Dear Buddha*

I’d like a pony and a plastic rocket and a book deal.
*This is a reference to the Serenity captain, Mal, who, having no idea what to do while kneeling at a Buddhist shrine, decides to pray the only way he knows how—by praying like a little kid.

I’m still alive..

in spite of car problems, physical therapy healing everything but my wallet, and feeling way beaten up by life lately…
will post more soon. been driving back and forth to front royal every day this week, and i know that’s why I’m so tired…
Anyhow, I’m on the Episcopal Cafe’s Daily feed, with an essay on a [...]

The winning story

So, tonight I won a Bronze SNAP Excel Award, which is pretty prestigious in Association Publications world, for this story, published last May.
You can read it here.

Eight Random Things Meme

I got tagged by Quaker Pastor, so here goes.
First, the rules. Then, the meme.
1. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
3.At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged [...]

Where the music takes me

There’s a song by a Scandinavian band called Covenant called “Like Tears in Rain.” It’s named after a line in Blade Runner. But the song itself, with lyrics that read like a post-apocalyptic Good Friday, always makes me want to write stories where passion beats down vicissitude, where determination conquers despair, where a flower blooms [...]

Trinity

We loves our threes, especially in science fiction world.
Arm bothering me today, so I’ll keep this short.
Rector at the new church out this week, so retired-priest-in-residence (RPIR) today. commented that many people dread this day because it’s a “doctrine” day rather than an adventure story day.
laughter.
before he moved on to talking about dancing, which [...]

Whoa weird..

How weird is it that almost exactly 2 years ago I posted that bit about open communion (after my opening the discussion on it over at Episcopal Cafe) and tacked on a little bit about how my son perceives the spirit (see two posts previous)?

EFMs new home page

well garsh, while I wasn’t looking, they finally brought the EFM home page into the 21st Century!
So now you know what I’m talking about when I talk about EFM.
Speaking of which, looks like I’ll be joining the Calvary group, more than likely. Hoping to meet up with the mentor tomorrow.

Pure Energy

Of late, I’ve been fascinated with the way people transform ritual to suit what they think they believe. I explained the Eucharist to someone with a heavy metaphysical bent recently with “Confession is where you pour out your negative energy, and communion is where you gather in positive energy.” I guess spending a lot of [...]

A fellow episcogoth!!!

Derek Olsen!!!