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Thoughts at Convention
To The Reverend Lynn Jay and the Parish of St. Stephen's, Santa Clarita & Bishop-Elect Mary Glasspool,
Hello, and congratulations on your recent election as Bishop Suffragan! Congratulations on moving from mission to parish! I was one of the many lay delegates at the convention, and I just wanted to share part of my experience with you.
I was ( Read more... ) -
Monkey see
I just lost over an hour into the time warp that is FAIL Blog. Somehow, I had never seen it before, and I was forced to click "Next >>" page after page. Somehow, my day melted away before my eyes ( Read more... ) -
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
You could call this weekend's events to be the extreme sports version of inner peace ( Read more... ) -
Lent
I have a friend in hospice care. I was thinking of her the other day, and I wanted to pray for her. All I could come up with is "Have peace. Know that you are loved." and hope that God would pass the message along. I think she has both of these things, even in vast quantities, but all I could think to ask on her behalf was more ( Read more... ) -
Abundance over Scarcity: More Love, Less Hate
So, I've been in this swamp of a political/religious debate with an acquaintance over the past few weeks. Along the way, I stopped sharing them as they got more personal.
So, last week in my discussion group, we came across the Parable of the Talents. To the best of my interpretation, the gist of it is, "do something. Don't waste what you have ( Read more... ) -
mourning
I didn't expect the hurt of prop 8 passing to be so intense. I didn't expect to overshadow my joy at Obama's win. Good things came out of last night. Obama was elected. Prop 4 was defeated. we picked up a few seats in congress. The Dems took Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and maybe even North Carolina ( Read more... ) -
Word Vomit
Here's another, this time with the regurgitated doctrine attached. I'm losing patience.
Hi there,
I haven't considered a moment of this exchange to be a waste of time. I still value your input, and I really do want to understand your point of view. As yet, there are still a few points that are unclear to me. I have a desire to understand you, ( Read more... ) -
And a response to his response
It's odd.. He was glad I had kept my response confidential (as it was sent only to him). I hadn't intended the initial message to be confidential, merely personal. It contained (as does this second) enough of my own passion on the subject that I feel I have to share it.
Friend,
I guess my question to you is, what is it about "traditional ( Read more... )
