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
Stewardship of the forest
Today's post is going to be an embedded video.This video shows the danger of uninformed ecological intentions. I am for stewardship, not misguided preservation.
A Blast of the Past #89: Trunk or Treat 2007
Today's blast is a significant historical event for my family. This was our first connect with Avondale United Methodist Church. We didn't know it at the time, but this simple connect would, over the next year, eventually lead to our making AUMC our church home.
Enclave or assimilate
I noticed it on Saturday. The men of the local Islamic center were digging holes to put posts in front of the drive for their parking lot. Today I ran by and saw that they are putting bricks down between the poles, leaving just an open space between the two central ones for, I assume, … Continue reading Enclave or assimilate
#178: The Bible Stands
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 The Bible stands like a rock undaunted 'Mid the raging storms of time; Its pages burn with the truth eternal, And they glow with a light sublime. CHORUS The Bible stands tho the hills may tumble, It … Continue reading #178: The Bible Stands
The Veneer of Science
I went into the GNC store to purchase a new supply of ON Gold Standard 100% Whey protein shake powder. The store was full of boxes on the floor being opened and unloaded, with one employee there working and doing everything to get them organized. While he helped me with my choice of flavors. He … Continue reading The Veneer of Science
Fitness Update: Weekly Log
This week I am going to do some day-to-day entries showing how I worked out after my 10K race: Monday -- Barely made my 10,000 steps today. Was intending to get up and go to the pool for the first time in months, but the cold and wind deterred me, so instead I biked into … Continue reading Fitness Update: Weekly Log
#177: Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Thy Word is a lamp to my fee, A light to my path alway, To guide and to save me from sin And show me the heav'nly way. CHORUS Thy word have I hid in my heart, … Continue reading #177: Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart
At The Rainbow 