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A Good Choice
Easter 1963 I remember the day. Despite being only three or four years old (it was about the same time in my life that I was having regular play dates with the imaginary “Ding Dong” colony that...
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Health Care Rights
So today the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Healthcare Act and allowed the individual mandate that all people of the United States must have health care insurance or they will be “fined” or taxed....
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In Memory of Mom: Obituary
Mom’s favorite picture … I think it should’ve been on a book jacket The Rev. Virginia (Ginnie) Joan Koepke Berg, made her transition to “Summerland” on Thursday, August 23, in Pflugerville, Texas, at...
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Dreams from my President
from the documentary, “2016: Obama’s America”. Filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza interviews Barack Obama’s half-brother, George. I watched the documentary, 2016: Obama’s America, this afternoon. I know, we...
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Christmas Letter 2012
Thanksgiving photo: (left to right)Dwayne Bailey, Terrie Berg, Michael Berg, Wendy Bailey, Matt Berg, Peter Berg, Charlotte Stogdale, Jeremiah Peace, Debra Peace, Kelly Peace, Elijah Peace, Mike Berg,...
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Love changed our minds …
I’m delighted and fascinated by the huge shifts in support of Gay Marriage. 58% of Americans now favor marriage equality. The shift to over 50% wasn’t that long ago … and in 1988 only 13% approved!...
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Don’t Call “An Abomination” What I have Called “Love”
What is God up to now? I love the story of Peter’s vision in Joppa, told in Acts 10. It shows how following the principals of Christ, the values of Christ and the Good News of Christ, stretches us...
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MOB: 10, 9 days and Counting
In a week Dwayne and I will be heading to Texas for the wedding of the century … well, for us, anyway. Our daughter, Kate, is getting married on June 22. I told my staff, “no crises in churches are...
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Rose Colored Glasses?
My cousin Norman and I often have political diatribes on facebook … Well, not only Norman; I have these conversations regularly with quite a few of my relatives (on all sides of the family) and friends...
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No Flag at My House
You won’t see an American flag flying in front of my house … not even on July 4th … for the same reason I don’t pledge allegiance to the flag. It’s not because I hate my country or I don’t value or...
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The Big Deal About My Family
Thirteen family members were sitting in the front row of the 12-step meeting as Cheryl* told her story on the first anniversary of her sobriety. Husband, children, good friends, siblings, aunt and...
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Art Collectors
We are on a free cruise. A couple of months ago, Dwayne got a call from Park West Gallery asking us if we’d like to go on a free cruise. At first we thought it was a sales scam. What kind of hard...
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The One that Got Away … And the One that Didn’t
I am a Peter Max fan. Max is the first contemporary artist I had ever heard of. I remember his pop-art designs of the 1960′s and 1970′s. Who didn’t have a Peter Max trapper keeper in junior high? His...
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Merry Christmas from Dwayne & Wendy
December 6, 2013 N 32° 57.67’, W 75° 17.05’ We are writing to you from someplace in the Atlantic between the Bahamas and New York City, the sea stretches out before us, the sun peaks out of the...
View ArticleJoJo and the Faith Bubble
this is a reprint of an article that was published in my column “Wendy’s Baileywick” in the May/June 2010 issue of Connections, a publication of the Presbytery of New Covenant, As many of you know, I...
View ArticleThe Myth of Control
The following article was published in the Mar/April 2011 issue of Connections, a publication of the Presbytery of New Covenant. I confess … I am one who likes to be in control. Ask Mary or Mike who...
View ArticleFourth of July Affirmation
Just wrote this for my Facebook status and thought I wanted to share and save it here … Happy Independence Day! Let’s celebrate by affirming that democracy is most powerful when people are protected...
View ArticleBailey Christmas Letter 2014
December 20, 2014 Today it’s finally beginning to feel like Christmas. Snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, and peanut blossoms are among the dozens of cookies sitting in the kitchen waiting to be divvied...
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Rose Colored Glasses?
My cousin Norman and I often have political diatribes on facebook … Well, not only Norman; I have these conversations regularly with quite a few of my relatives (on all sides of the family) and friends...
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You won’t see an American flag flying in front of my house … not even on July 4th … for the same reason I don’t pledge allegiance to the flag. It’s not because I hate my country or I don’t value or...
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