Monthly Archives: February 2009
God Bless You and Have a Good Night’s Sleep – Today in History
Image via Wikipedia On this day in 600 AD, Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze. I kid you not. On this day in 1865, the English clergyman Sabine Baring-Gould first published the hymn, "Now the Day is Over," which was based on the text of [...]
Moviepolooza 2009
Last year I attended AMC Theatre’s Best Picture Movie Marathon (see this post) and thoroughly enjoyed watching all five best picture nominees all in one day (even though I had seen three of them previously). If all goes as planned, I will be doing the same thing again this coming Saturday. The kicker is that [...]
Today in History – February 15th
Nothing serious today, with the exception of the first entry. Just some odd things from previous February 15ths. In 1919 a “tidal wave” of 2 million gallons of molasses inundated sections of Boston, MA, drowning 21. In 1931 the very first “Dracula” movie was released. In 1937 Nylon was patented. In 1977 the Coneheads made [...]
A Franciscan Benediction
Image via Wikipedia I came across the simple benediction courtesy of the blog linked below and thought I would share it with my readers. It gives one pause, I think. “May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart. May God [...]
Richard Allen, Anna Howard Shaw, Ira Stamphill – Today in History
Richard Allen, the first black ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church (1799), and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1816, was born in slavery in Philadelphia in 1760. To read an excellent short article on Allen, click here or here. “This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
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Eastern Pennsylvania Sunset
An ink sketch version. Click on the pic to see a larger version at my flickr account.
Abraham Lincoln – 200th Anniversary of His Birthday
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born on this day in 1809 in the state of my birth: Kentucky. And on this date in 1915, the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C. Some pertinent quotes Lincoln follow. "Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not [...]
A Reflection on Naaman
The first reading fro this Sunday’s worship service is taken from 2 Kings 5:1-14 and concerns a mighty man named Naaman who is stricken with leprosy. Because it also deals with a man with leprosy, the gospel provides a nice bookend for this lection, but I will deal with it in a later post, maybe [...]
Today in History – February 11th
The great Inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on this day in 1847. In his lifetime Edison secured almost 1,100 patents for his inventions and innovations, including the following patents in these areas: Batteries (147) Cement (49) Electric Light & Power (424) Mining & Ore Milling (53) Miscellany (50) Motion Pictures (9) [...]
