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Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield

Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield
Location
Newcomerstown, Ohio, USA
Birthday
December 28
Title
Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield
Company
Retired
Bio
Retired Protestant Pastor and Theologian, jointly credentialed in the United Church of Christ and the Moravian Church. Education: BA, MA, M.Div, Thd. Public Service: NY State Office of Executive Development, Management Intern; Federal Exec. Branch: Executive Office of the President, Budget Examiner, Bureau of the Budget; Interior, Director of Energy and Minerals, Bureau of Land Management; Non Profit: Ford Foundation, Deputy Director, Energy Policy Project; Congressional: Director, Office of Special Projects; Director, Division of Energy and Materials, General Accounting Office; Private industry: Vice President, Grow Group, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer, US Paint; Owner, the Energy Center, St. Louis. Christian service: Pastor, First Congregational UCC, Ottawa, Illinois; Pastor, St. Paul's UCC, Port Washington, Ohio; Pastor, Moravian Church, Gnadenhutten, Ohio.

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Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield's Links

Memoirs and Biographical (also see Motorcycling Memories)
Musical Tribute Essays, Playlists, Videos
Motorcycling Memories
The Christian Calendar Series
Essays on the Exodus and the Ten Commandments
Reflections on Faith
Editor’s Pick
JULY 6, 2010 4:59PM

I’m an Alcoholic. Part One


 

 

“Hello, I’m Monte, and I’m an alcoholic. It has been 20 years since my last drink.”

On June 28, 2010 I celebrated 20 years of sobriety, one day at a time. I had forgotten the date until Sue came to me and put her… Read full post »

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AUGUST 10, 2009 1:05PM

Permission to Die

 

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This is a true story. The dialogues are reconstructed from memory of events that happened 18 years ago.

"So how many are there?"

"Right now there are six.  It changes from week to week."

"What exactly am I supposed to do?"

"Just drop in and see them for…

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JULY 31, 2009 3:44PM

"Good Fences make Good Neighbors"



 Allie, Jake and Gracie.  Since this picture was taken Jake is bigger than both of his half sisters

We were frustrated and angry.  I said, "We'll put in a fence."

"A fence?"

"Yeah, not around everything.  Just on this side, from the front of the porch to the/… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 29, 2008 9:24PM

Here's To All The Bikes We've Loved: Photo Essay

 

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Above is a file photo of a 1957 250 cc Maico Typhoon, identical to the bike I rode while at Wichita University.  It was a 2 stroke bike so you had to premix the oil into the gas. I put a lot of miles on that little bike,… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 8, 2008 7:20PM

The Bridge to Nowhere: Are “Earmarks” All That BAD?

I have fallen way behind in reading the hard copy magazines that I get.  The Nov. 3 issue of Newsweek, that arrived in late October, contains a very useful and informative explanation of the most famous earmarked project in the last decade or so: the doomed “Bridge to Nowhere.”

Its au… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008 3:20PM

Obama, the CENTRIST: How will the Liberal Left Feel?

Yesterday Randy Smith blogged "Chill, conservatives...Obama wont be as bad as you suspect."  He is certainly correct in that assessment.  But there will be some very right wing nuts who will think Obama is the incarnation of Satan and will hate the very idea of him being President, regardle… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 29, 2008 7:34PM

The Right Wing Filth and Smut is Just Starting

I just watched Chris Matthews allow Tom Delay to slime and slander Barack Obama for over ten minutes in the opening of Hardball.  Chris allowed him to spew his vitriol without even one challenge. 

Delay called Obama a Marxist, a communist, a socialist, and worse.  He said Obama would… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 23, 2008 12:40AM

Why Liberals Need the Pat Buchanans of the World


Most of us political junkies have, both by design and by accident, chosen our television “news and commentary” sources from a very narrow ideological spectrum that we find comfortable.  In my case, as an ideological liberal with centrist tendencies, I get most of my TV updates and op… Read full post »

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