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Below are a number of my latest thoughts that I would like to share with you in hopes that we could consider them together. Feel free to leave any thoughts you may have in the comments section after any of the blog posts.

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09
APR
2016

Friends are leaving us

In the past year Kay and I have lost eight good companions who have moved on to a better place and left us here trying to learn how to cope with losing them. These were friends we walked with in different places and different times as we learned from each other how to follow...
28
JAN
2016

A Thought on Prayer

A Thought on Prayer Too often our prayers are mostly concerned with changing circumstances, but when we read the recorded prayers of Paul we discover that they were all about changing character.  It is true that he encourages his friends in Philippi to present every concern to...
08
AUG
2015

Partnerships at a Distance

Partnership at a Distance (a thought from Colossians) How do we stay connected to sisters and brothers in Christ at a distance?  As I look back over the past sixty years of having good companions in many other places of the world there are several things that have emerged as...
20
MAR
2015

Transforming Faith

Transforming Faith The definition of a word only has meaning to us based on our experience of that word.  For example, the word “love” means many different things when we use it.  It may be that we like something as in “I love ice cream.”  It may mean a brotherly affection for...
03
NOV
2014

One Hundred Musings

Kay and I have been working on the ideas in “One Hundred Musings” for 60 years and I have been putting them into a book of a little over 100 pages during the summer and fall.  Hopefully, those of you who have journeyed with us will resonate with the things we have...
14
MAY
2014

Friendship

Kay and I have spent most of our lives reading about, thinking about, and experiencing friendship in many different ways. Those ideas show up in the following pages because they have given us insights into relationships with the people God has made special to us. This reflection...
15
DEC
2013

Possible Inhibitors of our fellowships

The first weekend of December Kay and I presented ideas in this piece to friends at the Mt Hermon annual retreat. We later had opportunity to discuss the ideas in depth with several good companions in the Northwest. The following is the original paper we presented with several...
04
OCT
2013

What I wish I knew

What  I Wish I Knew? The question:   After reading our piece on “Finishing Well”, Brian Baugh suggested it would be helpful if we put together responses to the question, “What do I know now that I wish I knew when I was thirty?”  I asked a few friends to respond to that question...
21
AUG
2013

The Epidemic of Loneliness

In July of 2013 I took some ideas written by Rick Baugh, added some quotes from others and sent them to most of my friends and spiritual companions. The request was for them to read and to send back their insights. The response gave me many new insights – only some of which I...
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About Kent Hotaling

Kent HotalingFor over 50 years I have been a follower of Jesus – some of the time in ways that pleased him and other times so poorly it neither pleased him, me, or others. However, I have stayed on the journey because…

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