Month: May 2007

Grey’s Deconstructing Relationships … Rhimes intrigues …

GreysFrom the first episode to sometime this season I have been a fan of "Grey’s Anatomy." The intrigue for me revolves around the complexity of human relationships exposed by writer Shonda Rhimes. I have written quite a bit in the past (noting something that struck me in the first … Continue reading

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Corn, ethanol and greater pressure on the poor …

CornLinda works at one of the local convenience stores where I buy fuel. She told me early last week she heard a gallon of gas would rise to $3.75. Fortunately news broke of a better than expected supply of oil and the price actually retreated from $3.29/gallon.

I recall … Continue reading

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Another milestone becoming …

Pic0011 Tommie,

Your name fits! We recall the stories of teachers who scratched their heads learning "Tommie" was a girl. Even recently one of our relatives listed your dad as having a "son." Can’t be too close to us if they did not know you were our second daughter. The … Continue reading

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Listening Past Each Other … Keeps us Talking Past Each Other … When Talking Heads Get in the Way …

Talkinghead
Reading over at the BHT led me to this article in The Christian Century by Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary. Quite a conversation broke out after the posting of the link to this piece. For some time I have been convinced we do not hear what it … Continue reading

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Not for Sale … Where is Wilberforce When You Need Him? …

Notforsale
We sat captured by their voices. In what was surely and all Anglo "congregation" we were stirred by the young boys from Zambia. Imagine my disbelief thinking we supported the global slave trade a number of years ago right here in Oklahoma! Yes, David Batstone gave details of the … Continue reading

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