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Brandon Gilvin

"When I had no temple I made My voice my temple. I have no priest, my tongue is my choir."--Robert Pinsky

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This Time in Michigan...

Photo: Sarah Rice, The New York Times

The New York Times is reporting that a truck rammed into Temple Israel, a synagogue in the suburbs of Detroit, today. Below is something I wrote a few years ago and edit and adapt from time to time. I...

2 months ago
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Some Really Bad Days

Never Too Careful

I spent a long time tonight watching the blinking cursor, not knowing what to write.

I try to be careful with my words, and maybe that’s a problem, because sometimes that makes me move a little too slowly. Sometimes,...

4 months ago
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The Old Pastor Remembers, Revised

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He remembers the day when
his daily two mile run
suddenly became more
difficult but he does not

remember how it became
customary...
5 months ago
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We Should Talk...

Lydia of Thyatria, Religious miniatures by www.angelicon.gr. Found here.

August 25, 2025

I wasn’t sure how best to frame the posting of this sermon, shared three months ago. It’s not meant to be a credo on the War in Gaza; it’s certainly...

9 months ago
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God, Darwin, and the Liberal Arts

July 2025 marked the hundred year anniversary of the Infamous “Scopes Monkey Trial” in Dayton, TN. If you’re not familiar with the trial, it focused on whether or not John Thomas Scopes violated the Butler Act, a State law in Tennessee that...

10 months ago
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