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One of the things you realize in life is you would do well to hang on to various of those friends you made in college, because you may well need them later, because they know you from back then, and you need a reminder of who you were and how, hopefully you\u2019ve spiritually, mentally, emotionally grown.\u00a0 Rick is happily married, has three grown children (even though he started all that in his 40s) and his youngest is finally in college.\u00a0 When I was in seminary in South Hamilton Mass. from 1974-77 he came north, spent some time with me, found a job at Landmark school, went back to school at Harvard Divinity (among other places), as I had, and has become a world class head trauma and speech therapist kind of doctor. I have no idea how he has the patience to work with patients who in a good year may relearn say two dozen words, after massive head injuries.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t do it.\u00a0 \u00a0He gives lectures about this as well.\u00a0 \u00a0We have so many happy memories together, including recently going to see our Tar Heels in the final four in Houston.\u00a0 And while in college, going to many many concerts starring our favorite rock and folk and folk rock artists in Chapel Hill and Durham, including of course our home boys\u2014 James and Livingston Taylor, with whom we shared both Chapel Hill and Boston and a great love for the Red Sox.\u00a0 Here below are Rick and I at a 1972 beach retreat in Carolina with various of our Christian friends\u2014 notice Rick had way more hair then, and notice I even had a chin beard\u2013 yes that\u2019s me clutching my guitar.<\/p>\n

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You get extra brownie points if you can pick out in the top picture that world famous philosopher to fortune 500 companies,\u00a0 Tom Morris, who won teacher of the year awards at Notre Dame.\u00a0 \u00a0Also in those pictures are future ministers, doctors of dentistry and much more.\u00a0 I love those people and those days.\u00a0 We were all shaped in the crucible of faith at Carolina thanks to Dr. Boyd and Intervarsity Fellowship, even in the shadow of the Kent State killings and the Vietnam War.\u00a0 And that set us all on a course in life that has mostly been a big blessing. Thank you Jesus for running with us all these years.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"