excerpt from a conversation after morning prayer ( Read more... )

"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info] While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with Jesus and the disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners ( Read more... )

When I went to lunch around 1pm, it seemed like it was just starting to snow. There's still very little accumulation, but I hear it's predicted to get heavy tonight.

At one point this afternoon, Ian asked something about whether I was coming in tomorrow.
me: Yeah -- the snow's supposed to stop by like 10:00.
Ian: 10:00 tonight or 10:00 tomorrow ( Read more... )

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... )

Traversing my moderately- shoveled/plowed side street this morning, it felt like the fallen snow was really light -- that easy to shovel kind, which surprised me given how wet it was last night.  (Though the more plowed/shoveled portions of my walk, it was more slabs of hardpacked snow underneath where the plows had come ( Read more... )

The daily lectionary readings last Thursday morning were:
Daniel 2:1-19
and
Ephesians 4:17-5:1Joan read the Daniel and I read the Ephesians.  As I began the Ephesians reading, I was struck by how it connected to the Daniel reading (well done, lectionary crafters!) -- the nonbelievers do not have understanding, but those who follow God do ( Read more... )

The cars and the fields were covered in frost when I was walking to the T this morning (~7am), though my hair didn't freeze ( Read more... )

( gym: Oct. 19-23 )

( cut for length )

At the Grille today, Joseph had two quesadillas in the works and looked at me and I looked at him, and he put a tortilla shell on to make my usual burrito and as he was making it he reached for the shredded cheese, as he sometimes does, and I said, "No cheese," and the woman in front of me said, "I didn't hear you order."  I said, "I didn't :) " ( Read more... )