2016-11-16T08:41:28-04:00

So yesterday I got through half my thought. To recap, Glennon Doyle Melton recently announced on Facebook that in the wake of finally separating from her husband, she entered into a romantic relationship with another woman. Yesterday I began to answer the question What is love? Insisting, rather lamely, now that I go back and look at it, that self love is not really “love” in a true sense. But in this brave new world self love is the hope... Read more

2016-11-15T09:08:16-04:00

I mentioned in our podcast yesterday the tragic downfall of Glennon Doyle Melton. I would like to point out a few obvious home truths. Incidentally, of course it would be nice to think nuanced and fascinating thoughts, to grasp at difficult insights that have not been articulated by others, to, in short, be Novel. But this point in Christian history doesn’t seem to be calling for that sort of thinking. We seem to be needing to go back to the... Read more

2016-11-14T10:21:17-04:00

Good Moaning. I have to go to the dentist. I think. I’m pretty sure I have to go to the dentist. But even with this great sorrow on the horizon we did up a podcast. This week we relive the election and make predictions about the next four years. And now to the question of links, which I have been diligently squirreling away. First up, I know you’ve all seen it already, but these ships are amazing. And this is... Read more

2016-11-13T07:43:11-04:00

I’ve just been laboring through Psalm 119 in a dutiful kind of way. If you read the bible with some kind of lectionary or plan in hand you might find this long psalm kindly divided up so that you only face down a portion of it each day for many days. But if you’ve made some kind of rash vow, like, “I’ll do a psalm a day” when you land on 119 and maybe you’re running late, you might find... Read more

2016-11-12T10:18:04-04:00

 [Glrorious Cloud photographed by Alouicious when he was supposed to be paying attention to his Latin teacher.] Let me be, not just your morning cup of coffee, but also your #safespace. I’m here for the wounded and troubled soul, the soul that needs #selfcare and Funeral Fish Pie. The pie was loosely based on Nigella Lawson’s Nursery Fish Pie. I didn’t have cod or haddock or whatever. I had Tilapia. And none of it was smoked. And I accidentally used... Read more

2016-11-11T09:49:04-04:00

I just took that NPR “How Big Is Your Bubble” Quiz and according to them, I live in a thick and impenetrable bubble. Thanks NPR. No really, I have some things to say about the quiz, and then I really have to take a break from politics, at least for the weekend, or we are all going to die. And to the person who tried to leave a stream of profanity on my blog–sorry honey, you might want to go... Read more

2016-11-10T08:46:49-04:00

Ahh, the sweet smell of blame and recriminations in the morning. I think it was sort of gracious of God to cast a cloud laden shadow over Binghamton yesterday. Tuesday was crisp and clear and bright, everyone rushing to the poll for a selfie, excited about exercising the right and responsibility of participating in the picking of a national icon. But then the world woke up on Wednesday and here in the northeast we had clouds and rain, and some... Read more

2016-11-09T10:41:35-04:00

I’ve actually been up for three hours but there was some school work to catch up on and all the children are crying. Had a blast live logging last night. I’m sure this brave new reality will provide me with more opportunities to say a whole bunch of stuff that doesn’t really need saying. I have three thoughts before I carry on with my day. One I’m really tickled that I totally called this six or a hundred months ago.... Read more

2016-11-08T07:28:27-04:00

Well, here we are, Election Day 2016. After months and months of waiting, we finally get to pick our lesser evil and then sit around hoping for a miracle. As in, maybe Ronald Reagan and FDR will swoop down on a cloud of glory and restore all things to sanity. Or we’ll watch just the results and then collapse into bed in the usual way. I have, after much gnawing consideration, decided not to vote. This is mainly because I... Read more

2016-11-08T19:03:37-04:00

  Bookmark this post and visit on Election Night for my live blog!         Having trouble signing in over on that other platform. Hopefully will be up soon.   Read more

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