This is the twilight sky out our back door, looking west. It has been a full and happy Holiday Season for us. I would show more photos of our fun right now, but I am cheating off my neighbor's wireless (Apple) because my Apple wireless router cannot talk to my Windows PC correctly. I have … Continue reading Between the Holidays

I have just discovered a wonderful Christmas movie, and it only took me 49 years to find it.The Bishop's Wife, produced in 1947, is the story of a suave angel who comes to earth to save a woman and her Episcopal priest husband from spiritual doubt, and a lack of love for life itself.But this … Continue reading The Bishop's Wife – Ending Sermon

We Americans are a completely nutty bunch, and I have found evidence of this at a lovely seasonal web site known as Tacky Christmas Yards. You can always count on my directing you to the most meaningful and uplifting of Holiday web sites. Go ahead, have a look, I promise you will laugh and be … Continue reading Have Yourself a Tacky Little Christmas

And I was going to watch SportsCenter.......But something else happened. I watched a choir. Now mind you, I am not a huge choir aficionado. I live in Southern California, mind you. Flip flops and Hawaiian shirts are the typical attire in our area. Sacred music in our world is often played by dudes who have … Continue reading St. Olaf's Choir and This Christmastide

Please note my Buzz Lightyear score to the left. Then go here, and note the pathetically wimpy score of a fellow who has attended Princeton Seminary.Now I ask you, if stuck in a tense intergalactic battle, where the future of the Universe is on the line, who you gonna call?Thank you.And yes, that is my … Continue reading Pathetic Pastor vs Macho Lay Person

The caption for this video at Youtube reads:"Excerpt from "Carols from Prague": Performed by the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford at St. Jacob's Church in Prague on December 23, 1990. This is the first time in forty years that Christmas could be openly celebrated in Prague."This has great meaning to me, as nearly 25 … Continue reading For Unto Us A Child is Born

I just needed to share this. I had a bike exactly like this when I was 11 years old. Complete with stick-shift and shock absorber. Now, I drive an Acura, and I think liked my bike better. Smaller carbon footprint.

We purchased the Christmas tree yesterday, and had brief moments of happy family togetherness. Shown here are Nancy and I mimicking the photo pose of all local teenagers. If I am flashing a gang sign, it would be for a gang of slightly pudgy middle age white balding guys; The Caucasian Homeys. Although it looks … Continue reading Family Christmas Traditions

Water polo. Alabama. 8th grade. The Big Apple. Softball. Soccer. Ordination. Considering private school. Junior year, college ahead. A loss. A legacy. A Future and a Hope. Random words? Not for us. These are the words and phrases that have defined the past year in the life of our family.Heather, almost 14 and in the … Continue reading Cyber Christmas Greetings for 2007

This year I have realized, perhaps in a clearer way, that Christmas is all screwed up.By this, I mean our American version of Christmas, which is centered mostly around an unreal, romantic, warm and fuzzy Winter Solstice celebration of consumption and alleged family togetherness.Consider if you will the 25 Most Popular Christmas Songs. Lots of … Continue reading Simple Christmas – We Should Be Different