Monthly Archives: August 2008
Words from Mark Palmer
In the spring of 2007 I attended an event at Vineyard Central in Norwood, Ohio. One of the purposes of this gathering was to celebrate the lives of two of the church’s members who had died in the year past. Though I never had the honor of meeting either man, someone shared a quote from [...]
Six Things I Love About The Opera Browser
Lately I am trying to go through some of the drafts I have saved for posting on my blog, so many of the posts that will appear over the next few days will result from that attempt. I start with just such an article about the Opera Browser. Since anyone who reads this blog knows [...]
Today’s Poem: The Lies We Tell Each Other
What follows is one of my favorites of Shakespeare’s sonnets. The title above is the only thing in this post that is mine. CXXXVIII When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutor’d youth, Unlearned in the world’s [...]
“Tears” by Frederick Buechner
Jan, at Yearning for God (see link below), recently quoted Frederick Buechner (one of my favorite writers) on the subject of tears: “You never know what may cause tears. The sight of the Atlantic Ocean can do it, or a piece of music, or a face you’ve never seen before. A pair of somebody’s old [...]
Sleepless in Pottstown
Okay, it doesn’t have the same ring as “Sleepless in Seattle,” but it is true. Insomnia has struck again, and so here I am at 2:53 am, wide awake. I tried to sleep, laying in bed for over an hour, but I could not. Too many things on my mind, and one big thing especially, [...]
Communications Evolution
Via John at Locusts and Honey (see link below) Communications Evolution posted by John on Saturday, 12 July 2008 Technorati Tags: communication evolution,history of blogging
The Power of the Wind
A video that has made the blogging rounds already, but which I have been wanting to post as well. Here it is. Technorati Tags: window’s Journal.,commercial
Churches Versus Funeral Homes
It is my opinion that over the years many churches and their pastors have allowed funeral homes and directors to take over some of the tasks that only churches should have. In particular I am talking about the practice of having memorial services, or what we United Methodists call a "Service of Death and Resurrection” [...]
To Speak or Not to Speak
I started blogging almost three and a half years ago, and the third post I wrote was entitled (at the time) “Deadly Poison.” It was about the dangers of the tongue and referenced James 3:8. I was reminded of this post recently by Neil Locke, a new friend I discovered on the nets, when he [...]
The Church as a Prostitute
In a recent post on Emergent Self, Judith Hougen wrote: Some years ago I sat at a sidewalk cafe with Barry, a pastor from San Francisco, during a break at a spiritual formation conference in Denver. I was interviewing him for a phantom book project. I sipped iced tea and described to him my ideas [...]
