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An ordinary day
2008-05-19 04:55:00 An apple carries within it the essence of God. Joy comes when we pursue responsibility, not happiness. A monumental tragedy may have meaning un-looked-for; un-hoped-for. Anger lies beneath the surface to rear its ugly head at a moment’s notice. All this I learned today. O God, seed of the fruit that feeds our souls, Help us to break the iron barriers ... More About: Ordinary Day , Ordinary
An evening meditation
2008-05-08 04:08:00 How does God act in our lives? How do we know our prayers are answered or even heard? How do we reconcile asking God to assuage our own personal pain when there is so much pain surrounding us? Today I observed a soul whose personal struggles prevent him from seeing his own gifts and ... More About: Meditation , Evening
The boot
2008-04-28 00:50:00 Life gives us no rest. Transitions, part of the nomenclature of survival, become the staple of dinner conversation, facebook pages and excited text messages sending news to make a father go pale with expectation. The Lord is that shepherd which calls our name, guiding us to the comfort of soulful sustenance. In ancient re-enactment of ... More About: Boot
Good Friday 2008
2008-03-22 05:10:00 Spirit of Christ, the beloved disciple saw in the pouring out of water with the blood from Jesus' pierced side your outpouring. You are the Spirit of self-giving love, you are the Spirit of reconciliation, you are the Spirit that binds us in one, you come to us from the smitten rock of Christ. Only ... More About: Friday , Good , 2008
Spirit in the mists
2008-03-10 16:45:00 Finding small comfort in the warming skies, the miniature avian being rose from the aquatic plain to nervously greet the morning air. “Where am I?” she sang as she floated between bough and leaf, “Who am I, where am I?” The redundant song carried sweetly across the mists of disappearing dew. The mists ascended to greet ... More About: Spirit
Un-looked for
2008-03-08 17:19:00 Want to meet the Holy Spirit face-to-face? Come meet my son. Here is a man who has had more than his share of confrontation with life's seamy side. He has "been to the abyss and looked into its depths" and has come away from that challenging moment a remarkable human being. Better yet, he is ...
Vols and Tigers
2008-02-24 19:22:00 It doesn't get better than this. Tags:MemphisMemphis More About: Tigers
Roundball tripping
2008-02-19 20:29:00 I thought I moved from a basketball state! Tags:MemphisMemphis
The beast
2008-02-18 21:28:00 The beast needed to feed. It paused on the dust-strewn step, uncertain about the day’s course. Finding the nourishment that would sate its unyielding hunger would take up most of the day. It was used to it. Its weather vane head swiveled trying to catch the right breeze out of some unheralded direction. The dark un-nameable ... More About: Beast
Changing loyalty
2008-02-09 20:18:00 Funny how one's perception of favorite colors can change from various shades of blue to orange and a decidedly non-Duke Blue. Go Lady Vols and Tigers! Tags:MemphisMemphis More About: Changing , Loyalty
They Come to Me
2008-01-21 23:41:00 They come to me in my dreams. Mostly they play roles long knownAnd soothing in their familiarity,The nocturnal musings transporting meTo days of finding Self amidThe complexity of growth. I wake with their scent fresh in nostrils openTo the vista of memories playing through my Slumber-soaked consciousness. I know then that I miss them more Than I ...
Universal Murder
2008-01-21 05:52:00 A young man, a horrid war, a dead mother. The sadness of this story told in Sunday's NY Times permeates the landscape of our country as more and more young men and women return from the battle lines to a scarcity of care and a system that doesn't want to believe in them. Can there ... More About: Murder , Universal
Legal Ethics?
2008-01-20 03:28:00 A profession I wouldn't want to be in. The ethical conundrums can be too much to bear. Props to the attorney in this case for listening to his conscience. Tags:GeneralGeneral More About: Ethics , Legal
Joy
2008-01-05 00:55:00 Can there be a better route to happiness than playing with a new ball? Tags:PuppyPuppy
Nativity
2007-12-24 23:15:00 Sitting, staring at the street, The wilderness a vague memory,The struggles ancient history,The coldness no longer chilling bones. All remembrances have faded in the detritus of past life,Sorted with the dusty books piled in the unfamiliar attic.Relevancy escapes as constructs reform, Making a new life from the old, the same yet so deeply different. The tree stands ... More About: Nativity
A New Church
2007-12-02 02:13:00 Today we witnessed the rebirth of a church through the consecration of its spaces for worship. I am not a great believer in building monuments to God and am fascinated by the great Gothic cathedrals only for the stories they carry inside their stone walls. But there was something new there today in that place that ... More About: Church
Prediction
2007-11-28 05:24:00 Today on the radio the composer spoke of early memoriesAnd of melodies singing to him of morning glory and golden sun. “I knew then what I would be,” he thrust his words forward like a teenager Shoving a food tray onto the side window of my car at the A&W Root Beer joint. “I’ve asked around – ...
Milestone
2007-11-05 03:13:00 Celebrating the advent of the 59th year ofLife given by the gracefulness of His spirit and Thriving through the clarity of His Love, He stands in gratitude for all the souls whoseGracious concern has wrappedHim in a cocoon of love and healing. Life renewed, family strengthened, Colleagues made, friends healed, Sons finding faith in new horizons,Changes ... More About: Milestone
At it again
2007-11-03 22:38:00 The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has taken an initial vote to secede from the Episcopal Church of the USA. It's another sad moment in a series of sad moments for the church. Once again, in the name of "authority of Scripture", homophobia and narrow, obstinate behavior, the church will be thrown into chaos. There is no ...
David Mark Anderson
2007-10-23 03:14:00 I received the news today that we have lost a dear friend to an early and tragic death. I knew Mark for almost 14 years and treasured him for his kindness, honor and dedication to principles of fairness and love. He had a unique gift to be able to say the right thing to ... More About: Anderson , David
Center for Education Policy gets a D-
2007-10-12 01:48:00 Reported here, the COP has published a full paper on the differences between private and public education, proving once again that, whatever you want statistics to say, they will. Case in point, the study claims to tell all about students through a longitudinal focus but conveniently leaves out the influence of pre -high school education. Secondly, ... More About: Education , Policy , Center
Dusting it off
2007-10-11 03:48:00 OK, for those few of you who have been reading this blog, I know it has been a while since I have posted here. I have finally recovered from our move and we have settled down to quasi-normality here in the transportation hub of the mid-South. But, before I reflect on our new digs, ...
Moving
2007-09-10 04:45:00 I hate moving. Day 1. Movers were scheduled to arrive at 9 am. A call to the moving company at 9:20 gets the response, "They'll be there in 15 minutes." They don't arrive until 10:30 am. This, of course, makes me somewhat worried. (You can tell by the pacing back and forth, which is ... More About: Moving
Be good to yourself
2007-09-07 23:18:00 He walks the walk and through talk talks tall, Talking straight and telling truth that sees Through me, with me, in me, for me. We find that thing to sing, he and I, That resonates within; And from that ringing aria he Discerns the beauty of thatDiscarded fragment of self,Teaching me its marvels. In that hour, in ... More About: Good
Naked, pt. 4
2007-07-20 05:10:00 He sat there bare as the day he was borne from hisMother’s safe compartmentalized basket of denial,Into the world of real image and make-believe belief. Exposed as he was, he did not move to cover himself; He preferred his nakedness to the counterfeit comfortOf the proffered silk robes that promised only soulless death. Now he stands, stretching ...
Naked, pt. 3
2007-07-08 21:54:00 The pearl white onion turns on its axis,Gleaming in the phosphorescent glow ofThe motes of reality streaming around it. Little by little the layers slough off.Little by little the mystery of the ThingShines through the translucent layers Until nothing is left but the Core,The naked seed that was there before the Thing had shape, before its veined ...
Naked, pt. 2
2007-07-07 21:47:00 He looked up at the dying embers of the pyre that was once his life.He closed his eyes and tried to remember what it had been like being himBut it wouldn’t come, wouldn’t find substance in his memory,Leaving him to guess what it must have been like. He looked around for the mourners and found none.Perhaps ...
Naked, pt. 1
More articles from this author:2007-07-07 19:26:00 Living a lie. Lying to live. Losing your substance when found out. What now, now that there are no more places to hide? Tags: 1, 2 |
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