Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Newport Beach Sunset
If you squint, or enlarge the photo by clicking on it, you can see Catalina Island off in the distance.
Today In History
March 30, 1533: Thomas Cranmer is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury, England's highest religious post. He is best known for writing the first Book of Common Prayer.
March 30, 1820: The first Anglican missionaries arrive at the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii, and are welcomed by King Kamehameha II.
March 30, 1820: The first Anglican missionaries arrive at the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii, and are welcomed by King Kamehameha II.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Euclid Beach Rocket
[I can't tell you how much fun it was to grow up just a couple of miles away from a lakefront amusement park.]
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Earth Hour
A very earnest young woman called the office the other day to ask if we were participating in "Earth Hour". For those who do not know, this is a well-meaning and scientifically delusional attempt to encourage people around the world to think that they're doing something about...ah...global warming, I guess, or carbon something or other.... Come to think of it, she really didn't explain it too well. Anyway, it involves shutting off the lights for one hour beginning at 8:30 Saturday evening.
Well, as one who once carried a "Nuclear Freeze" placard in a demonstration about three decades ago and is married to someone who once protested the launching of a nuclear submarine, I wanted to assure her of my Pyrrhic resume. Thus, I promised that we would not have any lights on at Trinity Church at 8:30 this evening. In fact, I told her we would extend our participation in Earth Hour from one hour to eleven hours and would not turn the lights on at the church until 7:30 on Sunday morning.
She was very pleased with us.
I then asked her if she would be participating in our "Hour of God" demonstration on Sunday morning and I think she choked a little bit. She said she would think about it. Yeah.
Well, as one who once carried a "Nuclear Freeze" placard in a demonstration about three decades ago and is married to someone who once protested the launching of a nuclear submarine, I wanted to assure her of my Pyrrhic resume. Thus, I promised that we would not have any lights on at Trinity Church at 8:30 this evening. In fact, I told her we would extend our participation in Earth Hour from one hour to eleven hours and would not turn the lights on at the church until 7:30 on Sunday morning.
She was very pleased with us.
I then asked her if she would be participating in our "Hour of God" demonstration on Sunday morning and I think she choked a little bit. She said she would think about it. Yeah.
The Fifth Sunday In Lent
Jeremiah offers prophecy as to the new covenant to come, the Hebrews learn of who appointed Jesus, and the Greeks get interested in this new rabbi who is both anarchic and orthodox at the same time. All this plus what happens when you paint a hearse blue instead of black.
The lections may be found here.
Today In History
March 28, 1661: Scottish Parliament passes the Rescissory Act, repealing all church-state legislation created since 1633 (Charles I's reign). In essence, the act restored the Anglican episcopacy to Scotland and quashed Presbyterianism, which had been the national church since 1638. In 1690 Parliament again established the Church of Scotland as Presbyterian.
Friday, March 27, 2009
An Obituary Of Note
This really isn't for people who limit themselves to Euro-Caucasian music, so skip it if you do, but Uriel Jones has died. He was the only drummer who could bring out the fire in the late James Jamerson, my bass-playing idol.
Above are the two laying down the funk.
[An interesting footnote: Jamerson's bass, the Funkmaster, disappeared shortly before his death. It was thought that he hocked it for drug money. Over the decades it has become a kind of "holy grail" in the bass world, as it is still sought be collectors and others. It has one recognizable feature, which I will reveal only in person. You can't be too careful, you know.]
Quotation Of The Week
"You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't refuse to regain your youth in Christ, who says to you: 'The world is passing away; the world is losing its grip; the world is short of breath. Don't fear, your youth shall be renewed as an eagle.'"
—Augustine of Hippo
—Augustine of Hippo
Today In History
March 27, 1667: English poet John Milton publishes Paradise Lost, the epic of creation and the fall.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Today In History
March 25, 1625: England's King James I dies. In 1604, at the Hampton Court Conference, James authorized the translation project that produced the 1611 King James (Authorized) Version of the Bible.
Above is a link to an extremely lively, readable, and interesting book about the translation and composition of the King James' Version, along with all of the political games and personalities that make history so eternal. [It was recommended to me by Bill Warren.]
Above is a link to an extremely lively, readable, and interesting book about the translation and composition of the King James' Version, along with all of the political games and personalities that make history so eternal. [It was recommended to me by Bill Warren.]
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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