New Goals

Ok, so I know I said these were to be “weekly” goals, and it has been more than two weeks since I posted, but here we go. Goal number one of increasing my intake of water to the minimum recommended amount of 8 cups of water (64 ounces or about 1.5 liters for you metric [...]

Missional Frustrations

I have been growing increasingly frustrated with the seeming gaps in my own preparation for ministry. I don’t intend this to be a bash-div-school sort of a post, but the reality is that I learned very little if anything about the day to day work of ministry there, and what I did learn had more [...]

Holy Ground? Sacred Space?

I don’t even know what to say about this. Maybe they can bless nuclear warheads and lethal injection chambers next.
Tip of the biretta to Fr. Timothy.

Proof Positive: Out of Touch

Since we had the baby (and since Mrs. LP got pregnant again quickly), we have not been hanging out and listening to bands. I think I went to a total of 2 shows last year, which is less than I used to go to in a week.
I have said on this blog several times that [...]

Overdue Random iPod Mix

1. Greenville - Lucinda Williams
2. All or Nothing at All - Frank Sinatra
3. Silverfuck - The Smashing Pumpkins
4. The Farmer’s Daughter - Merle Haggard
5. Stand - Poison
6. Drown in My Own Tears - Jeff Buckley
7. Can’t Get There from Here - REM
8. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
9. A Boy Named Sue - Johnny [...]

Preaching Question

Do any of you mainline preacher types use Bibles in worship other than the NRSV? Laity, what kind of Bible is your clergy using to preach from?
I ask from a pure missional standpoint. I am thinking of using some other versions when I preach. The NRSV would still be the version read liturgically, but in [...]

Liturgical Dancing

My daughter is dancing to a Latin “Sanctus” setting. Not sure if that’s what the rad-trad Catholics had in mind!

Class Meme

As seen at Anastasia’s.
Bold the statements that are true.
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
Sidebar - I am still the only college graduate on my dad’s side of the family.

5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class [...]

On Elitism

Tip of hat to Axegrinder for pointing out this gem:
William Styron, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe all wrote about disillusioned young Southerners who headed northward in hopes of finding a place with more appreciation for book-learning (Lie Down in Darkness, The Sound and the Fury, and Of Time and the River), and all three came [...]

I Am Not a Role Model!

Well, maybe I am. Not sure. But I can tell you that are at least two little girls who are getting gift certificates to LP’s favorite tattoo shop for their 18th birthday!