I am pretty sure the title “Queen of Christmas” is already taken.
Leaving Twitter is a small but important first step towards a healthier relationship with technology, your neighbor, and your self.
Not because of Musk, but because Big Social is shrinking our souls.
The final first-person verb of the Nicene Creed helps us remember that the Christian faith is more than mental affirmation of truth. It involves a shaping of hopes and desires.
- We believe (x4)
- We acknowledge (x1)
- We look for the resurrection of the dead …
All Souls Day is a helpful antidote to our death-anemic culture that oscillates between ignoring and overly-fearing this experience shared by all living creatures.
All Souls Day helps us to remember that thou art dust … and to look for the resurrection of the dead.
All Saints Day and All Souls Day
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The farmer and the pig.
Settled on a good use of a corner of our new backyard: building a playhouse for the kids. (Current ages 9, 7, and 2.)
I paused the Tottenham match I was watching in the 95th minute to wake up my daughter so she could rewatch Kane’s goal with me.
And then we discovered together that the goal was under review…
My fault? Sure.
VAR ruining the beautiful game? Absolutely.
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not as many as have fallen because of the tongue. … As you fence in your property with thorns, so make a door and a bolt for your mouth.
A gem from Ecclesiasticus found in today’s Daily Office Lectionary.
St. James of Jerusalem
October 23While this is not your standard Rhythms of Habit email, I wanted to send out a quick note today about St. James of Jerusalem, along with a request. The RequestPlease send me your questions about the Church Calendar! It has been a joy hearing from many of you as you enter more deeply into following the church calendar, and I would love to know what questions you have along the way.
My wife returned this weekend from a two week pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. My latest piece at Covenant is about my experience trying to walk the pilgrim way while caring for our kids here at home.
It was my own Camino de Solo Dad.
I do not love it when a match is decided by PKs—they are a terrible way to lose—but it was quite the experience being in the stands last night when FC Dallas advanced on Velasco’s Panenka.
What’s a Panenka, you ask?
The two teams I support most have coaches who insists on their “System” even when the results are not (yet/always?) positive.
I trust Conte when he says “trust the system” more than I do when Berhalter says the same. Here’s hoping for a surprise on the later come World Cup time!
The seven day week as a microcosm of the Church Calendar. Read more here.
Every Friday is Good Friday
The seven day week as a microcosm of the Church Calendar.The Church Calendar, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent and concluding with the Feast of Christ the King, is an intentional re-living of the life of Christ year after year. In Advent we anticipate his Incarnation that we celebrate throughout Christmas. In Epiphany we recognize the many ways he revealed his true nature throughout the Gospels. In Lent we enter with him into the period of fasting in the wilderness.
Slowly but surely, my Run Thy Neighborhood project continues. Today’s run completed the outer frame of a neighborhood and a half, and a few missing street portions. Still a long way to go: I have completed 29/1240 Richardson streets so far.
(Literally) One step at a time.
St. Michael and All Angels
September 29: A celebration of heavenly beings in an overly-materialistic world. The monastery Mont Saint-Michel off the coast of normandy. | Peter Visser (Flickr)In the preface to his infamous Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis notes the following about our attitudes towards heavenly beings. There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.
Three years ago today I was ordained a Priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
The USAMNT proceeded to cough the ball up 54 times inside their own half in the first half alone. Think about that for a minute and it becomes almost impressive: they gave the ball away 1.2 times per minute. Unfathomable.
Ouch. But it’s just a friendly, right? RIGHT???
My Run Thy Neighborhood goal hit a first milestone today: Heights Park (my actual neighborhood) is complete. On to Arapaho Heights next!
