break out the booze, god knows episcopalians need another reason to drink

It’s official: I am now a nominee for ordination to the priesthood in my diocese!  What does that mean?  I’m officially on the bishop’s radar now and have a convocational discernment committee.  Previously the bishop knew informally from what birdies in collars were tweeting and my discernment was with my rector and a brief stop [...]

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enough already

That’s it, if I overhear one more conversation about a girl “waiting for God to send me a man” I’m going to vomit and it’s going to be completely unrelated to my current medical issues. Listening to: Mass of Creation: Word of Truth and Life, Marty Haugen

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church + money = awkward

The Lead brought up an interesting question today, continued from the Sacramento Bee: Is it obligatory or even appropriate to give money for a clergyperson’s services at your wedding? Having known too many underpaid and overworked clergy myself, my first reaction is YES.  BOTH COUNTS.  Your officiant is taking time from their schedule to be [...]

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can you have too many old methodist hymnals?

I didn’t even mean to, but I wound up dropping by a garage sale today on my way back from the church just to see if they maybe had some stuff I could use at school.  Affirmative.  A set of Cuisenaire rods that my cats seem to think is a really great bed, a set [...]

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true dat

I’m not even going to say a word, I’m just going to let this picture say its thousand words.

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real quick here

I think this is my favorite quote for the day: young normal-hearing kid: “Miss Elle, we’re going on a mushroom hunt!” young deaf kids: [nodding and smiling enthusiastically] “YEAH!” me: “Cool!  DON’T EAT THE MUSHROOMS!” A little bit of knowledge is really a dangerous thing here.  To probably all of these kids, mushrooms equal something [...]

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just curious

Why do we keep talking about the priest sex abuse scandal and hold up the solution (aside from properly reporting abuse to the authorities prosecuting their sorry asses) as removing those who commit sex crimes from ministry with children?  I’m pretty sure if I were to ever be convicted of wrongdoing with a minor (and [...]

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love thy neighbor, seriously

I have an opportunity to counter-protest everybody’s favorite hate-mongers (who even still receive God’s grace and love) on Monday night.  And that means I need a good sign!  I’ve got a few ideas so far: Shrimp = Abomination Hi Mom The Episcopal Church Welcomes You Go Cards Honk If You Like Cookies Set The Juice [...]

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wait, wait… don’t tell me!

Nuh-uh, they did not.  I don’t want to spoil last week’s Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! (3/6/10), but the Bluff the Listener game had a particularly interesting story told by Paula Poundstone.  If you don’t know the premise of this game, it’s basically this: each of three panelists (comedians) tell a story that can’t possibly [...]

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i’m not dead yet

I’m still alive, really.  I know it’s only been a couple days, but it feels like I haven’t written in forever.  However, you may not hear too much from me during this week.  It might just be the busiest week I have inadvertently scheduled for myself yet.  In addition to the usual work day[/evening], I [...]

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