Saturday, January 31, 2009

"Yet at the coming of the king of heaven/all's set at six and seven"

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Alright, so, I wandered over to Crooked Timber for lack of anything better to do, and found myself in the middle of a conversation apparent...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

D.C is a Southern City

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When I lived in Chicago (the Coldest Year Of My Life), my daughter was in the 1st grade. Students lined up outside to wait for the doors to...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

John Updike--27 January 2009

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My favorite volume of Updike is The Early Stories . I cherish the Tarbox tales, and still think his best form was in the short story. Tha...

A change is gonna come...

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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy When I think of John McCain, concerned that detainees at Gitmo m...
Friday, January 23, 2009

Before the Law

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I've mentioned the difficulties inherent in prosecuting a torture case against Administration officials who ordered the torture, and I s...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

And now that it's all over....

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Before the whole thing slips away, a final word on the Inauguration; or rather, the prayers at the Inauguration: I'm not a fan of "...

"We Seek A New Way Forward"

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I like the direction of things already : NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested...

The Nation

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From the E&R Hymnal: Almighty God, the Father of mankind, who has commanded us to make intercession for all men, hear us while we pray: ...

What I am expecting today

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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M - Th 11p / 10c Obama Inauguration Barack Obama Interview John McCain Interview Sarah Palin Video Funny Ele...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-2009

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The Drum Major Instinct But this is why we are drifting. And we are drifting there because nations are caught up with the drum major instinc...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

"We Are One"

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Among others who can lay some claim to Barack Obama is the United Church of Christ . The symbol of the United Church of Christ comprises a c...
Saturday, January 17, 2009

Feast Day of St. Antony of Egypt

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Go to Wounded Bird for the whole story. But from her link, I was struck by this from the summary of the saint's life : They did not sim...

Ascynchronous Synchronicity

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Getting at the point I was trying to make below, this excerpt from a book due out in June: Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle created th...
Friday, January 16, 2009

For no reason other than I can

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Let me just say I'm ready to be an agnostic on the question of whether or not Bush & Co. should be prosecuted for various crimes and...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Does this mean we have to be nice to Rick Warren?

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More like this please: The Rev. Rick Warren, the conservative evangelical minister who will deliver the invocation at Barack Obama's ina...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Lookin' for love in all the wrong places...

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What's interesting here is not only, as Pastor Dan says , that these guys are nuts, but that they think this "ritual" they ha...

George W. Bush, can you please go now?

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Admittedly, it's a pointless endeavor , but then, what's a blog for? "More people need to have their own home there," Bush...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Knock, knock, knockin' at the deep heart's core

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Courtesy of Expat in UK comes this "Hmmm...." The "modern evangelical machine" is a product of the 1970s and '80s, w...
Friday, January 09, 2009

The Crime of Violence and War

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Co-sponsor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican said before the vote: "The Israelis ... are responding exa...

Still hung up on this....

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Mad Priest picked up on the cross controversy I mentioned earlier , and the comments there are so good I decided to steal some of that conve...