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Ricky Rap: Remembering the words of a legendary singer-songwriter

Rick Mills spins "The Wonder" by Kris Kristofferson, who passed away at his home in Hawaii on September 28
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Rick Mills remembers Kris Kristofferson following the singer-songwriter's recent passing by listening to an inspiring song from his 2009 album 'Closer to the Bone'.

 Ricky Rap is a list of 10 thoughts and offerings from Niagara’s own Rick Mills. Retired from more than 30 years of management in the steel industry, he continues pastoral ministry here in town. Ricky Rap, he says, is intended to help us to believe in and laugh at ourselves.

 1. Kris Kristofferson. 

 2. Rhodes Scholar. 

 3. Pilot. 

 4. Musician and actor. 

 5. Epitomized cool. 

 6. Sublimating cool into poetry and music. 

 7. "I swear to be thankful the rest of my days, 

 8. And worthy whatever I do, 

 9. For the chance I was given to live and believe, 

 10. In the love and the wonder of you. *

 

The Wonder  by Kris Kristofferson. 1936-2024