Confessions of a Carioca

Carioca: Anyone born in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Confess: to acknowledge one's belief or faith in; declare adherence to, to reveal by circumstances.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Burning Bridges

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The cold front sweeping across northern Indiana from the west tonight brings with it news of the commencement of litigation over the ecclesi...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Eamus Catuli

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I have a fondness for Latin mottoes and aphorisms. I've always especially liked Nolite illegitimi contrere vos (the unofficial motto of...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

If the shoe fits...

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Without planning to do so, I happened to catch Pope Benedict's address (on a "tape delay" of about three hours) last night at...
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Friday, April 18, 2008

A Logical Inference

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I catch some flak for continuing to bring up issues related to the Diocese of San Joaquin (in any of its 2.5 current incarnations). I can un...
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A Quotable Quote

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"For Christians who take I Peter seriously, the line on the application that asks for race ought to be filled in 'Christian.'...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

More Praise for Due Process

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The inimitable House of Bishops/Deputies listserv, where I cut my teeth on cyber- "conversation" beginning almost six years ago no...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

My Inner Canine Self

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Though I am tempted to consider this sort of thing beneath the dignity of a blog that is at the center of trying to save Anglicanism for fut...
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Friday, April 11, 2008

Empathize Much?

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For a number of reasons, my default inclination is to be suspicious of anything said or written by a Mormon. That said, Stephen Covey is my ...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

A Hymnophile's Discovery

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We've all had the experience of stumbling across a gem while looking for or at something else. Another Anglican blogger , who chooses no...
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Sunday, April 06, 2008

Another Stir for the Pot

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Most everyone who checks in at this location probably also reads TitusOneNine , but in the interest of keeping the pattern of abuse of due ...
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Friday, April 04, 2008

On God's Favorite Game

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From today's issue of Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac : Assignment #1: Write a poem about Baseball and God by Philip E....
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Hot News from the Heartland

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Warsaw, Indiana is definitely no Hooterville . Not by a long shot. But still, it's not just anywhere that you would find an article like...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Keeping On Keeping On

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Apropos of my post from yesterday , Mark Harris, who is one of the more literary and irenic--though no less partisan for being so--of the ...
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April Fools Posts I Rejected

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I seriously considered a hugely deceptive post for this date. In the end, however, I chickened out. Maybe another year. Here are some of the...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Keeping the Ball in Play

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(Writing while I watch the Cubs' hope opener ... Zambrano looking magnificent so far.) A poster over on HoB/D inquired of me, in a somew...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Repeating Lies Does Not Add Up to Truth

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From Episcopal Life 's coverage of today's proceedings in San Joaquin: Jefferts Schori had told the participants earlier that the ...
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Now We're Talkin'

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My estimation of the Presiding Bishop's handling of certain aspects of her job is amply clear to anyone who reads this blog. I stand by ...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Perfect Storm Brewing

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There are storms and then there are monster storms--the sort that spring from an unlikely confluence of an array of separate unpredictable e...
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Someone Needs an Editor

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Most of us regularly receive internet spam of the sort that purports to be the welcome news that the recipient is due a large sum of money, ...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Day Off Diary

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If you can generate any empathy for what excites a rail travel geek, read on. If not, you may want to skim...or skip it entirely. It is my c...
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Daniel Martins
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Daniel Hayden Martins, aka Dan (to my friends), Danny Boy (to some of my Brazilian relatives), Big Guy (to my kids and their friends), Bishop Daniel among those with whom I work, and probably some other aliases I'm not aware of. I'm an Anglican bishop, a Baby Boomer who was born in Brazil, raised in the Chicago suburbs (at the end of a runway at O'Hare), and has lived in both central and southern California, western Oregon, southeast Wisconsin, and south Louisiana. Married 43 years to Brenda, father of three fabulous grown children, and now serving the Diocese of Springfield (Episcopal Church).
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