Monthly Archives: May 2009
God Has a Plan for Your Life
Cover via Amazon Very few things in the “Christian” world irritate me more than prosperity preachers. People like Joel Osteen, with his two bestsellers – “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Everyday” and “Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential” – not only purport to tell [...]
Movie Trailer for “The Road”
Cover of The Road “The Road,” based on Cormac McCarthy’s bleak post-apocalyptic novel of the same name, is one film that I am looking forward to see this year. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron and directed by John Hillcoat, this film has been on my radar since I first heard [...]
Free MP3 – Vienna Teng: Kansas
From WXPN’s All About the Music blog: Singer, songwriter and pianist Vienna Teng has been on the road touring in support of her new album Inland Territory, recently making a stop in Philly. Over the years since her debut in 2001, Teng has amassed an impressive fan base, sold lots of records and tickets to [...]
Purple Flowers
Taken at the home of Cora and Dick Spare. Click the pic to see and/or download a larger version at my flickr account. Technorati Tags: purple flowers,photograph
Desiree Goes to Her First Prom
This past Friday, my lovely daughter Desiree attended her first prom with her boyfriend Jed. Below are the pictures. Technorati Tags: family life,2009 prom
Love Quote
"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. We must look deeply in order to see and understand the needs of the person we love. This is the ground of real love." – from “In Peace Is Every Step” by Thich Nhat Hanh Technorati Tags: Thich Nhat Hanh,love
The Power of Music
Music by Anne Porter When I was a child I once sat sobbing on the floor Beside my mother’s piano As she played and sang For there was in her singing A shy yet solemn glory My smallness could not hold And when I was asked Why I was crying I had no words for [...]
A Day in the Life – May 11, 2009
Overall, I must say that I live a fairly ordinary life, and because of this I am reluctant to write about the details of my day to day existence. Usually, it’s just not that interesting, not even to me. But, maybe it’s time to try to capture some of that minutiae for my memory’s sake, [...]
You Don’t Belong – A Sermon for Easter 5B
Here is my message for Sunday, May 10, 2009. ———- The scripture is Acts 8:26-40. Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was [...]
What Book Are You?
You’re A Prayer for Owen Meany! by John Irving Despite humble and perhaps literally small beginnings, you inspire faith in almost everyone you know. You are an agent of higher powers, and you manifest this fact in mysterious and loud ways. A sense of destiny pervades your every waking moment, and you prepare with great [...]
