I shared this piece on Facebook a few days ago. It's a great piece of writing, both for its message and its creativity. Because not all of my blog readers are Facebook friends (or are Facebook friends that get my updates in their feeds), I thought that I'd post it here as well.You may want to listen to it a second time and pay a little bit closer attention to the sentence structure so that you can truly appreciate the creative process. Enjoy,J...
Friday, 18 March 2011
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Funny Stuff
Posted on 14:35 by Unknown
This joke was posted by my cousin on her "Friday Funnies" Facebook status.Okay, so it's only Thursday (here) but since she lives on the other side of the globe she's right on time with her post!Thanks, Etcha.This is why RETIRED people don’t have any spare time!!!! Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, Bev my wife and I went into town and visited a shop. When we came out, there was a warden writing out a parking ticket.We went up to him and I said,...
Monday, 14 March 2011
A Post about Nothing
Posted on 09:25 by Unknown
As I sit this morning I'm reminded of the Seinfeld episode where they pitch a "show about nothing". That's what this is--a post about nothing. Okay, so eventually it has to be about something, but for starters...I've got nothing. It could be another day without a post at Out of My Hat, (there have been plenty of those lately) but I have been inspired by my friends at the OCACW to write...just write. Of course, I doubt that they meant for me to publish the contents of my brain dump; it's supposed to be an exercise to dig your...
Saturday, 12 March 2011
On Books
Posted on 06:15 by Unknown
On this sunny Saturday morning, I find myself biding my time in the local Starbucks. I have a couple of hours before our monthly meeting of the Ozark's Chapter of the American Christian Writers' meeting and didn't feeling like driving home after working the mid only to turn around and head back to Springfield after a couple of hours. As long as I have a couple of hours, free wi-fi and free coffee refills; I thought I'd write a bit on some of the things that have been rolling around in the otherwise empty space in my head.Last night, I finally got around to...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Ash Wednesday
Posted on 04:01 by Unknown
At a point long ago, it seems to me that ash Wednesday was a day of fasting in the Catholic Church. Like many of the disciplines of faith, I think that has been set aside in favor of more convenient forms of self denial. I may have this wrong as it has been quite sometime since I've been up on current traditions of the Catholic Church. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.At any rate, the ultimate example of self-denial comes from Jesus, Himself. Paul tells us that even though He had the very nature of God, He set that aside and took...
Monday, 7 March 2011
Something Old, Something New...(sort of)
Posted on 09:52 by Unknown
This week marks the beginning of Lent. It is a time of preparation as much of the Christian world looks ahead to the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Lent is not a time that is generally observed by most evangelical denominations; nor is it observed by some Protestant denominations.Having grown up in a Roman Catholic home, deciding what to "give up" for Lent was always a matter of concern. It's been a long time since I've observed Lent through any type of self-denial. However, while many of my Baptist friends may not understand or...
Friday, 4 March 2011
Making an Exception: Politics Once Again
Posted on 07:40 by Unknown
Today we are seeing the effects of the outrageous monies that were poured into the 2010 mid-term elections. It would seem that politicians are owned by the corporations that contributed to their campaigns.As a result of the disastrous ruling by our Supreme Court in the Citizens United vs. FEC case, there was more money poured into the 2010 midterm election campaign than in all of the combined midterm elections since 1990. I do hope that you would point your friends to this blog or, at least, share the video link. When big dollars put...
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Spiritual Doldrums
Posted on 08:51 by Unknown
When the kids were little there was a book and video called The Phantom Tollbooth. In the story, the main character gets lost in a place called the Doldrums.The "doldrums" are actually a geographical band where there is little wind; and so, back in the day, sailing ships that found themselves in the "doldrums" might be trapped there for days.That's kind of where I'm finding myself these days--in a spiritual doldrums.At my church, Hopedale, there is currently a feeling of a great movement of the Spirit that is growing among the people. It's...
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