Friday, August 31, 2007

Cubs Win!

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I'm not ashamed to admit it--one the things that has excited me about moving back to the midwest is the proximity of Chicago in general ...
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Friday, August 24, 2007

...and the "bureacracy run amok" award goes to...

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... the Bureau of Motor Vehicles for the State of Indiana. OK, so I'm trying to be a good citizen of my new home state and apply for an ...
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Thursday, August 23, 2007

Anyone seen my voice lying around?

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About a month ago, "normal" life suddenly came to a halt. I knew it was going to happen. I was complicit in allowing it to happen....
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Sunday, August 19, 2007

My Sermon Blog

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Realizing that there are those who appreciate the opportunity to read sermon texts, but that more, perhaps, do not, rather than loading this...
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Saturday, August 18, 2007

...and we're back

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After a month's hiatus from the blogsphere, life is showing signs of tilting toward the recovery of routine, which--for me, at least--is...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Ate logo...

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...which is Portuguese for "hasta luego"--until then. "Then" in this case is the middle of next month. In a few hours we...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Sauce for the Gander?

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When Father Mark Lawrence was elected (by an overwhelming majority on the first ballot) Bishop of South Carolina more than ten months ago, t...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

680 Sundays

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...or thereabouts; I didn't do a precise count, but that's pretty close to the number of Sundays in thirteen years. And I didn't...
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Monday, July 09, 2007

Why I Do What I Do

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Apropos of the post prior to this one, and in the category of bittersweetness: After the principal Mass this morning there was a festive bru...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Occupied (& Terrified)

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There is a great deal going on in my life, much of which deserves to be written about. Some of it is so weighed down with meaning, so rare a...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

A Valediction Forbidding Whining

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(...with apologies to John Donne ) As small as the Episcopal Church is, there is rarely more than a degree or two of separation between any ...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

What He Said

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Ephraim Radner's homily from last Sunday is worth checking out. He was guest preacher at Grace, Colorado Springs--the continuing Grace ...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

On a Proper Respect for Moral Ambiguity

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The current unpleasantness among Episcopalians and other American Anglicans who were Episcopalians until fairly recently is beginning to rea...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

A Baseball Rant

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I walked into a store this week wearing my Cubs cap. Clerk: "Are you really a Cubs fan?" Me: "I am." Clerk (with sympath...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

A Silver Lining?

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For those on the “reasserter” side of the Episcopal Great Divide, last week’s meeting of the Executive Council can scarcely evoke any respon...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Liminality

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The seashore is one of my favorite places to visit. I fall asleep every night to a CD of recorded crashing surf--augmented by overflying flo...
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Friday, June 15, 2007

Self-Inflicted Wounds

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Through a combination of circumstances--sheer longevity being the most relevant, I suspect--the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Staying on the Canterbury Trail

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This has been a newsier-than-usual day in the Anglipalian universe: A. The Primate of Kenya announced the impending consecration of yet anot...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Woe To Me If I Preach Not the Gospel

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Ordained ministry is a complicated vocation-- moreso, no doubt, in churches that hew to a traditional notion of liturgy and sacraments and...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Liturgy & Evangelism

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Today is the lesser feast of St Boniface. He was an eighth century Englishman who became a missionary to the Low Countries and to various Ge...
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