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Chris Zimmerman and his wife Bea

My wife, Bea, and I live at Beech Grove, a Bruderhof in Kent, U.K.

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August 14, 2019

A (Dangerous?) Leap of Faith

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It was just a little late-summer silliness. A handful of guys hanging out at the swimming area at Maple Ridge Bruderhof the other evening decided to try out a new sport: put a life-jacket on a bike to keep it from sinking, get on, kick off, and...

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September 4, 2018

Because of Dave

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Because of Dave, I once spent the better part of a Sunday afternoon shackled to a bench in a dingy Harlem precinct house. Because of Dave, I learned to wean myself off books and newspapers long enough to learn how to play Casino, and even to beat...

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December 18, 2017

Discovering a Rare Christmas Musical Gem

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I have yet to hear a RIAS program that I didn’t like, but Bruch’s short piece (it’s less than five minutes) is a stand-out in and of itself. For one thing, it is one of those inimitable German Christmas songs whose text grasps the heart of the...

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