In cleaning my brother’s things, we came across these two postcards my dad wrote in August 1993. While the postcards are from other locations, the postmark shows my dad wrote (or at least mailed) these while he was in Berkeley.
Bill Trampleasure served as a minister for the United Methodist Church in 1968-1970. This post describes his time in churches in the plains of Montana and inner city Kansas City.
Buy and fly the UN flag Fly it as a prayer for peace, speed the day when all wars cease. Fly it as a vote for Earth, by a midwife for global government’s birth. Fly it as an earthly embrace, give a healing hug to the whole human race. Fly it as a flicker of … Buy and fly the UN flag
Would you believe, my lovable, lovely wife— should I leave first, this grace filled sphere of life— that all the words of love I’ve ever written/said can never/ever become dead? For even beyond whatever life they’ll have within your soul, they’ll also always live within whatever cosmic speck or spark becomes my role. Yes, I … Specs and sparks
Here is a collection of photos from Bill and Mary Lee’s wedding in 1955.
Bill Trampleasure’s Reflections following Friar Francis Baur’s sermon on “The Lord’s Prayer: The Vision of Jesus” First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, California
March 15, 1987