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October 18, 2019 | 5 Comments

Eulogy for Larry

Larry and his parents were lifelong members of our church. Larry and his father were ruling elders at one time. That’s not to say, though, that they were pillars of the church. Perhaps crumbling pillars, but not pillars in that legends-of-faith sort of way. I’ll explain.

Larry got into trouble with drugs back in the 1970’s. He was arrested a few times and then got clean. Some brain cells were lost in the process, but he was still likable, functional, and kind. He stayed clean for decades. That’s when I got to know him. [Read more…]

Hope, Remembrance, Small town, Suffering Tagged: eulogy, peace, thanksgiving


May 18, 2017 | Leave a Comment

The Ore Ida French Fry Box

On a shelf in the garage sits my Ore Ida French fry box. Inside, I store the tokens of my high school career: trophies, certificates, my graduation mortar board, four yearbooks, a disintegrating album with all manner of now embarrassing photos, plus miscellaneous stuffed animals, pins, and, well, stuff.

The summer after my high school graduation, my family moved out of our townhouse and into a nearby apartment. I brought the Ore Ida French fry box home from the bowling alley where I was working that summer. When I filled it full of my precious tokens, I had every intention of unpacking it “someday” when I would be out of college and living on my own.

Four years passed, and I moved out on my own. [Read more…]

Jesus Christ, Remembrance, Sacraments Tagged: high school, Lord's Supper, memorabilia, memory


This is the day that
the Lord has made;
let us rejoice
and be glad in it.

– Psalm 118:24
Rev. Dr. MJ Romano

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For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
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