Thursday, October 30, 2008

Evangelicals to Liberals: "Psst! Meet Me in Back of the Barn"

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Sydney is the largest and wealthiest and arguably the most influential of the dioceses that comprise the Anglican Church in Australia. It ha...
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Hailing from Helena

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The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has just concluded its quarterly four-day meeting, this time in Helena, Montana. (Their practi...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Devil in the Details

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After my most recent post, I was contacted privately by a priest of my acquaintance. A little over a year ago, he was called to a position a...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Naming Names as the Sadness Continues

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It is neither startling nor unexpected, certainly not "breaking news." From that perspective, there is nothing that can be said ab...
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

SNL Wisdom re the Cubs

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The relevant part begins with at about 3 min. 30 sec. remaining on the countdown clock.  Priceless. (And I apologize for the ad for the Bill...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

Incongruities in the Central Valley

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WARNING: Those who get irritated when I write about my former diocese of San Joaquin may want to click over to the stock market news ... or ...
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

A Response to An Olive Branch

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This is cross-posted from Covenant . If you feel it also speaks your mind, let me know and I can add your names to the list of signatories. ...
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Sunday, October 05, 2008

On the Spirituality of Being a Cubs Fan

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I arrived home in the wee hours of Sunday morning from a church youth group amusement park outing in Ohio. I knew the Cubs were playing on S...
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Friday, October 03, 2008

Short & Sharp

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Blogging has taken a back seat to real life lately, even though there has been no shortage of material about which to opine. I’m buried in t...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

back in the day ...

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... the team that had the best record in the National League was deemed to have "won the pennant," and had a dugout reserved for t...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

On the Art of Abandoning Hope

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I try to hold charity as a default disposition. I try to assume the best about people, and to give every possible benefit of the doubt. I am...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Between Trips

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I'm home now for the weekend, having returned yesterday from North Carolina for a meeting of the Brazil Bi-Lateral Committee and leaving...
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Monday, September 08, 2008

Still Here

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My blogging persona has been largely AWOL of late, owing to the demands of my day job (people getting sick and/or dying, beginning of parish...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

A Note on the Cubs

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I first started following the Chicago Cubs in 1962, the summer leading up to my eleventh birthday. They lost a lot of games that year--many ...
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