2016-11-27T07:44:01-04:00

Can’t remember why, but this weekend the children wanted to hear what old dial up sounds like. So, replete with turkey and potato, I googled “Dial Up” on my smart phone and played a long, five minute recording of some poor computer trying to Send/Receive. The iconic harsh grating whine of a modem filled the dining room and I sat back, transported immediately to college and the thrill of communicating with people on the other side of the world, my... Read more

2016-11-26T10:25:30-04:00

I see Mr. Castro has perished. May God grant him something or other. Mercy? And maybe a pinch of Justice. Although I never like to wish God’s justice on anyone, me most of all. We survived a glorious thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. Matt out did himself in the matter of the turkey and the gravy and the brussle sprouts and I feel still, two days later, as if I would like to never eat anything ever again. As for Black Friday,... Read more

2016-11-24T08:59:32-04:00

Today I’m thankful for My family, because what kind of a jerk is not thankful for her family. Seriously though, so grateful for my kids, that I get to have some and that they are growing up so nicely. And grateful for Matt, who I don’t deserve to be with. And, I must say, really grateful for his high school girl friend who, because he never studied or went to class or anything, told him he was stupid. If she... Read more

2016-11-23T09:12:27-04:00

I’m not very good at being grateful. That’s what I tell myself anyway. “I’m not good at this.” Gratitude is something I unconsciously add to my list of things I’ve got to do, correct Christian postures to have so that God and other people will love me. It’s mushed in there against things like Joy, Humility, and Not Ever Sinning. If you’re listening to the New Testament in a half asleep state you can come away with this big long... Read more

2016-11-22T08:14:41-04:00

[Remember, the tagline, which used to always appear, is…Somebody Has To Do It.] Today I had thought I would do up a little something about the business of giving thanks, but the more I thought about it, the more I found I was actually thinking about Black Friday. The week, of course, in its official capacity, is all about gratitude. But while all the potatoes are being peeled and the sugar poured out like water, the mind does take mental... Read more

2016-11-21T10:44:36-04:00

[Not a picture I took.] Gosh it’s pretty out there, with our two feet of snow. No way I’m going out in it though. No. Way. Instead I’m going to stay in and listen to the children cry because the snow makes them cold. I’m going to stand there, unsympathetically, while they writhe around not the floor trying to remove coats and boots. While I’m doing that you can listen to this week’s podcast where we talk about the Anglican... Read more

2016-11-20T06:26:04-04:00

I asked some small children this week if they knew what a Kingdom was. It’s surprisingly hard to read through the bible and not bash up against words like ‘king’ and ‘kingdom’ and so the question has to be asked, “What is a king? What is a kingdom?” But the longer I’ve been working with children, the less sense any of them have of what a king might be. If kids have had a steady diet of Disney they might... Read more

2016-11-19T14:47:38-04:00

This house is too comfortable to keep referring to it as hanging around in Babylon. Although, ever wonder why All the people didn’t go back to Israel after the exile? Lots of them stayed, as I’m sure you know. It was probably because their houses were so comfortable and the economy was so great. Like this house. It’s hard for me to avoid being preciously lyrical. It’s so pretty, it’s just so so so pretty. ********************* The thing about this... Read more

2016-11-18T09:32:01-04:00

A lifetime ago I enumerated a twenty better things to do than vote. Today, because it’s Friday, I have seven better things to do than read the news. One Eating is better than reading the news. I was going to say that exercising is better than reading the news but I haven’t been able to do that since our new Overlord was elected. I was going to get up that Wednesday and plank or something but instead I ate some... Read more

2016-11-17T09:30:44-04:00

[Jesus thinking that wasn’t very nice.] Since the day after the election I’ve been circling around the word ‘Kind’. It has stuck itself in my head like an annoying child’s song that I don’t want to be singing but every time I turn around, there it is. And because it’s been there, poking at me, I’ve found it coming out of my mouth when I yell at the children. “That is Unkind,” I shouted at Alouicious two days ago. “If... Read more

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