Monday, May 28, 2012

Summer #55 [Anticipated]

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In over fifty summers, I've sustained a damaged rotator cuff, torn thumb tendon, strained Achilles tendon, sprained ankle, simple orb...

Memorial Day

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Memorial Day in Roxbury means at least a couple of things, from the fun of our very particular town parade to the quiet witness of small Am...

Wherein I Take Umbrage At Something In The NYT

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This may not be the first time that I've winced at something in the New York Times [I think that was when they tried to turn the obit f...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

The Day Of Pentecost

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This week, as is traditional, we witness the procession of the early Christian phone book, appropriately groan in labor pains with the earl...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Too Busy To Blog

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I became remarkably busy this week and was unable to spend any early morning, or late night, time in front of the computer.  Also, today was...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Today Is National Maritime Day

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It's a grand day for those of us who have the honor of serving as chaplains to merchant seamen. An often forgotten form of national se...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

I Used To Play Bass For Sarcastic Fringehead

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The things I meet while surfing. Check out the photo. (Bad link now fixed.)

The Government Gets Ready To Go After Guitars Again

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Feds threaten to disrupt summer concerts   "Lawmakers are scrambling to save the summer concert season from federal agents poised to ...

The New York Times Explains This "Christian Marriage" Notion To Its Readers

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Mitt and Ann Romney’s marriage is strong because they believe they will live together in an eternal afterlife, relatives and friends say, wh...

I Used To Play Bass For Vegetarian Shark

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World's First Vegetarian Shark Prefers Heads of Lettuce
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Parish News

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I received word this morning that Marion Oonk, a long-time member and former lay minister at Christ Church, has died. In fact, she was the ...

Rite Of Sancturary Is Offered To Black Bears, Too

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This fellow came to visit me in front of the parish this morning.  By the time I found my camera he was making his way along South St.

The Widening Gyre

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An ordained friend of long acquaintance called me today.  "Did you know that there is General Convention this summer?" Actually,...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Greece And Russia: The Christian Connection

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This is especially interesting given the coming, and significant, international political shift. The Geopolitics of Greece’s Exit from the...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

A Marvelous Letter From Yesterday's Wall Street Journal Web Page

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It regards the woman who was once referred to as the Harvard Law School faculty's "person of color", an ostensible 1/32nd Cher...

Words Written In 1978 [Italics Are Mine]

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I speak as a socially concerned evangelical, one who sees that the Gospel is a stick of dynamite in the social structure. We need to proclai...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

And Also With You

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Man arrested for throwing Bible at roomie

But You'll Die Healthy

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Deadly organic food – worse than Fukushima

The Educational Conundrum

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College artists take out onerous student loans in order to learn how to paint a mural that...protests student loans?

Ah, The Simple Joys Of Summer

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Armed environmental police shut down ice cream stand Cue the bureaucrat: "I like ice cream as much as anybody, so it pains us to ev...