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Easter Saturday

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 29, 2018August 8, 2019

We were married on Easter Saturday at Oakleigh Baptist Church. I was the assistant pastor…

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Why do they keep calling his death an accident?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 23, 2018May 28, 2024

I recently saw the movie The Post, a historical drama about how the reporters, editors,…

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About Grace

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 15, 2018May 28, 2024

About Grace, a novel by Anthony Doerr is about a hydrologist named David Winkler who…

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The Power of Choice

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 9, 2017December 30, 2021

A native of Hungary, Edith Eva Eger was just a young teenager in 1944 when…

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Finding The Courage to Live Again

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on November 23, 2017August 10, 2023

Harold Fry retired recently having worked as a sales rep for the brewery for forty-five…

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The Things That Get in the Way

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 20, 2017August 14, 2019

You may have heard the statement, “You can be anything you want to be.” It…

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A Clear Blue Sky

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 12, 2017August 15, 2019

It was Saturday and the sky was overcast. Not ideal conditions for playing cricket. We…

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Pathways to Suicide

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on September 28, 2017August 7, 2019

It wasn’t as though the farm hadn’t seen death before, and the blowflies didn’t discriminate.…

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Despair

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 31, 2017August 15, 2019

Despair is a common human experience. We have all felt despair during difficult periods in…

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Addiction

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 25, 2017August 15, 2019

In his book, Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music, James Rhodes opens up…

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Bruce Rickard

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Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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