Hat Tip: Beth at Louie, Louie I live in the woods out of necessity. I get out of bed in the middle of the night because it is imperative that I hear the silence of the night, alone, and, with my face on the floor, say psalms, alone, in the silence of the night. “It [...]
Archive for February, 2012
And Now a Word on Silent Nights and Morning Resurrection (From My Main Man the Mystic Mr. Merton)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
And now for something completely different (Birds Too Sexy for Their Shirts Ed.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 26, 2012 | 4 Comments »
From the fine folks at celebrateurbanbirds.com and Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Your Saturday Music Therapy (Mellow Music to Run By)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2012 | 3 Comments »
So today, I’m running a full 10 miles at beautiful White Rock Lake, that oasis of nature in the big middle of the bustling city of Dallas, in training for that March 25 Rock N Roll Half Marathon Foot Race I told you about the other day. (To raise awareness of the killer epidemic that [...]
Your Friday Night Special Music Therapy (Suave Dudes Div.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A posting in which we ramble on about this and that like we’re Led Zeppelin’s Rambling Man or something before we finally get to a Dan Fogelberg video. Read on . . . I met the late and great Dan Fogelberg at a party once, and a nicer man I never met in what was, [...]
Bomb! Bomb! Bomb!!!!!!! . . . Bomb! Bomb Iran!!!!! (Christian Warmongers, Good Catholic Boys Div.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
For Catholics who purport to care so deeply and passionately for the sanctity of life–for Catholics who claim to be all about the Catholic Church’s teachings–the Rick Santorums and Newt Gingriches of the world sure do talk casually about nuking people. Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Church were adamantly opposed to the mere [...]
The long walk to our arrival (Noon Wine, Ash Wednesday Ed.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust. Psalm 103: 14 The 40 days of Lent, Good Friday and Easter all make for my favorite time of the Christian year, spiritually speaking. Looking forward to doing one of several Ash Wednesday worship services we chaplains will conduct at the hospital today, [...]
Why Your Reverend Here is Running Against Diabetes (With Your Regular Tuesday Afternoon Music Therapy, Too)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2012 | 3 Comments »
So back on New Year’s Eve I went temporarily insane and signed up to, uh, “compete” in the Rock N Roll Half Marathon Foot Race here in Dallas March 25. I use the term “compete” loosely, mind you, since my primary goal is to complete the 13.1 miles without having to be dragged across the [...]
The shape of a peacemaker’s heart (Mellow Monday Div.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My favorite all-time Sting song, not only for the beautiful guitar and the melodic harmonica and the soulful singing but the great lyrics that happen to define the shape of my own heart. He deals the cards as a meditation And those he plays never suspect He doesn’t play for the money he wins He [...]
Fighting the good fight (Civil Rights Div.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I am 83, the same age Dr. King would be were he alive. Over time I have increasingly treasured memories from that historic era, and most especially, the privilege of chatting and laughing with Dr. King. Let us be ever grateful that he had the vision, the talent and the courage to lead our [...]
Running out of surging party saviors (G.O.P. Political Theatre Div.)
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Every picture tells a story. So does a chart.
