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DID THE FLASH GO OFF?
Much like faith in a light switch doing its job, hoping to capture an image and wondering "Did the flash go off?" barely takes a moment, but it can give the illumination necessary to preserve an image for a lifetime.
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It's a question I heard often at family gatherings - and one I continue to ask regarding my own flashes of brilliance: some underexposed, out of focus or perhaps not that bright after all. But every once in awhile . . . something clicks!
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to the tunes . . .








We've Got This
We worry about tomorrow What we’ll eat, what we’ll wear We take it upon ourselves To separate the wheat from the tares We follow in...
Marc Haney
Jun 4, 20231 min read
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pray
what I say to You words that speak the truth what's really in my heart not just on my lips not just passing thoughts the living life...
Marc Haney
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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Our first caller . . .
from the archives of KMTN 46.35 fm North Topeka’s choice for underground religious roots radio KMTN: Welcome to KMTN Radio’s community...
Marc Haney
May 31, 20231 min read
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Author Unknown: the remedy for recognition addiction
. . . nor man’s empty praise . . . (Be Thou My Vision) It could quite likely be That no public recognition will come to me When all is is...
Marc Haney
May 23, 20231 min read
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Below the Throne
I thought I could be the one And knowing me would be . . . a thrill But I see I’m quite the nowhere man Another fool on the hill I used...
Marc Haney
May 21, 20231 min read
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"A place for everything
and everything in its place" - Benjamin Franklin This wise old saying supports the idea of an ever expanding universe . . . of storage...
Marc Haney
May 18, 20231 min read
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Marc Haney
May 13, 20230 min read
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This is not a Sunset
This is not a sunset I see before my eyes This is not the season for living things to die The angels still cry holy as they always have...
Marc Haney
May 6, 20232 min read
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Pasture Eyes
No need for shallow explanations Of the mysteries of the deep Knee-high is where I hear the whispers Of the one I pray my soul to keep...
Marc Haney
May 4, 20231 min read
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Unsung
Overlooked and ignored, the hero felt as unsung as a third verse in a Baptist hymnal.
Marc Haney
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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With No Lifejacket!
Drifting lazily on the lukewarm waters of complacency Neither hot nor cold, lifelong friend nor total stranger We’ve been warned, we’ve...
Marc Haney
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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No Trespassing!
No one can take away my heart of stone It’s all mine, it’s mine alone It’s cold and real, able to conceal My pain, my anger, everything...
Marc Haney
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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True Blue
I was kneelin’ at the corner of First Fruits and Vine. Legend has it that these were the first lyrics penned by the obscure and often...
Marc Haney
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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Autumn Daze at the Beach
Out among the ruins That never had a chance to stand Foolish builders, heartless architects Sunken empires built on sand Are they sinking...
Marc Haney
Apr 24, 20231 min read
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The Storm Before the Calm or "the key to humility"
In the summer of 1972, I was riding a far reaching wave of the Jesus Movement. It had reached me in my hometown of Holton, Kansas, and I...
Marc Haney
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Five Sad Songs (and one even sadder)
As Tears Go By - Marrianne Faithfull - 1965 (Oldham/Richards/Jagger) I’m a Loser - The Beatles - 1964 (Lennon/McCartney) I Am a Rock -...
Marc Haney
Apr 14, 20232 min read
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Council Grove
Back to where this chapter started Going back to have a look around Where I made my first appearance In this little Kansas town I didn’t...
Marc Haney
Apr 11, 20231 min read
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A Fitting Conclusion
Today I’ll be having lunch (chicken fried steak) with my wife at Hays House Restaurant and Tavern, the oldest restaurant west of the...
Marc Haney
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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"Jesuses" I've Been Shown (but have never known)
Baby Jesus - freshly bathed and powdered, halo shining brightly, an inspiration for every Gerber baby of the future - but often...
Marc Haney
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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Where Imagination Breathes
To tell a story that warms the heart And escorts us to other parts Beyond the limits and borderlines Unrestricted by space or time Where...
Marc Haney
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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