Here is another blast of the past. These pictures come from Corning, in 1995. I was living there with my family, and Betsy, then my fiance' was living in Missouri. But the ladies of North Baptist Church banded together and put on a shower for her anyway, while she visited that summer. The party was … Continue reading A blast of the past #9 — Wedding Shower
With a title like The Melting Pot, you might think of American history, or the Schoolhouse Rock song “The Great American Melting Pot”. But this post is going to be a little more low-key, though possibly hooked to the American melting pot theme. For this is a restaurant review of The Melting Pot – a … Continue reading The (Great American) Melting Pot
Today is Holy Humor Sunday, and when I mentioned the idea of singing "They Called Him Laughter" by Michael Card to Pastor Gary he thought it was a neat song, and did a sermon on the story of the birth of Isaac called "The Beginning of Laughter." I don't have a tape of the sermon … Continue reading Isaac: a song of laughter
Today was opening day at World of Fun. We went, and rode one ride. Due to church book club, we weren't able to get there until quite a bit after opening, and then there were significant lines for most of the rides, longer than we like to wait. Today was also the first day where … Continue reading All Season Dining — Day One
Indiana's Religious Freedom Law has come under a lot of attacks from various sides for various reasons. The one I want to address is the charge from some well meaning Christians that it is about not showing love to others as Christ would. One writer in particular seems to think that a hypothetical refusal to … Continue reading Freedom of choice, freedom of association leads to true love
Those of you who follow my blog on a regular basis may recall that back in November 2014 I ran a series of posts on an interview with author Sarah A. Hoyt by the Avondale United Methodist Church book club. The initial reason for the interview was to discuss her book Witchfinder, along with other … Continue reading Of Witchfinder and the Hugo Witch Hunt
Easter was Sunday. Today is Wednesday. Took me this long to edit the musical clips I wanted from our Easter services to share here. Nine clips. Sunday was the last day with our organist Matt Gender at Avondale United Methodist Church, and he pulled out all the stops. First number I will share is his … Continue reading Easter Music Roundup
For such a big landmark event is life, it is amazing how it seems to be truncated down to these particular 12 photos (okay, probably 13 if we include the official graduation picture we purchased). The event is called commencement for a reason -- it is the beginning of something -- though we usually think … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #8 — College Graduation
Yesterday I wrote a post about the Hope of Easter. In it I talked about having seen Rise of the Guardians for the first time, and how I thought it was a great movie, even if it did take creative liberties with the childhood myths of the "guardians" that were part of the movie plot. … Continue reading In Praise of the Easter Egg Hunt — and the Easter Bunny
"Easter is new beginnings. New life. Easter's about hope, and now, it's gone." E. Aster Bunnymund, Rise of the Guardians. I watched Rise of the Guardians for the first time Saturday night. An excellent movie plot -- if you don't mind its rerendering of the stories of some of the childhood myths. It tells some … Continue reading The Hope of Easter
At The Rainbow 