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JumpStart – Old Age

JumpStart – Old Age As you look at this final painting in the Voyage of Life series by Thomas Cole, note that the voyager’s face is peaceful and serene while his gaze is upward toward his continuation to the next journey.Having seen one of the two sets of original paintings of this series by Thomas […]

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JumpStart – Manhood

JumpStart – Manhood Of the four images in this series by Thomas Cole, my favorite is the third: Manhood.Possibly, it’s because this is the stage in which I now find myself so it’s the one I relate to.More likely it’s because this is the one painting in the series where all the action takes place […]

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JumpStart – Youth

JumpStart – Youth When I was 12, I knew how I wanted my life to turn out and I could see it so clearly just as this youth can see his dreams in the second Voyage of Life painting by Thomas Cole.When I was 13 I planned to replace Peter Chris and play the drums […]

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JumpStart – Childhood

JumpStart – Childhood Back in 2003, my class in ministerial school took a trip to Washington, DC and while we were there me and a few friends visited the National Gallery of Art.One of my friends had once volunteered at the National as a docent so he knew which pieces to show us during our […]

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JumpStart – Invictus

JumpStart – Invictus Today, I’d like to do something I don’t often do — honor the passing of an American hero. Congressman John Lewis took his fight for civil rights to the other side when he died July 27, 2020 at the age of 80.Along with Dr. King, Lewis stood for equal rights in our […]

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JumpStart – Hamilton 5

JumpStart – Hamilton 5 Today if two men wanted to duel to resolve an argument, most people would be scandalized.However during Hamilton’s time, dueling was a sophisticated way of guarding one’s honor and was a common practice.The Broadway smash musical Hamilton contains a fascinating song with the 10 rules and protocols for dueling.The interesting thing […]

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JumpStart – Hamilton 4

JumpStart – Hamilton 4According to Wikipedia, “The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.”And according to the lyrics from Hamilton, “The plan was to write a total of twenty-five […]

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JumpStart – Hamilton 3

JumpStart – Hamilton 3 In the previous JumpStart, we talked about the inspiring song “Wait for it” from Hamilton.In the song, Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom, Jr.) talks about having to wait for the good things in his life and that, no matter what, he’ll continue to wait for what he wants.Waiting is difficult for us […]

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JumpStart – Hamilton 2

JumpStart – Hamilton 2 In my (current) favorite song from Hamilton, Aaron Burr sings (paraphrased):“I am the one thing in life I can controlI am inimitableI am an originalI'm not falling behind or running lateAnd if there’s a reason I’m still alive when so many have died then i’m willing toWait for it”GREAT advice for […]

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JumpStart – Hamilton 1

JumpStart – Hamilton 1 JumpStart – Hamilton 1In my (current) favorite song from Hamilton, Aaron Burr sings (paraphrased):“I am the one thing in life I can controlI am inimitableI am an originalI'm not falling behind or running lateAnd if there’s a reason I’m still alive when so many have died then i’m willing toWait for […]

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