100 Acts in 100 Days: Act 14-22

Art reminded me I had been slacking, so here is my list to get caught up.
14. Bob Marley
- I listened to so much Marley in seminary it wasn’t funny. I still love his music and the consciousness it produces.
15. David Bowie

- especially the Ziggy Stardust era. It was so the perfection of glam space rock.
16. [...]

Yea for Books!!!!

Today I got this in the mail:

St. Andrew

ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments; through the same [...]

Jumping the Gun

I posted a copy of a proposed text for a service of Hanging of the Greens. When I first arrive at this parish, I was a little perturbed that anything other than the Advent wreath was allowed in the church during Advent, as the pervious parish I served as youth director did not allow any [...]

Birthday Meme

Courtesy of Carmel.
The Rules:1) Go to Wikipedia2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.3) List three events that happened on your birthday4) List two important birthdays and one death5) One holiday or observance (if any)
Here are my answers:
Three events that happened on my birthday are:1) 1521 - The [...]

Feedback Requested

Ok, so we are doing a Hanging of the Greens service. We have done this before, but the service lacked flow. Thus, I set out to sort of rework the service. I have drawn primarily from the LBW and UMBW. Those UMC’rs have some good liturgical stuff in that black book of theirs!
Anyway, I have [...]

hmmm

I can’t recall the last time I had anything even remotely theological to say. However, I will be blogging a bit about the transition stuff happening. It has been an interesting couple of weeks and I probably need to write some of this stuff down to help me get my brain around it.
A slightly [...]

Dateline: 11/23/06

It is 9:00 pm, Thanksgiving night. Everyone behaved well, even my mother-in-law. The fried turkey rocked. I ate a lot, drank a few Lone Stars, took an awesome nap, and now I am watching some college football. I have certainly had worse days.
I was thinking about last year. There was a certain heaviness to [...]

The Arrival

No, not that one. The in-law arrival. T minus 24 hours and counting.
Fortunately, I will have some help:

If it is good enough to be the national beer of Texas, it is good enough for me. I’ll throw on some Dale Watson, start up the turkey frier, and head out to my refuge (aka, the [...]

Nursery Update

Accomplished:
1. Crib is completed.
2. Most of Baby LP’s clothes have been prewashed and are ready for wear.
Still need to:
1. Get the rocking chair.
2. Get a shelving unit of some sort.
3. Do something with all the stuff we got at church shower. Holy cow, I love my parishioners, and they are way too [...]