Is It Me, or Is It Technology
posted over 2 years ago | 3 comments
Greetings to all who peruse these musings.
I've been at this computer communication for a decade and a half and have seen a lot of changes: from a dial-up 10 line local BBS (Bulletin Board System) to more digital media than Edison could imagine. ...
I've been at this computer communication for a decade and a half and have seen a lot of changes: from a dial-up 10 line local BBS (Bulletin Board System) to more digital media than Edison could imagine. ...
A Haggard Theory
posted over 3 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 0 comments
By providence (i.e., the Super Bowl preempted NBC Nightly News) I had to watch ABC News and there heard Ted Haggard's first TV interview in the two years since he fell from favor in the church following a homosexual liaison with a male prostitute....
Christmas Red
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"... And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so t...
Closing Ceremony
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the L...
Lease Release
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
As Facility Manager in the office building where I've worked for almost twenty years, I recently had to notify our outside tenants that the building was on the market and we expected it to sell in coming months. Even though we soon had a contract,...
American Idols
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypr...
The "Bone a Fide" Truth
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
The old song about "Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones" was popular during my early childhood such that it's nonsensical anatomy lesson still rattles around in my head: "The toe bone connected to the foot bone, the foot bone connected to the ankl...
A Bully Pulpit
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
The flock that gathers as Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago is apparently suffering from a spiritual famine. The pulpit seems to have been commandeered by yet another political pundit in priest's garb. The latest diatribe, clipped to a so...
Life in the Fast Lane
posted over 3 years ago | 4 comments
Fasting has never been a regular practice of my faith. While I appreciate it and endorse the practice, it is not something that is commanded by the calendar. Perhaps because fasting is so rare for me, the few times I have practiced it have been su...
Happy Others Day!
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
About half a century ago, when I was a kid, the family stopped downtown to do some shopping. We parked on the street and went into a nearby store, passing an old man who clearly knew a life of poverty. Our shopping soon done, we came back to our c...
