Monthly Archives: February 2007
Preaching and Worship Resources for Transfiguration C
I have just finished compiling various resources from around the web that deal with lectionary Sunday Transfiguration C. You can access my Google Notebook on this here. Please note that additional materials may be added as the week progresses and that these resources are not ones I have developed myself (unless noted otherwise). May they [...]
Happy Beatles Day!
From Happy Beatles Day! Originally published on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:55:55 GMT by Keith McIlwain On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show, which became one of the most watched performances in American history. After Ed Sullivan, the group was by far the biggest act in the United States, which [...]
Tired
When you are tired, really tired, nothing else matters. Today I was really tired. Up at 5:30 after about 4 hours of sleep, I drove my daughter Desiree back to her school before it began at 7:30. An hour and a half there and same back (with a quick stop at Panera’s for a delicious cinnamon [...]
“Nails” by Lois A. Cheney
I just sent this to a friend, and since I had to type it up, I figured I might as well post it here as well. I love this short devotion, as well as the book from which it is taken. Both this devotion and the book (see below) never fail to convict me. ———- [...]
Seven Deadly Sins and 21 "Deadlier" Ones
This post on Indexed is both funny and thought-provoking. Jessica Hagy titles this We’re all going to hell. It seems that if you arrange the 7 Deadly Sins around a heptagon, then label them A-G, and then connect each sin to the others, you get 21 secondary, though no less deadly(?), sins. For instance greed + gluttony = [...]
Just Another Quiz
My Personality Neuroticism 45 Extraversion 32 Openness To Experience 78 Agreeableness 42 Conscientiousness 13 You are neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox. You enjoy time with others but also time alone. Stressful and frustrating situations can be upsetting to you, but you are generally able to get over these feelings and cope with [...]
Pan’s Labyrinth: A Review
Pan’s Labyrinth is easily the best movie of 2006 that I have seen. As of now, I have not seen The Departed, The Queen, Letters from Iwo Jima, and Babel (I hope to see them all in the next two weeks), but I cannot imagine that any of them can top Guillermo del Toro‘s vision [...]
NFL Says No Way to Giant-Screen Super Bowl Party at a Church
This just in from TV Squad: Here’s another reason why everyone calls the NFL the “No Fun League”…The league is cracking down on any mass-viewings of the Super Bowl that is brought to their attention, including parties that charge admission — get this — any gathering that views the game on a TV that’s 55″ [...]
Lectionary Readings for Epiphany 5C: My Paraphrase
Isaiah 6:1-12 In the year King Uzziah died, I had a vision of the Lord sitting on a throne, exalted and high; the hem of his garment filled the temple. Above all this the Seraphs were in attendance: each one had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their bodies, [...]
Another Paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13
I wanted to do another translation of this passage that would hopefully be a little less literal and a little more poetic. Here it is. 1 Corinthians 13 If I speak with great eloquence, conviction and beauty, but do so without love, my words are little more than bombastic bellowing or a grating noise. And though I have the [...]
