nearly my whole day was dedicated to a ceremonious event. early this morning (saturday) i arose and blankly stared at my computer before my brain caught up with my body. tired from the week's events, i still was able to find joy in what i was about to participate. something like this does not happen too often, and i will be less likely to ( Read more... )

many thoughts swirl about my consciousness, soaking up my energy and consuming my free time.  some of those thoughts stem from the completion of a well-known 759-page book which still possesses much hype around the world...summed up in three words:  harry. potter...wow.
the book, however compelling those 759 pages were, was not the whole of my ( Read more... )

this evening during the taize worship service at church of the apostles a beautiful thing happened. we gathered, as we do once a month, but with the recent martyrdom of brother roger, founder of the taize community in france, in mind. taize worship is a contemplative service with candles, icons, and chanting simple songs...but during one of the ( Read more... )

After several years of absence, I pulled an old friend out of the closet recently -- my clarinet. I haven't seriously played since 2003, and last year I tried for about a month, but wasn't able to keep it up...mainly due to lack of interest. I didn't have anything to play for ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up and attended the STM worship. Every Tuesday and Thursday morning we gather for a short worship to start out the morning. I didn't go on Tuesday, and today I felt I just needed to go ( Read more... )