Lent, Day 8 (Note:: Part of the sending portion of a Kansas City area church's Sunday Worship service is saying together "Together with Christ -- We Care." ) Each week you say those words at the end of your worship service "Together with Christ - We Care". But do you think about them? Do you … Continue reading Together with Christ We Care – For Us, Not Them
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.
A Rant Smaller than the Occasion Deserved
Lent, Day 7 In Jasini's Tales and Ideas, Jasini today let out a rant. You can read it by following the link below: https://open.substack.com/pub/jasinikc/p/well-perhaps-they-were-frustrated?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=31hvr4 She feels like she has lashed out strongly and with justification. I agree, and suggest maybe the statement is not strong enough. There is no equality with these people where the … Continue reading A Rant Smaller than the Occasion Deserved
“When Someone Knocks You Down …
Get right up again. Show some pluck like Donald Duck..." https://www.youtube.com/embed/3D1SesjvpIA Lent, Day 6 I've been questioning whether Donald Duck's example is the right one to follow. He doesn't always seem to get the better of the situation that way... In the personal introspection encouraged by Lent, I have come to the conclusion, that my … Continue reading “When Someone Knocks You Down …
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Lent, Day 3 Are tears supposed to be a part of Lent? I spent much of today, unexpectedly, in tears. I was pondering some recent predicaments, both personal and political, and thought of comparison's to The Emperor's New Clothes. When I looked up the story, I found it was by Hans Christian Andersen. Knowing that … Continue reading The Emperor’s New Clothes
A Lenten Sacrifice
Lent, Day 2 Growing up in a non-liturgical church tradition, Lent was only known as a season before Easter when people gave up certain items for self-sacrifice. It took going to college at a Wesleyan school, Houghton College, to learn that lent was more about freeing up time and resources for other spiritual disciplines; you … Continue reading A Lenten Sacrifice
No, You DON’T Love Me
Sometimes there are patterns in our lives that seem to have always been, but have to have started somehow. Jasini and I have one of those that confuses many of the people that know us. When one of us is speaking, who is actually speaking, that is the confusion. We speak as a couple: we … Continue reading No, You DON’T Love Me
Cauliflower in the cold
So You Feel Attacked …
You are finding how well the shoe fits when you were never even meant to wear it. NoLynch Atlas, Old S;ayings Reconsidered, Hammerspace Publishers, 2024 Ed. In writing my Christmas letter for the blog last year, I am told I offended some of the people at the church I was attending: they felt attacked. But were … Continue reading So You Feel Attacked …
Repeat the Resolution; Double Down On It
Well, I have to consider that attempt a failure. Was that the first year, or the second year in a row, that I made that my New Year's Resolution? Ah well, the example of what happened last year is evidence that I didn't try hard enough, that I need that resolution more than ever. BE … Continue reading Repeat the Resolution; Double Down On It
Ain’t it the Truth!
"All are Welcome" "I wish 'all' included us."
At The Rainbow 