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
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
Limitations of the “Bully Pulpit”
I was doing research for my master's degree group "think tank" project this week, and came across this article by Corwin Smidt: "Not All News in the Same." It had some conclusions that I think should make many people on blogs I follow feel a whole lot better. Smidt uses a study of news cycles … Continue reading Limitations of the “Bully Pulpit”
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
Journey to a High School Reunion — Fourth Grade
Fourth grade was my second year at Horseheads Christian School. There are several moments I remember from this year. The first item is something very unique in my schooling. Out of 19 students in fourth grade, three of us had the name Jonathan: Jonathan Langley and myself had been there in third grade. This year … Continue reading Journey to a High School Reunion — Fourth Grade
The Book of Blessed
I was "flipping" through my files yesterday, and ran across the below short chapter of a project I dreamed up in 2008: a 150 chapter project. All I ended up writing at the time was about four and a half chapters, of which this is the first. So here it is as a teaser. Psalm … Continue reading The Book of Blessed
God Loves Business
"The Lord hates cheating scales, but accurate weights are His delight." I heard that quote last night while watching 3-2-1 Penguins: The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka. And I had a thought from hearing it that I am not sure I had before: God loves business. If one spends much time in religious circles today, it … Continue reading God Loves Business
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.
At The Rainbow 