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April 2006

April 14, 2006
"At the temple, there is a poem called 'Loss', carved into the stone. It has...
April 13, 2006
Maundy Thursday is one of the days I fell in love with Jesus. (I say...
April 12, 2006
I realized today that silence has a sound. I never knew this fact before, of...
April 10, 2006
There is a huge sign in the women's bathroom at church announcing Clean Hands Week....
April 09, 2006
Do you ever have the feeling that the experience you are in is bigger than...
April 06, 2006
I let a friend down today, and I’m feeling rather proud about it.This friend is...
April 05, 2006
When I came to Calvary there were, objectively, a lot of older folks filling the...
April 03, 2006
It's a rather ridiculous situation if you think about it. I grew up singing the...
April 02, 2006
As you know if you've been reading the blog these last weeks, the folks at...

March 2006

March 31, 2006
We’ve instituted a new plan at our house. I totally stole the idea from my...
March 29, 2006
For as long as I can remember I've maintained a list of things I really...
March 28, 2006
I am a very occasional television viewer but recently have become mesmerized by a show...
March 26, 2006
This is certainly far from politically correct, but I must confess that the Dixie Chicks'...
March 23, 2006
***DISCLAIMER***There's some debate among my clergy friends about how much the pastor's personal perspectives can...
March 22, 2006
The following appeared our March Calvary Caller. I get a whole page every month, you...
March 21, 2006
Everybody needs a LaLa. Her name is not really LaLa, of course, it’s Bethany, but...
March 19, 2006
One of the crosses I bear in this veil of tears we call human life...
March 18, 2006
I spent some time with a friend yesterday who told me her mantra for life...
March 17, 2006
The Calvary staff spent a day this week with Mark Holland, pastor of Trinity United...
March 15, 2006
I had the thrilling experience tonight of hearing Marcus Borg speak at the National Cathedral...
March 14, 2006
Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening. I must listen to my...
March 11, 2006
I feel compelled to report the following for those of you who do not have...
March 09, 2006
I went to jail yesterday.I know the whole concept of me going to jail is...
March 08, 2006
On Sunday I had the great good fortune of attending the first meeting of a...
March 06, 2006
I find it more and more rare to get a moment of worship when I...
March 04, 2006
We began Lent a week early for the sole reason that we've started a series...
March 02, 2006
For the first time in my life I totally know how Superman feels when he...
March 01, 2006
Honesty AlertThere are some thoughts in the following that are rather personally revealing. Some of...

February 2006

February 28, 2006
Happy Mardi Graseverybody!My favorite Mardi Gras picture, hands down. A true sign of hope, this...
February 27, 2006
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal,...
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