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.

Fitness Update: Bicycle and sans Bicycle

This week I intended to swim, but when I went down to my bicycle on Tuesday morning, intending to swim, the tire was flat. No problem, just pull out the pump and see if it holds air. Except when I attached the pump the nozzle attachment came off. So no way to fix the tire. … Continue reading Fitness Update: Bicycle and sans Bicycle →

#181: Onward, Christian Soldiers

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) This hymn has fallen out of favor in an age where religion is seen as peaceful, even passive. But like G.K Chesterton, I agree the faith is fully peaceful and fully militant. For that reason, among others I … Continue reading #181: Onward, Christian Soldiers →

No April Foolin with a loose bull …

https://www.facebook.com/APManiOwns/videos/1322863841165987/ But plenty of foolin' with police cats .... https://www.facebook.com/fortcollinspoliceservices/videos/1077804628991840/

A Blast of the Past #90: India, Part 1

Today's blast of the past is going to be more of a travelogue, with multiple photo plates, instead of one big photo plate. I had the privilege of travelling to India for two weeks for work in 2007. My destination: Mumbai -- the Bollywood of India, and its financial center. I traveled with an officer … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #90: India, Part 1 →

Voice on Steroids

Back at the beginning of the month both Betsy and I came down with the same cough on a Wednesday, which turned into a fever that Sunday, that took us to the doctor together on Monday, for a 'something' pack of antibiotics that we took 5 days but lasted 10 days in our system. The … Continue reading Voice on Steroids →

#180: Lord God, Our Thanks to THee We Raise

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Lord God, our thanks to Thee we raise For those who built this house of praise, Who long ago together stood To form a Christian brotherhood. 2 Here have our children known Thy care And raised their … Continue reading #180: Lord God, Our Thanks to THee We Raise →

The disappearance of ‘alleluia’

For someone like myself who grew up in a very non-liturgical Baptist church, some of the liturgical traditions seem a little crazy, or extreme. Yet the people in these traditions can sometime be very extreme in their observances and positions on them. One such observance, a part of lent in many traditions, is not saying/singing … Continue reading The disappearance of ‘alleluia’ →

Fitness Update: Half-Marathon Prep

I have been talking in prior blogs about how my pace of running miles for the year has started out slow for the year. But I didn't expect for that tempo to remain the same. This past week is a proof of that. From running less than 10 miles a week most weeks, last week … Continue reading Fitness Update: Half-Marathon Prep →

#179: Holy Bible, Book Divine

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) The interesting thing to note is that this hymn is one sentence: you cannot cut out a verse without having a sentence fragment, an incomplete thought. 1 Holy Bible, Book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine; Mine to … Continue reading #179: Holy Bible, Book Divine →