After all the wars are over And all the battles won After all the blood’s been spilt From here to Kingdom come Do you think it really mattered In the larger scheme of things That this nation took the prize And that one got no rings? So what if one lasts longer Outlasting all its foes When another bit the dust And sooner tasted woes. All empires rise and fall Not a one endures forever Every nation has a life... Read more
I visited the new African American History Museum in D.C. in October and found it interesting, but seriously under-representing the importance of the Black Christian church experience for most African Americans in the last two centuries. Nevertheless there was some evidence which you will see below. There was a small recognition of the importance of some of the early Black Methodist preachers and their influence. And a few artifacts of importance… The main focus of the museum was on the... Read more
Spili is the sort of small village that depends on the tourist trade, where old men sit around playing backgammon and watching the strangers closely. There are plenty of interesting features to the quaint little village and things to shop for…. In this town you are always going up or down…. And there is plenty of crystal clear mountain spring water to wash everything down with…. Turns out you could spend an appalling amount of pleasant time here, without finding... Read more
So before our Journeys of Paul cruise, Ann and I went to visit Crete for the first time, to see if it was worth including on a future Paul tour. What we discovered was a beautiful, mountainous island, like so many Greek islands, with lovely coastlines and beaches. What we did not find is much evidence of Paul being there, but I don’t doubt he was. One of the excursions we did was to see the beautiful little mountain village... Read more
The following post comes from my old friend Dr. James Howell the senior minister at my home church, Myers Park UMC in Charlotte, N.C. See what you think. BW3 Thursday, October 3 Enough! – St. Francis Like many people, we have a little statue of St. Francis of Assisi in the garden of our front yard. He’s the patron saint of… nature? Birds? Flowering things? St. Francis should be conceived as the patron saint of “Enough.” On this day, the... Read more
Here’s our Russian friends one more time doing a Beatles and EWF classic…. Read more
For those of you in the know, it will not be news that the Trans Siberian Orchestra (using the term orchestra loosely) has been around for 21 years worth of touring, particularly during the Christmas season. Having never seen them Ann and I were not sure what to expect. Let me just say that Mannheim Steamroller, these guys are not!! Their show is a cross between a Christmas musical and a visit to a Metallica concert. Yes you get to... Read more
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