As I previously mentioned in my last post, there were periods of silence. In a word, these times of silence were AMAZING (sorry to shout). As I would stand there and write (yes, I was standing, long story, not germane to this topic), I would almost revel in the silence. As much as you can [...]
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Missing the Sound of Silence
Posted in Life, Religion and Spirituality, tagged Christ Church, noise, noon service, purposeful silence, time of day, times of silence, wind in the trees on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Who’s in Your Jury Box
Posted in Life, Religion and Spirituality, tagged Jury Box, Retreat, Robert Benson on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was at a retreat last weekend as a bookend for a Bible study I took earlier in the year. The retreat was lead by an author, Robert Benson, and there wasn’t really a “theme” per se, just discussions about what we’re doing and, possibly, where we think we’re going. Throughout our session there was [...]
Heaven and Hell
Posted in Religion and Spirituality, tagged heaven, hell, humanity, salvation on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I went to Sunday school with my wife last Sunday (Palm Sunday) and during the time someone asked the leader/facilitator where the concept of hell came from. He said he had never read it in Acts, and couldn’t remember reading any mention of it in the Bible. Someone mentioned that “damnation” was mentioned (and drummed [...]
Giving it up for Lent (and taking on some things as well)
Posted in Life, Religion and Spirituality, tagged Lent, required reading on February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So it is that time of year on the church calendar again, I’m giving up Facebook for Lent. However, I’m getting a late start; I didn’t get my act together soon enough. I’ve only just figured out how to turn off the notifications so I don’t get the emails from fb. I’ve even figured out [...]
In the Garden
Posted in Gardening, Life, Religion and Spirituality, Science and the Natural World, tagged Garden on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend has been gray, rainy, damp and cold. All I got done in the yard was hauling two loads of bricks. Last weekend however, was partly cloudy and warm. I spent part of last Sunday afternoon in the garden, placing bricks for the path that Laura wants to have around the garden (which will [...]
Lent
Posted in Religion and Spirituality, tagged Lent on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What Lent means to me (sit back; this’ll be a long one). The tradition of Lent is rife with symbolism, and it has a number of allusions back to the early days of Jesus and I want to say (although I’m not certain) the Old Testament. It is also considered by some to be the [...]
Giving up facebook for Lent
Posted in Life, Religion and Spirituality, tagged Lent on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I’m giving up facebook for Lent. This is not a spur of the moment decision; I’ve been thinking about it for quite a bit. It wasn’t even my original idea. I got the idea from a former student of mine, Katrina Lynn Barnes Franson King who gave it up for Lent a year or [...]
