Soon to Be Classic Cooley/DBT Lyrics

Those little demons ain’t the reasons for the bruises on your soul you’ve been neglecting
You’ll never lose your mind as long as you’re heart always reminds you where you left it
And don’t ever let them make you feel like saying what you want is unbecoming
If you were supposed to watch you’re mouth all the time [...]

Office Space and Forced Marriages

I am really glad that a jury returned a guilty verdict on Warren Jeffs. I am not usually the vindictive kind, but to quote Office Space, I hope this guy ends up in a “pound you in the ass prison” so that he can have a better understanding of what he did.

It’s For Sale…

My blog is worth $22,581.60.How much is your blog worth?

New Call

Today, a new congregation voted to issue a call to me. Looks like we’ll be picking up and heading (further) South.
This place promises to be a real challenge. It is a redevelopment, but it has incredible potential. More to come later, I’m sure.

ELW Thoughts

There has been a fair amount of buzz created by the article written by Pr. Philip Pfatteicher regarding the new worship book being produced by the ELCA. I originally linked the article because of Pfatteicher’s adept criticism of the Daily Offices. Most people, however, never really got passed the more inflammatory statements he made in [...]

Woo-Hoo

Just bought tickets to see the Drive-By Truckers next Friday night! I can’t believe I get an actual date with my wife!

A Lutheran Watches a Tridentine Mass

Friday is normally my day off, and I chose to spend my morning off last week watching the Solemn High Mass for the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross from Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, Alabama, as televised by EWTN. The baby had fallen asleep for her morning nap, so [...]

What Should I Be When I Grow Up?

 
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Hat tip to Anastasia.
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Costume Designer

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Anthropologist

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Special Effects Technician

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Historian

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Desktop Publisher

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Animator

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Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator

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Actor

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Criminologist

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Fashion Designer

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Curator

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Director

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Professor

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Activist

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Comedian

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Artist

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Graphic Designer

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Casting Director

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Political Aide

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Writer

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Critic

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Computer Animator

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Website Designer

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Musician

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Print Journalist

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GIS Specialist

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Market Research Analyst

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Archivist

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Translator

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Composer

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Medical Illustrator

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Communications Specialist

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Public Policy Analyst

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Makeup Artist

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Magician

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Clergy

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Probation / Parole Officer

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ESL Teacher

ELW Daily Offices: A Criticism

Excellent criticism of the Daily Offices offered in Evangelical Lutheran Worship is available here. It also talks a bit about the offices in the new LSB. Reading this helps frame a little better why this Lutheran uses Anglican resources for daily prayer.
Tip of the biretta to Lee.

Britney, Body Image, and the Evil Media Machine

Man, I am so thankful someone in the mainstream media wrote an article like this one.
The truth is I have had no interest in anything related to Spears until this time. Yesterday, when I heard someone on the news refer to her as paunchy, I thought I was hearing things. This was not the case. [...]