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Articles by Doug Bursch
Fairly Spiritual: Time to mourn the deaths of 5 police officers
Fairly Spiritual: Time to mourn the deaths of...
By Doug Bursch • December 2, 2009 7:14 pm

In one month’s time five officers have been murdered in Washington, my home state. Would you join me in a…

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Fairly Spiritual: Saying a special prayer for Auburn
Fairly Spiritual: Saying a special prayer for Auburn
By Doug Bursch • November 18, 2009 7:27 pm

I’m going to take a bit of a risk with today’s column. I’m going to let you in on my…

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Fairly Spiritual: Children at play provide insight into the nature of joy
Fairly Spiritual: Children at play provide insight into...
By Doug Bursch • November 4, 2009 7:07 pm

It is important we do our best to catalogue moments of joy. We must write joy down and proclaim joy…

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Children at play provide insight into nature of joy | Bursch
Children at play provide insight into nature of...
By Doug Bursch • October 30, 2009 12:12 am

It is important we do our best to catalogue moments of joy. We must write joy down and proclaim joy…

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Fairly Spiritual: ‘The National Parks’ delivers a lesson in democracy
Fairly Spiritual: ‘The National Parks’ delivers a lesson...
By Doug Bursch • October 7, 2009 8:08 pm

I’ve enjoyed watching Ken Burns’ “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”. This is a shortened version of the even longer…

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Fairly Spiritual: They’re all a bunch of hypocrites
Fairly Spiritual: They’re all a bunch of hypocrites
By Doug Bursch • September 23, 2009 8:13 pm

A hypocrite is someone other than me. That seems to be a good working definition for most of us. Of…

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Fairly Spiritual: Recalling an eighth-grade love triangle
Fairly Spiritual: Recalling an eighth-grade love triangle
By Doug Bursch • September 9, 2009 8:54 pm

In eighth grade I fell in love with two Stephanies. Which really isn’t saying much, since in the early ’80s,…

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Fairly Spiritual: What would Jesus heckle?
Fairly Spiritual: What would Jesus heckle?
By Doug Bursch • August 26, 2009 7:13 pm

I wanted to write today’s column about angry town hall hecklers, spurious e-mail forwards and the morally bankrupt dialogue permeating so much of our political discourse.

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Fairly Spiritual: Don’t ever write the word ‘stupid’
Fairly Spiritual: Don’t ever write the word ‘stupid’
By Doug Bursch • August 12, 2009 7:20 pm

“Stupidly” … one little word can make all the difference. President Obama recently was reminded that mom was right. “Don’t…

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Fairly Spiritual: Searching for conversation provides some good therapy
Fairly Spiritual: Searching for conversation provides some good...
By Doug Bursch • July 30, 2009 12:28 pm

I spend a lot of my life in my head. Some of my longest conversations occur when I’m alone. When…

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Fairly Spiritual: Family camping exercise worth all the fun and toil
Fairly Spiritual: Family camping exercise worth all the...
By Doug Bursch • July 15, 2009 7:13 pm

“Let’s go camping!” is a phrase in need of qualifiers. One man’s fun family excursion can be another man’s wilderness…

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Examining, deciphering God’s word vs. God’s people
Examining, deciphering God’s word vs. God’s people
By Doug Bursch • July 2, 2009 5:00 pm

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Auburn Valley Family Fun Picnic set for June 20
Auburn Valley Family Fun Picnic set for June...
By Doug Bursch • June 11, 2009 3:43 pm

Sometimes we make life far to complicated. Being a citizen of the planet is ultimately an issue of relationship and…

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Fairley Spiritual: Rhymes, few reasons with words abound in our amusement park
Fairley Spiritual: Rhymes, few reasons with words abound...
By Doug Bursch • June 3, 2009 7:26 pm

My family and I are at Disneyland this week and you’d think the environment would be good fodder for a…

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Fairly Spiritual: Leave room for random musings, spontaneity in our world
Fairly Spiritual: Leave room for random musings, spontaneity...
By Doug Bursch • May 13, 2009 8:30 pm

Left brain, linear, analytical people are destroying the world. I’d like to clearly articulate three distinct observations that prove this…

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Fairly Spiritual: Dealing with sad days
Fairly Spiritual: Dealing with sad days
By Doug Bursch • April 29, 2009 9:39 pm

Today I’ve been feeling sad, heart heavy, soul weary. I presume I could find a reason for the feeling, but…

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Fairly Spiritual: Delivering a familiar but blissful tune
Fairly Spiritual: Delivering a familiar but blissful tune
By Doug Bursch • April 8, 2009 8:00 pm

Easter is a love song: a sacred tune to woo the beloved. It is a persistent melody that beckons an…

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Read all about it: Ink of traditional media running dry
Read all about it: Ink of traditional media...
By Doug Bursch • March 18, 2009 6:56 pm

I write a newspaper column, host a radio program and pastor a church. In the United States, all these areas…

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Unearthing roots, rediscovering the dust of Eden
Unearthing roots, rediscovering the dust of Eden
By Doug Bursch • March 6, 2009 2:07 pm

It’s all a bit odd. Dirt covers the earth and pavement covers the dirt. People travel the pavement in cars….

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Fairly Spiritual: Daunting times require each of us to keep the faith
Fairly Spiritual: Daunting times require each of us...
By Doug Bursch • February 25, 2009 6:53 pm

Last Sunday I had a moment that was both comforting and unsettling. During our worship service I asked everyone to…

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