Our daughter-in-law, Sarah, is in labor even as I type this. She's about to bring a baby boy into the world. A baby boy to carry on the name, which shouldn't matter really, as we have a granddaughter who certainly seems to be carrying on the Irish stubbornness just fine. But all new babies are …
Month: January 2016
Friday Five: Animal Edition
Oh, those RevGals don't realize what a can of worms they might have opened. This is the Friday Five, courtesy of Cindi Knox: So my challenge for us this week is to write about animals. Tell us about an animal you know: perhaps one of your pets, or the pet of a friend or family …
Anglicans and The Three-Legged Stool
I am no biblical scholar; however, I admit to being an expert on falling down, both metaphorically and actually. The concept of the "three-legged stool" always made sense to me because I understand what happens when one rests too much weight on one leg of a chair - boom, crash, another two weeks of watching my …
Foundation/The Village/Sunday School
There we were: my partner-in-Sunday School-teaching-crime, Arthur, our solitary student, and me. As we peppered him with questions about the text of the day, this not shy middle school boy said the only logical thing there was to say, "Argh.....! Don't quiz me!" And we weren't really quizzing, but I'm sure it feels like a quiz when …
My STAR Word… Oh Myyyyy….
What a great Epiphany at St. Simon & St. Jude! It began, as all fun things should, with a feast, specifically, a "Feast from the East," the East being taken a bit tongue in cheek. I'm not sure from what part of the East Party Potatoes come but, in the words of Liz Lemon, "I …
Star Fruit and Shopping Carts
We had a nice Christmas, able to fly Charlotte out from Chicago, give each other a couple of nice gifts, send some cash out to the kids and grand-kids in Texas. But like about everyone I know, come January we're feeling the pinch. So I was comparison shopping with greater care and squelching the impulsive …
Friday Five: Needing an Epiphany
Michelle at RevGals asks, what do you do when you're spiritually stuck, and in need of an Epiphany? In no particular order: Clean. Yes, I use the trick of cleaning for lots of stress-inducing things and one would think I had an immaculate house but no, my house is clean in the fits and starts …
Star Words Sunday School
I was so taken with Marci Glass's essay on Star Words that I suggested it to my new parish here in South Carolina, where the idea has been warmly received. Our Vestryperson in charge of Youth Education graciously allowed me to co-opt the Family Sunday school scheduled for this morning and many hands making light …
Southern Fried Californian 