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Richard Skidmore

Richard Skidmore

I CAME UPON A CHILD OF GOD

There was a star danced and under it my grandson was born.

3 min readMar 3, 2023

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I CAME UPON A CHILD OF GOD

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Richard Skidmore

Presence

Inscribed above the door of the Swiss Psychotherapist Carl Jung’s home is the Latin phrase Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit. “ Bidden…

1 min readFeb 23, 2021

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Presence

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Richard Skidmore

Epiphany

Let January be a silent month absorbent of sound. Let peace descend. Let this be a time of rest and dreaming a respite from maskless…

1 min readJan 8, 2021

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Richard Skidmore

the birth of the rebel Jesus

Every birth is prodigious in the hearts and minds of those who first love you into the world. Jesus wasn’t the only one. We all of us come…

2 min readDec 22, 2020

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the birth of the rebel Jesus

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Richard Skidmore

A Bewilderment of Saints

I missed All Saints Day this year,

2 min readNov 15, 2020

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A Bewilderment of Saints

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Richard Skidmore

Summer’s End

Still missing John Prine.

2 min readSep 25, 2020

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Richard Skidmore

MY TOP TEN LIST OF THINGS TO HOLD ONTO IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

1)There is Something, call it what you will, coursing through the living world that causes our cuts and nicks to close and heal. Flesh…

3 min readMay 11, 2020

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MY TOP TEN LIST OF THINGS TO HOLD ONTO IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

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Richard Skidmore

O Portlandia!

It’s coming on two years since we moved from the Pacific Northwest (land of the trees, home of the crazed) to settle just shy of paradise…

2 min readAug 12, 2017

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O Portlandia!

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Richard Skidmore

Yom HaShoah

Tenderness and Grace,

2 min readApr 26, 2017

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Yom HaShoah

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Richard Skidmore

Jesus Live Tonight at the Beehive. No Cover.

In his autobiography, Music Is My Mistress, Duke Ellington talks about ‘church goin’ as a little kid…

3 min readApr 12, 2017

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Jesus Live Tonight at the Beehive. No Cover.

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Richard Skidmore

Richard Skidmore

Pastor Emeritus, Kairos UCC, Portland, Oregon. Writer, musician, senior softball enthusiast. Currently lives just shy of paradise in Encinitas. CA.

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