end where we are transcribing the page to the web-site. We’re working on that.
   Some are finding that they prefer a hand held page, so will print out from the emailed link. (We still recommend blue).
   Several wish to receive the postal version, which we will gladly do.
   We have had requests to add names to our email list. This is not difficult. It does not add anything to our effort or expense to do so. Please don’t send email addresses of people who have not expressed interest.
  Bill Gilbert, our Web guy who makes the link work, and I want to hear of problems or suggestions. This is a new thing for us, so we can use expertise.
  Several have taken us up on our offer to provide the one page synopsis I do on books listed in the book corner. No problem.
MARTIN LUTHER KING MOMENT
Our local Moment group has been observing a Martin Luther King week for over 30 years. We will do so again this Thursday, January 21 at our monthly potluck. The meeting will also be the beginning of our 32nd season of Moment Ministries. We approve Directors at that meeting.
IN TRIBUTE ─ We were in Tacoma on a recent Saturday for the Memorial Service for colleague and friend from earliest ministry days, Bob Hamm. He was an administrative type and technology guru who thrived in the computer business after retirement from Air Force Chaplaincy. He had four daughters with lots of grandchildren and great grandchildren. We once laughingly talked about creating a team ministry featuring Bob as Administrator, Clint Rigg as Religious Education Director, and me as Preacher. We couldn’t find a church that could support us ─ or want us. So we each went our own way, which was probably a good thing.
      He was a happy guy and a good memory to have in my life. He is also survived by his wife Virginia, who used to cook up some of the great salmon we brought home from ocean trips Bob set up.
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