Unplugging

January 2, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

Two days ago, I blogged about not making resolutions, and concentrating on “interior intentions” instead. A friend sent this this great link from the NYT, called “The Joy of Quiet.” Seems to me this would be a pretty good “interior intention” for the year. Two of my favorite quotes from this piece: In barely one […]

The Earth’s Own Fireworks

January 1, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

As we begin a New Year, many people started off with fireworks. From a certain point of view, the Earth itself is always putting on its own fireworks display…though lightning, the auroras, and even through our own human created light pollution. So, enjoy the Earth’s fireworks display, and marvel again this incredible Big Blue Ball […]

The Dividing Line Between Good and Evil

September 22, 2011.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”— Aleksander […]

Daily Grat: Norman’s "Thinking Outloud"

February 26, 2010.Reading time 7 minutes.

Norman Suggs is a friend I met via the internet some years back. He’s only over in Stephenville, but the way the world works, it’s doubtful we’d ever have met without our mutual online geekiness. He’s had cancer this past year, and has been undergoing treatment. Today on Facebook, he posted the blog below, which […]

Thanks to DACPA

February 1, 2010.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Every now and then, the good folks at Dallas Area Progressive Christian Alliance, see fit to reprint stuff I’ve written or preached. They’ve done that with last week’s sermon (Jan. 24th) and you can read it at their site here. Many thanks to all of DACPA, and especially to Kim Bachelor for taking my notes […]

Another View of our Beautiful World

January 8, 2010.Reading time 1 minute.

Thanks to my Dad for emailing this to me… This is a computer simulation of the world’s air traffic, over a 24-hour period. You can see the path of the Sun and shadows too. As you can see, the traffic increases as the Sun comes up, and slows, as the shadows grow. Take a look: […]

Our Bevo Who Art In Pasture

January 7, 2010.Reading time less than 1 minute.

(A prayer for tonight, zipping around various internet sources this afternoon…) Our Bevo, who art in pasture,Hallowed be Thy horns.Thy University come,Thy will be done, on the field as it is in Austin.Give us this day, our daily hook ’em,And forgive us for nearly losing to Nebraska as we forgive the voters for not giving […]

The 25 Most Listened To Songs on Eric’s iPod for 2009

January 7, 2010.Reading time 25 minutes.

One the great things about having a working iPod again this year is the ability to share the “25 Most Played” songs on my iPod/iTunes again. This exercise always tells something of the story of the year in tune and lyrics. There are different reasons for each of these songs being in the list. In […]

The Most Trying Time of All

January 4, 2010.Reading time 6 minutes.

Although you could probably make a good argument that this post is more appropriate for January 7th, almost no one outside a small group of insiders could tell you why. So, in praxis, what follows is most appropriate today. It’s the final lines of W.H. Auden’s “For the Time Being,” a long drama that he […]

Christmas Carol

December 24, 2009.Reading time 3 minutes.

On this Christmas Eve, as snow falls outside here in Dallas, I’m listening to Mary Chapin Carpenter’s great holiday CD “Come Darkness, Come Light.” And her song, “Christmas Carol” struck me. We’re counting this as a rare White Christmas, whether or not it sticks on the ground, or there’s any here tomorrow. And out at […]