So out of nowhere, I suddenly want a hot dog.
Just thought I’d mention it.

Greg and I recently took in an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Union Station in Kansas City. I thought it would be interesting, and it was. I also thought that it would be carefully scripted to negate any Christian implications, and it was. Oh well.

I try not to take it personally that […]

Reading through “The Diary of a Russian Priest” this morning, I came upon this advice he gave to a young person:
There are two ways of reading the Gospels:
1. To read very little at a time — a verse or two — then to read them over again, reflecting on them all day long, considering them […]

Having come out of a sudden and wicked cold snap, it’s almost alarming to see a clear blue sky, hear birds singing, note the first buds of new growth forming. Omigosh, is it possible that spring will come this year?

What a silly question. Of course it will, but it snuck up on us this year, […]

There aren’t many news stories that start out with “The minister has the number 666 tattooed on his arm.” But that’s how this story starts out. Greg brought it to my attention as a sort of “News of the Weird” item. And that’s the way I started to read it, my ironic detachment started slipping […]

Attending Forgiveness Vespers this afternoon made me think of others that I’ve done. I don’t know what number I’m up to yet, but it’s enough that I always think of how different they are from each other. I’ve been at some where a lot of people were in tears (including me, I think. I can’t […]

Boy HOWDY, it’s cold. I think the official Bank Sign temp is in the 20’s, but there’s a 30 mph wind that is making it feel a lot colder than that. Plus the wind has old snowdrifts gusting around so you feel like you should see caribou come galloping by. Or even sailing by, if […]

Channel-flipping yesterday, I happened across the movie “Hitch.” Though it seemed like a pleasant-enough bit of fluff and probably a good vehicle for Will Smith, I found I had to change the channel again after a short time, because the plot that was unfolding touched on something that’s becoming a bit of a pet peeve […]

(I should be ashamed of myself, because this is quoted from a serial e-mail I just got. But I thought it was better than a lot of the ones like that that I get.)
A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what […]

You know, the problem with these Orthodox readings sometimes is that you never know when they’re going to suddenly be talking to you in a very specific way instead of talking about others in a very general way. While reading Metropoitan Anthony Bloom’s “Living Prayer” this morning, I got to this passage where he’s examining […]