The Avonaires Sunday School Class at Avondale United Methodist Church sponsored its 56th Ham & Bean Dinner Saturday afternoon. The dinner ran noon-7 p.m. in Wesley Hall, the church's fellowship hall. The day started out bright, sunny and cold, but by the end of the dinner the predicted snow storm had begun falling, though … Continue reading Ham & Bean Dinner — Photo Spread
Category: Reviews
H of G, or the Compassion Principle
I was asked recently how I made my work unique to make it stand out from the work of other people. It was a weird sort of question. Not because of the context it arose in, the work environment, but because it presupposes that you have a goal to make your work stand out, instead … Continue reading H of G, or the Compassion Principle
Recognizing People Out of Context
Remington Steele was a 1980s television series Starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a 1990s television series. So when watching an episode of season 4 of Remington Steele tonight, it was weird to look at the one character, and say: she is familiar. Then to realize the voice, though … Continue reading Recognizing People Out of Context
Book Titles That Reflect Hymns
One of my favorite authors, David Weber, has a book series, called the Safehold series,where he recently released #7, that has book titles that some of us in churches might find familiar. With the exception of the first title, all remaining six titles are parts of lines from a few different hymns. For example, here … Continue reading Book Titles That Reflect Hymns
The Myth of the True Story
Life of Pi, Page 316-317. Copyright 2001, Yann Martel Harcourt Books "The Tsimtsum sank on July 2nd, 1977." "Yes." "And I arrived on the coast of Mexico, the sole human survivor of the Tsimtsum, on February 14th, 1978." "That's right." "I told you two stories that account for the 227 days in between." "Yes, you did." … Continue reading The Myth of the True Story
Ren Fest Retrospective
Here is a collection of Ren Fest pictures from 2013 -- and my first experiment with the Gallery option on WordPress.
From Calgary to Sochi
As reflection on the current 2014 Sochi Olympics the 22nd Winter Olympiad, I am posting a "poem" I wrote that chronicled some of the events of the 1988 Olympics which I watched while attending Houghton College. How many of the references are recognizeable? THE FIFTEENTH WINTER OLYMPIAD "Can You Feel It?" 2/13 … Continue reading From Calgary to Sochi
Who Defines Reasonable?
"I agree with you, and I wish they would. But the truth is, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. And I'm guessing the government back home's decided it's time to get the Star Empire's merchant shipping out from under before it all comes apart." "I can't believe this is happening." She shook her … Continue reading Who Defines Reasonable?
Day 4 of the water main break
A light snow and cold fell Friday, the water started backing up underneath our driveway. Things starting to ice up along the waterway. And no crew to repair the water main. We've been told the break is in the old main, and we assume that means we haven't been switched over to the new mains … Continue reading Day 4 of the water main break
State of the (dis)Union
Okay, disclaimer, I'm naturally skeptical of President Obama. If you don't want to read something skeptical about him and his State of the Union address, don't read any further.... President Obama gave his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday evening. A lot of commentary has and will be done on it. Much of it … Continue reading State of the (dis)Union
At The Rainbow 