[Magdalen] This morning's lesson

[Kate Conant]

I see VA and think of Virginia and then Veterans' Affairs( pka
Administration) as an afterthought.

Also, I see CA and don't know if it's Canada or California and DE and am
unsure if it's Delaware or Germany.

Kate, from the only WV

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 10/19/2014 1:08:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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> sermon  in our VA Lutheran church,>>>>>
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> It's unfortunate that the USPS decided (a long time ago, admittedly)
> to abbreviate the US State of Virginia as "VA".
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> Every time I see it I automatically think of something pertaining to
> the US Department of Veterans Affairs = VA.  I think that usage,
> unofficial as it probably is, has been around a lot longer than the
> usage as a Virginia State abbreviation.
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> I guess one can't fight city hall.
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> In any case, I'm relieved that my first impression of Jay's note
> was not really that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs was now somehow
> into Lutheran churches.  That WOULD be bizarre.
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> David Strang - Retired from 31 years in the USVA.
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