Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
EAT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
A signboard outside a restaurant said: "Eat as much as you can and let your grandchildren pay the bill."
A man entered the restaurant, ate as much as he could, and when the waiter gave him the bill he pointed to the signboard and said, "Don't you see; only my grandchild needs to pay for this bill".
The waiter replied, "But sir, this is not your bill. This is your grandfather's bill."
Cheers,
Paul (A.)
A man entered the restaurant, ate as much as he could, and when the waiter gave him the bill he pointed to the signboard and said, "Don't you see; only my grandchild needs to pay for this bill".
The waiter replied, "But sir, this is not your bill. This is your grandfather's bill."
Cheers,
Paul (A.)
MAY DAY - OCCUPY WALL STREET
Follow the protests live at Occupy Wall Street, or find out at the website how you can follow the events in different locations on Twitter.
Broadway NYC |
Union Square NYC |
Oakland CA |
Chicago IL |
Los Angeles CA |
'GOD IS LOVE' - THE INNOCENCE MISSION
Rain or shine
This street of mine is golden
Rain or shine
This street of mine is golden
With the gold of hickory leaves
I can walk under these clouds
Rain or shine this street of mine is golden
God is love
And love will never fail me
God is love
And love will never fail me
If I'm driving there today
And I really am this afraid
God is love
And love will never fail me
Some birds I know are moving on this weekend
Some birds I know are moving on this weekend
And I'm under the sky, I am on the ground, with my coat
Some birds I know are moving on this weekend
God is love
And love will never fail me
God is love
And love will never fail me
And some days I will decide
To let everything else go by
God is love
And love will never fail me
Love will never fail me
THEY HAVE NAMES
Total War Deaths: 7787
Iraq: Total Deaths: 4804
-no casualties this past week
Afghanistan: Total Deaths: 2983
WORKMAN, Chris J., 33, SGT, US Army, Boise, ID, 25th Infantry Division
VIRAY, Don C., 25, CWO, US Army, Waipahu, HI, 25th Infantry Division
SHAFFER, Dean R., 23, SGT, US Army, Pekin, IL, 25th Infantry Division
JOHNSON, Nicholas S., 27, CWO2, US Army, San Diego, CA, 25th Infantry Division
METCALF, Michael J., 22, PFC, US Army, Boynton Beach, FL, 82nd Airborne Division
WALSH, Jonathan P., 28, 1st LT, US Army, Cobb, GA, 82nd Airborne Division
FANKHAUSER, Joseph H., 30, SSGT, USMC, Mason, TX, I Marine Expeditionary Force
VASQUEZ, Manuel J., 22, SPEC, US Army, West Sacramento, CA, 172nd Infantry Brigade
GONZALEZ, Moises J., 29, SPEC, US Army, Huntington, CA, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
NEAL, Benjamin H., 21, SPEC, US Army, Orfordville, WI, 82nd Airborne Division
BRITTONMIHALO, Andrew T., 25, SSGT, USMC, Simi Valley, CA, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group
EGGLESTON, Brandon F., 29, SSGT, US Army, Candler, NC, 3rd Special Forces Group
LEE, Jr.,Dick A., 31, SSGT, US Army, Orange Park, FL, 21st Theater Sustainment Command
MOSKO, Christopher E., 28, LT, US Navy, Pittsford, NY, Joint Special Operations Task Force
EDENS, Jason K., 22, SPEC, US Army, Franklin, TN, 1st Armored Division
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.Source: iCasualties.org
May God give comfort, consolation, and the peace that passes understanding to those who love the service members who died.
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer)
Note: Estimates of civilian casualties in Iraq range from 105,000 to 1,033,000
For information, click here.
Estimates of civilian casualties in Afghanistan range from 17,000 to 37,000
For information, click here.
List from The Daily Office.
A-MAYING
'Queen Guinevere's Maying' - John Maler Collier |
For thus it chanced one morn when all the court,(Alfred, Lord Tennysosn - 'Idylls of the King' - 'Guinevere')
Green-suited, but with plumes that mocked the may,
Had been, their wont, a-maying and returned,
That Modred still in green, all ear and eye,
Climbed to the high top of the garden-wall
To spy some secret scandal if he might,
Image from Wikipedia.
Monday, April 30, 2012
FOCA - COUP, SCHISM, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
FoCA Conference, London |
The epistemic divide is clear. FCA members have objective criteria (both biblical and from within traditional church teaching, though the former is definitive) by which to critique both secular society and Christian praxis.Our own (or is he?) +Mark Lawrence attended the London conference and, according to Simon Sarmiento at Thinking Anglicans, he was invited by The Guildford Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship to give a talk in Surrey, before he headed home to Charleston, South Carolina. If you'd like, you can listen to +Mark's talk at Baby Blue Online.
In particular history in the sense of legitimating and identity-forming narratives is replaced by salvation history: judgement by objective biblical and theological criteria.
I wonder if +Mark will attend General Convention of TEC this year. GC09 left him feeling quite dyspeptic. Few would be greatly surprised if the bishop bolted from TEC.
Photo from Baby Blue.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
GOOD-BYE SWEET IZZIE
RIP My Sweet Izzie |
Izzie was put to sleep this afternoon. My little sweetie has crossed the rainbow bridge. She has been really failing over the last year or so.Read the rest of the story of Izzie's life with Amelia.
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I will miss my little sweetie. I will miss her snoring next to me at night. Her snores were famous in Vestry meetings where they helped move the discussion forward, sounding out at just the right time. I found her funny, loving, stubborn and always up for an adventure. Now she will have a new adventure, joining her doggie friends, Sydney and Daisy and Luci as well as Bear and Oso and Eva who have already crossed the rainbow bridge. I'm sure she will be waiting for me, tail up and curled, when it's my time.
Grandpère and I had the privilege of hosting Izzie and Amelia for a couple of days. Both Izzie and her human were great guests, the kind you'd like to have back. Alas, Izzie you'll not come to stay again, but we won't forget you, and perhaps Amelia will return.
The photo above, taken by Amelia, is my favorite, because Izzie looks smashing resting on the quilt of many colors and wearing her pink bow.
O Lord our God, we come before You this day in sadness. Izzie, who brought Amelia so much joy in life, has now died. Her happy times in her embrace have come to an end. She misses Izzie already.Help her, O God, to remember the good times with Izzie. Remind her to rejoice in the happy times she brought to her home. Let her be thankful for the good life she was blessed to give to her.We are grateful to You, God, for creating Izzie, for entrusting her to Amelia's care, and for sustaining Izzie in her love for a measure of time. We understand that all that lives must die. She knew that this day would come. And yet, O God, she would have wanted one more day of play, one more evening of love with Izzie.O God, as Amelia has taken care of Izzie in life, we ask that You watch over her in death. You entrusted Izzie to her care; now, she gives her back to You. May Izzie find a happy new home in Your loving embrace.As we remember Izzie, may we love each other more dearly. May we care for all Your creatures, for every living thing, as Amelia protected the blessed life of Izzie. May her memory bless our lives with love and caring forever. Amen.
(Prayer from Rabbi Barry H. Block)
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