Author: Sir Rhodri

Creational and relational type Renaissance man (writer, singer, thinker) holding to C.S Lewis's credo that if you follow truth originality takes care of itself, (anyway, originality is so yesterday, anyway.) That I have my wonderful wife Jasini is proof enough for me that life isn't fair. If it was fair I wouldn't have her, and instead she is my most faithful example that I am blessed beyond measure. My two adult children are the same unmerited blessing to me. We should all be thankful life is not fair but blessed.

Tears

In recent days I have found myself unable to sing because of tears. Not because I was sad, but because my attempts to sing would break into moments of such intense Joy that only tears could express the power and the glory and the beauty of the Joy that I felt. Sometimes I couldn't even … Continue reading Tears →

Choong-ho Kwon

You were the perfect pastor at just the right time for Avondale United Methodist Church, and an undeserved blessing from God when we needed it most. We have probably been a trial to you on occasion, but sometimes you are dense beyond the denseness of the matter in a black hole. When I said that … Continue reading Choong-ho Kwon →

My New Voice

It has been a long time since I have blogged, since I have found my voice. I will share more later about my loss of voice, and my journey to refind it. But even after I found my voice returning, I lingered long in using it, sharing it. For my voice had changed and it … Continue reading My New Voice →

Lest the Rocks Cry Out …

In a response to one of my recent blogs, particularly my revision to the weekly blog schedule, someone questioned whether with the responsibilities I currently have in my life, whether I should be spending so much time writing, i.e. the blog, and instead should concentrate more on employment, career, and earning a livelihood. I had … Continue reading Lest the Rocks Cry Out … →

Approximately specific

Betsy inadvertently provided me with a good blog topic when she noted that "Okay Google" doesn't have a very good understanding of the word approximate. During the lead-up to the series of winter storms we have had this winter, we have taken advantage of our Google Home system to check on the weather. Which has … Continue reading Approximately specific →

A Blast of the Past # 163: Sofia to Latvia

This reminisce is when my niece Sofia left to spend her senior year in Latvia. This was the farewell party, that also included the welcoming of the exchange student from Germany that would stay with Sofia's family while she was in Latvia.

A Look Ahead

STARRING: RICHARD KARN FROM THE SMASH HIT HOME IMPROVEMENT To February 17 — Shear Madness at New Theatre Restaurant SHEAR MADNESS is America’s most popular and longest running comedy (now in its 31st year at Washington D.C.’s prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts). More than 12 million people worldwide have seen the hilarious whodunit … Continue reading A Look Ahead →

#323: More Love to Thee

1More love to Thee, O Christ, More love to Thee!Hear Thou the prayer I make On Bended knee;This is my earnest plea: More love, O Christ, to Thee,More love to Thee, More love to Thee. 2Once earthly joy I craved, Sought peace and rest;Now Thee alone I seek -- Give what is best;This all my … Continue reading #323: More Love to Thee →

The Swift Précis

This link here is a blog by Cedar Sanderson on her struggle with helping her kids, and how it can strangle their independence. With two kids of my own I see the same thing. Perhaps it is just my memory, but I think I had more independence in my growing up, and my kids generation … Continue reading The Swift Précis →

The start of the new job

Today is the start of my new job. My permament schedule is going to be 11:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. with Thursdays and Fridays off, but the two weeks of training takes place on first shift. So I will experience the exhaustion of learning new tasks on day shift, and then have to shift my … Continue reading The start of the new job →