Preventing Grace
It wouldn’t be God’s property always to have mercy if we were not always needing mercy, and innocent people don’t need mercy. Read more
It wouldn’t be God’s property always to have mercy if we were not always needing mercy, and innocent people don’t need mercy. Read more
All my best laid plans have come to naught. Was going to leap up with the dawn, cheerful and bright, and trip lightly to the kitchen and laundry, restoring the glad tidings of order out of chaos. Oh well, I guess I won’t worry about that now. Instead I will wander around in the usual circle of Saturday distraction. Actually, this week was a remarkable one in that, for the first time in many months, I did have short periods... Read more
It’s Friday! And that means Takes. One Feel vaguely bad about complaining about Mother’s Day, but not really. I mean, I never feel really bad about complaining about anything, even when I’m later proved wrong. It’s the General Principle of Mother’s Day just being a bad and difficult thing that I still uphold. On the other hand, the children made me some lovely cards, and Matt went out in some kind of fit and bought all the flowers in a... Read more
So, those romper things for men are really something. Read more
Yesterday I summoned the energy to climb into the dying rhododendron to pull the weeds concealing themselves in its cool depths–muttering, in the usual way, threats and hatred against those ones that dig themselves deep into the soil, but easily break off from the root with the mere touch of a pinky finger. The thing that I love most about gardening is the murderous rage that springs up against something that can be killed without loss of integrity or freedom.... Read more
As usual, it's the convergence of insanity that I find so arresting that I can't look away. Read more
We have an extra special treat this morning. The Preventing Grace Podcast has been elevated to the Anglican heights by Lee Gatiss (one tea, two sugars) who, trapped as he was in the car, agreed to answer some questions about what he thinks about America. I can’t imagine that you would want to miss it. And now on to Links, which have been piling up. First and most important, here is the link to Dr. Gatiss’ devotional book which I... Read more
What is unusual about Martha is not her ‘rare capacity to work,’ it’s the fact that she breaks down and tells Jesus about it. That’s what sets her apart as an interesting person. Read more
The rain is raining all around. It falls on field and trees…can’t remember the rest. But truly, it is abundantly raining, if gently, and will be all day. Which means I’m saved, I guess, from puttering around in the garden. Thank Heaven. I Finally have a whole day to exclusively focus on all the work Inside. The laundry, the dusting, the returning of emails and sorting through the mountain of bits of important paper that I have thoughtfully accumulated on... Read more
This is a most interesting article and I rather wish I had time to read the book, which I don’t, so I will put it right out of my mind. I’ve been thinking about the question of what any of us can wear relentlessly since Synod when I was in the unusual position of driving back and forth to church every day looking at What Binghamtonians Wear, and also obsessing for three days about what I myself would wear. The... Read more
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