After a lengthy hiatus, "Meditations from The Hill" returns. I would love to pinpoint the "one" reason for the long spell between podcasts but alas there are too many contributing factors. I hope this is a course correction for those who follow the Lectionary. This podcast is something of a recap of the last two [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Darfur: Stop the Genocide Now …
If you have not made your way over to see the 60 Minutes segment or sign up to show your support, do so today!
The malady of delusion …
Merriam-Webster Online offers the following definition for "delusion",
b : a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the
self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite
indisputable evidence to the contrary; also : the abnormal state marked by such beliefs
Occasionally we may tell ourselves a story or myth we know to be of our [...]
Go watch this video …
I viewed this video Monday morning. Having noted the upcoming effort to mobilize support for those in Darfur I DVR’d the piece. I was reduced to tears. You MUST watch this.
Could we have our prepositions wrong? …
Merriam-Webster’s Online offers the folllowing for the preposition, "for."
Main Entry: 1for
Pronunciation: f&r, (‘)for, Southern also (‘)fâ??§r
Function: preposition
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Latin per through, prae before, pro before, for, ahead, Greek pro, Old English faran to go — more at FARE1 a — used as a function word to indicate purpose <a grant for studying [...]
Darfur … add your name …
Stephen Shields at Emergesque offers information and links encouraging us to be heard. Darfur needs our voices – and our e-mails to the President! I sent mine and forwarded the information to friends. Jump on board and do the same. Below is the text of the message. Thanks Stephen.
" We come to you from across [...]
imonk does it again …
Michael Spencer must be read. You may read him at Internet Monk as well as his contributions to the Boar’s Head Tavern. One of his recent entries at the BHT puts some recent happenings in the SBC into perspective and does so succinctly. I found his first point one of the best.
1. The SBC pays [...]
Fallacies, questions and discoveries … Watch Out for the Slide! …
Nearly one year ago La Conchita experienced a mudslide. The creator of the website who took the picture posted here noted,
It just came to my attention that many people are
viewing this website. The first 12 photos are from the morning of Jan.
10 and show the mudslide that occurred just northwest of the town of [...]
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