"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (Isaiah 9:2, Handel's Messiah)

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So, Ari and I kind of brainstormed about my Reflection for Wednesday.  This included a visit to TextWeek.com (actually to check if the pericope that follows that one ever ends up in the lectionary), where I saw Celebration of Biblical Preaching; Luther Seminary; Oct 4-6, 2010 on their "This Week's Sponsors" top bar ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Laura Ruth emailed me: "I've been thinking about you all day, as you prepare for the reflection tonight. I hope you're feeling the light." The second part of her email was about rescheduling a lunch we had planned. She emailed ~4:30pm, so I didn't have a chance to reply before service. She asked me about it before service and I gave ( Read more... )

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I am actually signed on to AIM Express AIM Chat via GMail.

wisdomeagle's hosting a love meme. You can do me here.

I was definitely not as productive this weekend as I had hoped to be -- I didn't even get caught up on LJ comments -- but I slept a lot, which was awesome ( Read more... )

soundingsea wrote, "It's a beautiful September morning. Sky's not the same blue, though; I'm irrationally grateful for the wispy cirrus clouds. I'm thinking of everyone, everything lost because of this day, six years back but not faded ( Read more... )

Work was calmer.  Though I was potentially actually less productive because of it.  But I was forward-thinking and proactive at times ( Read more... )

Last week I left feedback for a fic ( "Timelapse") by musamea [Sidenote: I saw her top 5 own fics list and have read all of them] and in part of her response she said:By the way, I hope you don't mind that I friended you. I just realized that you're the owner of athenewriter.com, with its fantastically organized recs section. Plus, you were an English ( Read more... )

Today's Word Origin [Jan. 2, 2007]:

DOUGLAS FIR: This majestic, soaring conifer takes its common name from the Scottish botanist David Douglas (1799-1834), who brought seedlings home from one of his many scientific expeditions to the Pacific Northwest.  He died under mysterious circumstances.  More mysterious is the fact that the tree's scientific ( Read more... )