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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays." ~ Aldo Leopold, 1947 in "The Ecological Conscience"
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last saw this in person in 1974. At that rate, I’ll be 117 the next time I climb up there in 2078.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you Carrie for the pic: I was asked to fill in on the opening & closing blessings, plus my brief presentation to Chief Glenna of dried cherries for the “Cherry Valley Works.”
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A lovely evening appropriately ending in moonlight, to salute Chief Glenna Wallace on her retirement after 20 years as leader for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, & to welcome Chief Chris Samples into his service & ongoing relationship with Ohio, & the Newark Earthworks.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(pic from Philmont Scout Ranch)
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
All shall be well. The second photo is of a sign now resident in my garage, from where a country club had a long term lease on a Native American earthworks, and limited public access to four days a year. Until 2025, after decades of work... (There were over 30 of these signs, 1 is in the archives.)
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Well, I am now on Medicare.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This Sunday, July 26th, I'm preaching for Highwater UCC (north of Fredonia) at their 9:30 am service; the text is 1 Kings 3:5-12 & the message title is "The beginning of wisdom." We could all use some wisdom, amirite? No babies will be cut in half for this sermon.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'd like to start a rumor that Joss Whedon is working on "The Divine Comedy, Part 1" in Georgia & Bulgaria.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I'm not generally into eschatology, but I'm now wondering if the world has in fact ended, and we are currently in stoppage time.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Preaching at Woodside Presbyterian Church this Sunday, July 12 from Psalm 119:105-112 on "A light to my path": let your light so shine!
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
So it begins: seven days of the Fourth! @GranvilleKiwanis is already at work…
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
7:00 pm tonight. This should be... interesting. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Read Psalm 37. All the way thru. Pause. Reflect. Then read it again. #ThatIsAll
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Something we had for the Bicentennial which I suspect isn't as big for @america250.bsky.social...
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
In this morning's prayers: for Ohio this summer, as people gather and look for community & connection. Over the last two days, in Toledo, in Bexley, in Newark, we had shootings & violence & fights breaking out, disrupting festivals & events & entire neighborhoods. God grant us peace.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This Sunday, June 7 at Woodside Presbyterian Church in Newark, for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, I'll be preaching from Hosea 5:15-6:6 on "The meaning of Hesed" . . . and I'm likely to be referencing Sister Monica Joan and the "Call the Midwife" series finale, while I'm at it.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"All of humanity's problems stem from one single thing: not knowing how to sit still in a room." ~ Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1654) In the original French: "Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne pas savoir demeurer en repos, dans une chambre."
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Preaching this last Sunday of May, the 31st, for Woodside Presbyterian Church at 10:30 am from Psalm 8 & 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, under the title “E pluribus unum": come join us!
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
As questions come in about the earthworks hike at 9 am tomorrow, May 23: if there’s lighting, we won’t walk. I’ll be at Great Circle Museum; if it’s raining steadily & a front is possible we may just walk to Wright Earthworks & back. But rain only isn’t enough to stop us!
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This Sunday, May 24th is Pentecost, and I’ll be preaching at Woodside Presbyterian Church from 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 on “A variety of gifts" . . . with a nod to Acts 2:7-11. Join us at 10:30 on Woods Avenue in Newark!
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We celebrate 41 years of marriage today!
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
2/2 ...of what remains of the four-and-a-half square mile complex in between between the @ohiohistory.bsky.social units. Wear a hat and bring water! We walk in rain, but not if there's lightning or high winds.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One week from today, Saturday May 23 at 9:00 am: I'll be leading another Remnants walking tour of the Newark Earthworks; a three mile hike starting and ending at the Great Circle Museum about 12:30, venturing off-site onto the streets and alleys of Newark to see remnants... 1/2
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Wonderful program in worship by the youth on “Think Like Moses” with guest appearances from 3 kids in Japan; hat tips all around at Centenary UMC! #HappyMothersDay
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Tonight is last baked steak dinner at Woodside Presbyterian in Newark til Sept.; eat-in & take-out starts about 4:15 pm, runs out around 6:15, $11 for whole deal including pie (or other desserts, less choice after 5 pm) & well mashed potatoes made from real taters! On Woods Ave.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#Maythe4th #maythefourthbewithyou #StarWars
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Why oh why didn’t a M*A*S*H spinoff show launch with Nurse Meg Cratty? That would have been a storyline worth following…
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Communion Sunday at Woodside Presbyterian Church on Woods Ave. in Newark at 10:30 am; I'll be preaching from Acts 2:42-47 on this Fourth Sunday of Easter, sermon titled "A Simple Pattern."
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Not an exaggeration.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Easter morning, 10:30 am at Woodside Presbyterian Church in Newark, the text for the day is Colossians 3:1-4 with the preaching message titled "Hidden With Christ": come celebrate resurrection with us!
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
From @BeschlossDC on Xwitter: "LBJ's Oval Office view before he gave withdrawal speech tonight 1968" -- I remember my mother's shock as Johnson said: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president." 58 years ago this evening.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
45 years ago today, Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington, D.C., & that night a five month long ordeal ended for me, a bizarre harassment situation I've written about earlier. It makes this anniversary land oddly for me, that's for sure.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Fig Monday in Holy Week; each day from Palm Sunday to Easter has an interesting traditional meaning & story behind it.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
On this date, in the Third Age, was the Downfall of Barad-dûr. If you don't know what that was, ask any geek or nerd of your acquaintance, but allow some time for the response. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social can fill you in, too.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
No comment needed.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Are we ready to turn our faces to Jerusalem? #FifthSundayofLent
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The last Sunday before Palm Sunday opens up Holy Week; Mar. 22 is the 5th Sunday of Lent & at Woodside Presbyterian Church in Newark, @ 10:30, text is John 11:1-45 w/ message title “If you had only…" Come worship with us! [image: Henryk Siemiradzki's 1886 “Christ in the House of Martha and Mary”]
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. ~ John Donne
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Grace & peace with all my Jewish friends & colleagues, in this community & beyond, who have increasing concern for their safety. May they know solidarity & fellowship in this uncertain season. (image from Ohio Statehouse, Brad Feinknopf 2014)
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Time change tonight, & time to visit Sychar tomorrow. At Woodside Presbyterian Church, for the 10:30 service on Mar. 8 (Third Sunday of Lent), our text is John 4:5-42 & my message is about "Dawning realizations."
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The 1810 House daffodils are up; a couple weeks away from blossoming, though. #SpringIsHere #TimeChange #SpringForward
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“War of the Worlds” (1953) on #Svengoolie at 8:00 pm ET, and I am SO ready for it. (@MeTV on your local b’cast or on cable.)
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"Roman Holiday" is on @tcmtv.bsky.social tonight at 8 pm ET. You know what to do.
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Heh. Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social has counter programming for the #StateOfTheUnion tonight…
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Jeff Gill @knapsack77.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Time to preach on Transfiguration, and conversation. And Lent is a'comin'! #AshWednesday this week.
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