Warren-less Wiretap

.Reading time 7 minutes.

It’s sleeting outside and very cold. We’ve got a fire in the hearth, and are assuming that, at the very least life will be delayed a few hours tomorrow morning. The dogs are grateful for their position under the kitchen table, and we had a nice night of turkey chili and Merlot. The perfect time […]

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Inauguration Day Prayer from Bishop Gene Robinson

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Thanks to Pastor Dan at Street Prophets for the heads up on this video and text. Below is the prayer of Bishop Gene Robinson, at the beginning of the “We Are One” concert on the Mall in Washington. (Blogged about yesterday, here) Apparently, the prayer has become somewhat controversial, in that the Inaugural Committee chose […]

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Rosa Sat (A Song for the Day)

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Are you surprised that on MLK Day, and the day before Obama’s inauguration, I would be drawn to folk music? Hope not. Because there are a couple of folk songs that seem to frame my feelings on this day. The first is called “Rosa Sat,” and it’s written and performed by Chicago singersongwriter, Amy Dixon-Kolar. […]

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Christmas 2008

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I thought I’d posted this to my blog two weeks ago, but I think I just posted to Facebook. (Things get a little jumbled up sometimes…) Here’s a video of Christmas at the lake this year, which I am reminded to post today, because we’re back here again for quick visit. It’s very cold here […]

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Listening for God, Interfaith Prayer, Cleaning Up, Connections, and BCS

.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m sitting here with the laptop tonight, as a fire slowly dies in the hearth across the room, catching up on Rachel Maddow, finishing off a glass of red, and still feeling the glow of a big moon, hanging low in the sky that was simply gorgeous. With that, a few synapse clippings for you, […]

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Dust and Old Power Converters

.Reading time 12 minutes.

Can a new laptop lead you to redecorate a house? Maybe not, but it dang sure caused a lot of mid-winter cleaning around here. I got a new MacBook Pro for Christmas. It’s sooooo cool. I can hardly contain myself. My old computer was one of the very first G-4s, and we got it almost […]

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Ishmael and Isaace Video

.Reading time 2 minutes.

This is a video for my song “Ishmael and Isaac,” which I wrote some years back about the Arab/Israeli conflict. I hope it will be received more as a work of art than as a political statement, although I am quite aware that people will lay their own political views on top of it. My […]

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