It’s all bass-ackwards

I’m dealing with tennis elbow in my right arm, borne of knitting and mouse-abuse (the computer kind, really). So I’m having to use the mouse with my left hand. Everything feels backwards, in a way that I can only explain feels like my body adjusting to me forcing myself into a different hand dominance. I [...]

Nice to know the neighbors are schisming.

I'm beginning to think that all attempts we have ever made at compromise have done nothing but hold us back. It doesn't matter what we do–if it doesn't go party, line and slate toward the Minns and Ikers and Duncans of the world, if they can't have it absolutely their way, they are going to [...]

Community

So I’ve been thinking.. we should have a community for DC-area folks who share:–interest in ministry to the marginalized, poor and forgotten–Christian faith, regardless of denomination–being progressive in a nonpolitical way — that is, social justice, peace, integrity, compassion, environmental stewardship and the like should be our *values,* not our *platform*–desire to go to nifty [...]

Shortfall on mission; send Ark!

I helped sponsor an event tonight but we booked it on Thursday and that very day I had to turn in my laptop for significant hardware upgrades–and I haven’t been online since. So here I am at the end of the workday, updating about this event at Busboys and Poets in Washington DC tonight:
8:30-10:30 PM [...]

amen.

According to my e-lists, Katharine Jefferts Schori has been elected
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA.
How far we've come in the 30 years since we started ordaining women to
the priesthood.

Voices of Witness

Welcome to Voices of Witness, a Claiming the Blessing production to
provide the church our witness as Christians, and as gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgendered people of great faith. We witness to the
message of God's inclusive love in the world, and as a testament to
the power of living lives in service and love to all of [...]

Sit there staring, almost in shock

I just read the job description for the Digital Communications Director for The General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church, and given my qualifications and strong desire to *work* out my vocation using my God-given talents, I’m tempted, Episcopalian though I am.
The “travel required” part throws me a bit, though. I [...]

Three in one, one in three

Today during EFM my brain got a bit sidetracked during a couple of conversations.
One, on the Shia/Suni conflict in Iraq: DS is showing signs of liking church (see livejournal for details) and we had an interesting conversation this week about what would happen if he was pulled off a bus for being secular, or [...]

Here's a story I never thought I would see in Christianity Today

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/123/12.0.html
“That space is waiting to be filled by a plaque honoring the life and
sacrifice of 34-year-old Sgt. Patrick Stewart, who was killed in
action on September 25, 2005, when his helicopter was struck with a
rocket-propelled grenade as it flew over Afghanistan. But it may be
some time before Sgt. Stewart is remembered with a memorial plaque.
That's because [...]

Holey Ghosts, Batman–I mean, Wolverine!

crossposted from elsewhere, with a little edit:
Took my son to see X-men. Part of the deal was that to get to the movie, K had to come to church with me. he always drags his feet but has a great time once he's there. He took communion, which was vaguely subversive since he's not baptised. [...]