tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55782802011-04-21T23:13:52.887-04:00A foray into the world of blogs? A scribble or two meant for sharing? A bunch of nothing? You can decide. I'll write here on a random basis...random should be taken literally.Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.comBlogger2101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-81449626553465399292009-03-10T16:54:00.001-04:002009-03-10T16:55:14.669-04:00

...is at: www.ErnstWiley.comErnst Wiley - Words Matter

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...of blogger.So, I am laying the foundation for moving out. I've notified the Super that the hotwater heater has scalded me for the last time. That I'm packing up and moving on!Actually, the Super could care less.Blogger (and blogspot) are just fine, for what they are. I've enjoyed it here. And, this will stay around for a while longer.But, I'm wanting to take things in a different

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.Jesus said " If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me."Lord Jesus, you humbled yourself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Help us to love your cross, and accept the crosses you ask us to carry for love of you.

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This isn't Lenten, per se. But I'm posting it anyway:Gratitude When you think about how much we have to be grateful for, it is hard to believe how quickly we become like the “stiff-necked” people that Moses led through the desert. They experienced the plagues brought down on Egypt, they saw the deaths of the non-Israelite first-born, they walked through the parted sea on dry land, and they were

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The First Station – Jesus is Condemned to Death Pilate said to him: “So you are a king?” Jesus answered: “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” Pilate said, in answer: “What is truth?” At this point the Roman Procurator saw no need for further questions. He went to the

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“Our motive in Lenten renunciations ought not be limited to penance in reparation for sin. Rather, exercises of self-denial are for the sake of arousing in us a deeper hunger of soul. The image of fasting is especially apt here. Even mild forms of self-abnegation in our eating habits do more than simply empty us of indulgent tendencies. By keeping the self waiting, refusing it immediate

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Loving Father, please allow me this Lent to leave behind my old self and to prepare well for the new creation you make possible through the death and resurrection of your Son.We mark other events in life by preparing ourselves. We don't go into a big job interview without having thought through answers to some basic questions. We don't pick up our sweetheart for a date without having showered and

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The Way of the Cross - the retracing of the path of Christ from his death sentence to the laying of his now-lifeless body in the tomb - begins with an act of contrition and prayer. Why? Because it is in examining ourselves, admitting our faults, and asking for the Grace of true conversion that we find ourselves pulled closer and closer to the Will of God. It is a way to put our own sinfulness

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I've never been one to follow through, really, with "resolutions". The New Year's kind, specifically.That said, I've found that Lenten "resolutions" are important for me. And they have, in past years, been mostly successful. Not just from a "I did it" standpoint, but from the actual tiny-bits of me that have been transformed, through the Grace of God, into something a little better.And that is

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The entire weekend wasn't spent playing dominoes. But that was what most of the pictures consisted of.

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I didn't like these photos much (and the voters agreed) but when I played with the cropping and converted it to black and white, there was one that I thought worth sharing.

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I took about 80 photos last night, and settled on these three. The challenge was to produce a photo that you feel represents the year of your birth.I'm not sure which one I want to use yet. I'm thinking it over. As they appear here, they would be titled:1) The Darkness Creeps In - 19722) The Coming Despair - 19723) 1972 - Not Always So Black and White

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I was recently blessed with some extra, unexpected income which allowed me to purchase an item I had long hoped to add to my photo arsenal. The first fruits of that purchase are seen here. Hopefully the first of many to come. All photos here taken on the grounds of St. Joan of Arc in Kokomo.

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This is interesting. I ran across it somewhere, and put my photo in, just for kicks.Supposedly (and you'll have to take my word on this one, because I didn't include her in my "top 8" matches here) I look like Mary-Kate Olsen. Not Ashley, mind you, but Mary-Kate. Odd. Colin Firth and Fred Savage I guess I can see. And poor Kate Bosworth...Wayne Brady kinda makes me laugh.In high school I looked

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I took a couple writing pieces along on our vacation last week. I wasn't able to write a lot, but I stole a few minutes here or there to jot down some ideas.What was more interesting to me was two instances of being surprised by my own work. The night before we left, I pulled out the first chapter of the novel that I have been working on for way too long to consider it even viable anymore. I was

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Been away from the blogging for four months. FOUR. That's a bit hard to believe. Lots to post, I think. I have pages upon pages of material from my Old Testament and Trinity classes, but I'm not sure how much of such things are worthwhile to post. I'm a little conflicted about that. My work-product from the last several months isn't useful for posting on a blog? It isn't that the knowledge isn't

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I haven't written much about my grandmother's death. That pain is still too fresh. The sense of loss is still there, most every day. Little things constantly set me off.Today for instance, I was listening to Patty Griffin's song, Goodbye. Even though its only been a few months, not a couple years, it applied:Occurred to me the other day,You've been gone now a couple years,Well, I guess it takes a

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The Problem of Pain and the Mystery of SufferingReflections of C.S. Lewis and Bishop Fulton Sheen Shared with the staff in our regular weekly meeting.In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis writes, “The first – and lowest – operation of pain is to shatter the illusion that all is well…pain is not only an immediately recognizable evil, but an evil impossible to ignore. We can rest contentedly in our

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Have You Found Financial Peace?Can the words “finances” and “peace” really coexist? If you have ever heard Dave Ramsey's nationally-syndicated talk show on the radio, you would know that not only can the two concepts coexist, it can be a fun and exciting thing to bring peace into an area of life that often leaves us confused and worried. Ramsey combines an energetic mix of humor, common sense,

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Grace is the constant outpouring of God's unconditional love. Stewardship is to be a source of grace in our lives because it constantly reminds us and challenges us. It reminds us that God never stops giving: everything we have, all that we are, even our very justification comes not from our own works, our own goodness, or our own merits, but rather everything we have comes from God as a free

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One of the aspects of stewardship which is often discussed is our responsibility to maintain and protect the resources we have been given, by God, for the work of the Church.As a paid staff member, I have a duty to my job, as well as the normal responsibilities of a parishioner, when it comes to managing and utilizing the resources or our spiritual home. Members of the ministerial staff – both

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The final two parts of a five-part series on stewardship in the church's newsletter, Voices.Part FourLast time, I spoke about the Biblical principals of giving: one-tenth of our financial resources, one-seventh of our time, and one-hundred percent of our talent.But these are basic guidelines for our giving back to God, not our “bare minimum requirements”. When we offer back to God out of the

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In an effort to catch up, I'll be posting six posts in rapid fashion here:Parts 4 and 5 of my 5-part stewardship seriesStewardship as Grace articleA newsletter article about Financial Peace University here in our parishThe document I wrote for my grandmother's funeralThe document I wrote to compliment that one, which I shared with the parish staff during our weekly staff meeting.There are some

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It has been a long, long while. Much has happened and changed, and yet things are somehow much the same: The failings of self, the failings of others, the loss of the dearly loved...pain, suffering, fear, disappointment, doubt all jostling for position. The promise of faith, hope, and love begging me to cling tight and put the other behind. Some days, the faith, hope, and love even win out. Some

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1134675928905518012005-12-16T14:40:00.000-05:002005-12-15T14:45:28.906-05:00

My lovely, lovely bride and I.Isn't she pretty!

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Cami was surrounded by her family and friends as well. We are blessed.

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Ten years ago, on the 15th of December, we had our wedding rehersal and a birthday party for me. On hand, our friends and family; a wonderful couple of days, seems so long ago now, and yet like only yesterday.Hanging out with Annette and Kimberly in Cincy, then picking up Carl Smith and heading for Muncie, joined soon by Ryan and Mattoo already here, my half of the wedding party was complete.

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Finally was home during the day (well, it was still early morning, but there was a little light) when there were no vehicles in the drive, so I could snap a photo of the finished house.With the help of some folks in Muncie and some folks in Kokomo, we were able to finish our move. Slowly, slowly making progress.Still haven't sold the house in Muncie. Keep praying!

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Feast of St. NicholasThere is often a derision of Santa Claus among Christians, portraying him as a secularized addition to Christmas. And, there is some validity to that. As Catholic Exchange puts it:Saint NicholasAbout the only thing that Saint Nicholas has in common with the secular Santa Claus is generosity. Whereas Jolly ol’ St. Nick brings material gifts to children once a year, the real

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I've been sick the last several days. Still am, for that matter. But, thought I'd post a quick roundup of where we stand:1. The house keys were handed to us last Wednesday evening, two days ahead of schedule. The place looks great, though awefully white. I plan on changing that soon.2. Cami and I moved about 70% of our stuff on Friday and Saturday, including everything in our Muncie storage (

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The house is coming along. The schedule calls for the plumbers, electrician, and HVAC guys to finish up by Wednesday of next week, with carpet install soon after. Then, shortly after, we'll have the keys in our grubby little hands and begin the multi-stage exit from Muncie.These photos show some of the stages between my last post and where it currently is. The cabinets are installed, the doors

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National Novel Writing Month will be upon us shortly. The object of NaNoWriMo is to write. A lot. In one month. No editing. Just write. Quantity over Quality. One month, one novel-length document that MIGHT qualify as a manuscript, in the hopes of having some scrap of redeeming material left to actually cultivate a more refined piece from. I started last year, but didn't get far before a series

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The reaction of the Conservative base regarding the Miers appointment to the Supreme Court has been stunning. Perhaps not un-predictable, but stunning all the same. It is hard to know what any man or woman will do once they are appointed (for life) to sit on the highest court in the land. Recent history shows that several "highly qualified and well-respected jurists" who were of a presumably

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Seriously. People are pathetic. More so, really, than I imagined.Comments boxes are now getting spamed. So, to keep from getting advertisements disguised (thinly) as comments, I can either turn off my comments or turn on a feature that makes you have to read and re-type a squiggly code word in order to validate that you aren't a bot spamming my comments. And, while I get few comments or readers,

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1127257391810554802005-09-20T17:58:00.000-05:002005-09-20T18:03:11.823-05:00

My turn rolled around again to provide the devotional/prayer for our staff meeting, so I prepared the following as an outline (in its written form below):Just after Thanksgiving, in 1990, I was part of a work mission to Lima, Peru. I was a senior in High School, the Reds had just won the World Series – for you Cubs fans, I’ll explain what winning a World Series is later – and I was living a

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Part three of the five part series on Stewardship for the Voices newsletter.The focus on Stewardship comes as a response to several comments heard in and around St. Joan of Arc Parish. “It’s a gimmick to get more money” and “They just want us to do more volunteering” were a couple of the comments.But, stewardship isn’t a gimmick. Stewardship is a means of grace which enables us to be in tune with

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Great Article HERE.Some excerpts:By Newton EmersonIrish TimesAs the full horror of this sinks in, thousands of desperate columnists are asking if the entire political agenda of George Bush's second term will not still be damaged in some terribly satisfying way.The answer is almost certainly yes, provided that the entire political agenda of George Bush's second term consists of repealing the 22nd

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Cindy Sheehan joins the RFK JR push: Blame Bush for Weather!George is finished playing golf and telling his fables in San Diego , so he will be heading to Louisiana to see the devastation that his environmental policies and his killing policies have caused. Recovery would be easier and much quicker if almost ½ of the three states involved National Guard were not in Iraq. All of the National

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Robert Kennedy, Jr. shows a similar "love 'em and drown 'em" hutzpah, just like uncle Ted-hicup-ie.As most of us watch the devestation in the Gulf, wondering at what we see, RFK-JR writes that he sees "payback" from an angry Mother Nature. Yes, the hurricane is the US "reaping the whirlwind" that we deserve.Starts with:As Hurricane Katrina dismantles Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, it’s worth recalling

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Between 1983 and 1996, 18,006 American military personnel died accidentally in the service of their country, a death rate of 1,286 per year which exceeds the rate of combat deaths in Iraq.In accidents they died, at a higher rate than they are being killed in Iraq. (Granted, there are still accidental, non-combat deaths in the military at the same time, so I'm not making the argument that it is

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No pics. Sorry. The camera I'm using for that is not great indoors, and that's where a lot of the work was being done. Plumbing (done), heating and AC (85% done), three showers and a whirlpool bath installed (done). The well was dug and completed yesterday. The roof is done, and the siding is started. They expect to finish that today, I believe. Electrical may start tomorrow, and they have an 8-

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One of the things we fell in love with with this property was the isolated feeling, even though we are in a decent sized addition. The back of the lot is tree lined, and slopes quickly down a hill toward an open farm field (which, will be visible somewhat when we thin some of the trees out). There is no neighbor directly in front of us, and no neighbor directly next to us on one side (and there

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Well, framing continued, despite some rain. The basic framing and roofing is done, and the windows and doors are installed. There is some work still to be finished in this phase, but the project is certainly taking shape. We are quite happy with the orientation and look of the property as you approach, even in this early stage.Photo Descriptions:1) This was the point they had reached in the

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"It is like having wings." This is the way Pope Benedict XVI describes his faith, and the message of faith he wishes to convey to the youth gathered in Germany for World Youth Day. Here is an eloquent, yet simple, defense of the faith. Here is something to dwell on, whether youth or adult... “ Holy Father, can you tell me what you would like to transmit to the youth of the world [during World

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And thus, the framing begins. First photo is of the view from the front of the house, with the master suite on the left, then the living room (which we are now discussing turning into the dining room instead) windows, and the edge of the front door. Second, the view from the front door, down the entry hall, through to the kitchen window.Third, the wall where our future home entertainment system

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I found this interesting:CAIRO, Egypt - The remains of an ancient church and monks' retreats that date back to the early years of monasticism have been discovered in a Coptic Christian monastery in the Red Sea area, officials said Saturday.Workers from Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities found the ruins while restoring the foundations of the Apostles Church at St. Anthony's Monastery. The

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There is a Catholic custom of a three-stage blessing of a house being constructed. The first blessing is of the foundation, and since we are close to starting framing, it seemed natural to go ahead with that stage of the blessing.The custom is to have religious medals incorporated into the foundation at intervals around the house, to symbolize and represent the desire of those building the house

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I end up refering back to a Mark Shea blog or article too much...But today's article at Catholic Exchange had a great point:Religion, they say, should be simple, not complex. They say this because moderns imagine religious truth as an airy speculation, unconnected to "real life," which somebody got a bunch of people to buy into. That's why we think Christianity could be made simple if "The Church

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1123081468359694672005-07-31T10:00:00.000-05:002005-08-03T10:04:28.360-05:00

This is the second part of my series of articles on Stewardship. Reading part one, is not mandatory, but it does seem to be the polite thing to do...:-)******* Giving Back to the Giver *********In the last Voices, I wrote that a Catholic understanding of stewardship is, at its core, a call to conversion in areas of our lives that can easily become subtle and sly roadblocks to developing a deeper

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1123109142106041302005-07-27T17:41:00.000-05:002005-08-03T17:45:42.106-05:00

They delivered the block and gravel for additional work on the foundation, and almost immediately set the block...rock and roll! Framing is up next. Updates soon, hopefully.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1123081134901342312005-07-20T09:48:00.000-05:002005-08-03T09:59:30.836-05:00

One of my responsibilities at St. Joan is to encourage and deepen the idea of Catholic, Christian Stewardship in the parish. Because I'm the "Business Manager", everyone assumes I'm interested only in the money. Well, I am.No, not really. I AM interested in the fact that a parish of this size is reaching only 30-40% of its "tithing potential" and it does interest me to hear the reasons people

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1123108879998499752005-07-19T17:22:00.000-05:002005-08-03T17:41:20.006-05:00

Much to our surprise, they broke ground on our house. Ahead of schedule! Good thing Barry and his crew got the temporary driveway in!Trenches dug and the concrete footers poured. I kept saying, "once the foundation is started, I'll feel like it is actually happening" and now that is true.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1123088272930094892005-07-16T11:51:00.000-05:002005-08-03T11:57:52.936-05:00

I am publishing this late, post-dating and all. We closed the mortgage on our new construction and the lot at the end of June. The house will look similar to this, but we added a gable over the game room (where the two windows are together upstairs). The construction timeline calls for starting framing by the second week of August, with a completion date of October 29th. Just in time for

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Ebay, who earlier refused to remove an auction of a Pope John Paul II-consecrated communion host (revered as the real presence of the body and blood of Christ by Catholics) decided today to end an auction that was supposedly "outside the morality of its audience". In their defense of allowing the auction of the Body and Blood of Christ, they wrote:"The eBay community is a diverse and

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Pope John Paul II1920 - 2005In 1979, Pope John Paul delivered the message below to students of the Catholic University. It seems a fitting tribute to quote his words; words that capture much of his spirit."I leave you now with this prayer: that the Lord Jesus will reveal himself to each one of you, that he will give you the strength to go out and profess that you are Christian, that he will show

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1112214183501772462005-03-30T15:21:00.000-05:002005-03-30T15:23:52.453-05:00

Some words from Mark Shea's blog: Catholic and Enjoying It!For three decades, Hell's Ministry for the Promotion of the Culture of Death has been issuing confident press releases that the prolife forces are in abeyance and We've Moved On, only to find that, in the last election, abortion was still a huge issue and Hillary Clinton was compelled to blink and start making pro-life bleats. Worse than

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1111430604402880522005-03-21T13:29:00.000-05:002005-03-21T13:45:28.060-05:00

Catholic Exchange has posted an interesting read. I'm sure that those who are hell-bent on seeing Terri die won't like it, and it will therefore be "a distortion" a "lie" or something. I'll be told to "get facts straight" and called "writer" again, I'm sure.Some important clips: Terri was sitting up in her lounge chair, dressed and looking alert and well. Her feeding tube had been plugged in

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1111429751717570742005-03-21T13:17:00.000-05:002005-03-21T13:29:11.720-05:00

The world of blogs is an interesting one. The comment below from someone who wants to debate or throw stones without a name attached, surfing around to random blogs, leaving vaguely insulting comments in the comments sections.It's all well and good, I suppose. And it is obvious that if nothing else, the Terri Schiavo case is exposing a raw nerve in our culture.A quick google of "Terri Schiavo"

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1111184151395487712005-03-18T16:56:00.000-05:002005-03-21T13:16:27.753-05:00

It appears that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube has been removed.She will be allowed to starve to death over the next 10 days, or more. My grandmother can no longer feed herself. It doesn't mean she should be allowed to starve to death. Thankfully, she has my grandfather and my mother at her side, doing anything it takes to care for her.Starvation and dehydration. And this, they call humane? If I

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1109704414642084292005-03-01T14:08:00.000-05:002005-03-01T14:13:34.643-05:00

...and I fail, on a grand scale...Teach me, Lord, to be mild and gentle in all the events of life-in disappointments,in the thoughtlessness of others,in the insincerity of those I trusted,in the unfaithfulness of those on whom I relied.Let me put myself aside,to think of the happiness of others,to hide my little pains and heartaches,so that I may be the only one to sufer from them.Teach me to

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Some days I miss Mark Heard more than others.Today is one of those days...He's been gone for, what, thirteen years? My goodness. What those years might have produced. God works in myseterious ways, but I still mourn the loss of someone who's words were the soundtrack of my college years, and who's words still create a backdrop for much of what I feel but can't quite express.Talking in Circles I

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Lustra sex qui iam peracta tempus implens corporis se volente, natus ad hoc passioni deditus agnus in crucis levatur immolandus stipite. Thirty years among us dwelling His appointed time fulfilled, Born for this, He meets His Passion For that - this He freely willed On the Cross the Lamb is lifted Where His life-blood shall be spilled. Natus ad hoc - Born for this...to live like us in

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1107784731810706192005-02-07T08:35:00.000-05:002005-02-07T09:01:49.326-05:00

I'm finishing up Margaret Attwood's Oryx and Crake and while I wonder a bit at the extreme vision of global warming and some other topics, I do find it interesting to contemplate the ramifications of the God-playing we do as a society. This news story is along those lines. Largo, FL — Children of God for Life's executive director, Debi Vinnedge, has issued a consumer warning

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It always seems to happen: about the time I feel some bit of hope for the world we live in, something comes along and makes me wonder why God has allowed things to go on this long. The good: I wrote a check, yesterday, for over $25,000 for Tsunami relief efforts. The money was raised by the people of St. Joan of Arc Church (my job, in other words) throughout January. $25,000. Included in that

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1106163352948181572005-01-19T14:34:00.000-05:002005-01-19T14:35:52.946-05:00

http://216.26.163.62/2005/ss_iraq_01_18.html My only comment on this: If we actually required news reporters to be qualified to report on the topics they cover, who among the talking heads would be left on the air?

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In preparing the devotion/prayer for this morning's staff meeting (it was my turn), I was compelled to focus both on the upcoming "anniversary" of Roe v. Wade, and the memorials for Dr. King which I heard on the news yesterday. First, I wanted to look at the abortion issue as it relates to economics. Then, as I pondered the economic impact of abortion and the culture of death upon our

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That is the sentiment of one of the people quoted in this story: http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/2/032779-1552-001.htmlRead below... "Nicholas Reese of 9485 W. Ind. 32, Parker City, is one of those customers who is complaining.Reese has been without power since day one of the ice storm, except for one period last week when power came back on for five hours."I am thankful that it's not as

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1104933508236745502005-01-05T08:58:00.000-05:002005-01-05T09:04:32.960-05:00

It is important to support charities that will provide the most aid in a time of crisis. I chose to give some money in response to the Tsunami tragedy to Catholic Relief Services. CRS has a strong history of low overhead, immediate-needs assistance. They were already on the ground in the areas hit by the Tsunami, which means almost every cent donated goes to actual aid, not overhead costs. You

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1104420921770028242004-12-30T10:02:00.000-05:002004-12-30T10:35:21.770-05:00

And I feel fine? I guess I don't, mostly because of the tragedy in the Indian Ocean nations. It makes it hard to look back at the "top albums" or "best movies" or "worst dressed celebrity" of 2004 when you realize - with the help of hourly footage from news crews - just how ridiculous most of our temporal existence actually is. I haven't blogged much recently. New job and all. Busy time of year

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1102706186494753582004-12-10T14:16:00.000-05:002004-12-10T14:16:26.493-05:00

So long, farewell...My coworkers say "goodbye" 

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1102449209628043682004-12-07T14:46:00.000-05:002004-12-07T15:00:55.980-05:00

As long as it doesn't destroy legitimat human life. Period. This article in the Chicago Tribune (reprinted here in case you don't have a Trib subscription) hits on an incredible point: adult and other non-destructive stem cell research is providing major discoveries, but if you don't support the destruction of human life in the pursuit of stem cell research, you are some sort of short-thinking,

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Anagrams for Eric Wyatt Witty acre City water Icy wet art Icy wet rat Anagrams for Eric Sheridan Wyatt Hereditary wins act Synthetic wader air Scrawny Tithe aired Wayside Retch Train Charity Rated Wines Water Chair Destiny Synthetic war ad ire Treachery twins aid Treachery twin said Syndicate writer ah Syndicate whit rare Syndicate wire hart The

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...turn my world around.Below is the text of the email I sent my employees on Wednesday of last week, announcing my departure from my "home" of the last six years. I figured I'd post it here as well.I'm excited, and a little nervous. I guess both come with the territory.My Trustee friends and family,Starting December 13, I will be assuming the role of Business Manager for St. Joan of Arc Church

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100183744823770432004-11-11T09:35:00.001-05:002004-11-11T09:35:44.823-05:00

Interesting Nature 

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100183701422051452004-11-11T09:35:00.000-05:002004-11-11T09:35:01.423-05:00

More of the same 

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100183682944276182004-11-11T09:34:00.000-05:002004-11-11T09:34:42.943-05:00

Colorado Drift Wood In a Valley 

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100116435093860652004-11-10T14:45:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:53:55.093-05:00

yeah. I was shocked too. But I'm quoting a New Yorker piece on Prescription Drugs: The “intolerable” prices that Angell writes about are confined to the brand-name sector of the American drug marketplace. As the economists Patricia Danzon and Michael Furukawa recently pointed out in the journal Health Affairs, drugs still under patent protection are anywhere from twenty-five to forty per cent

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100114828426591062004-11-10T14:25:00.000-05:002004-11-10T14:27:08.426-05:00

On Arafat’s passing November 10th, 2004 From www.americanthinker.com Excerpt: The media has been full of reports of Arafat’s illness and numerous articles on his role as leader of the Palestinians. What else is there to add? Some important matters are being noted, but others are left unsaid. Note the contrast when the media refers to Yasser Arafat and to Ariel Sharon. Arafat is almost

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100089372363234902004-11-10T07:16:00.000-05:002004-11-10T07:22:52.363-05:00

Why Democrats are tagged as the party without values To most Americans, Michael Moore is a Marxist who has utter contempt for most of his fellow Americans, who goes abroad and tells huge audiences how stupid and venal his country is, and in his dishonest propaganda film, portrays the American military as callous buffoons. Yet, this radical was given the most honored seat at the Democratic Party

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100026845862868342004-11-09T13:53:00.000-05:002004-11-09T14:00:45.863-05:00

W.’s U.N. Mandate: Time to rethink this relationship (By Anne Bayefsky) I was going to excerpt it. It is better to just reprint it. No faces were more sullen the day after the election than those of the diplomats and bureaucrats skulking around the halls of the United Nations. Secretary-General Kofi Annan eked out a brief statementlast Wednesday in which he "warmly congratulate[d] President

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The Democrat's Choice at AmericanThinker.com is a pretty even handed recap of the Kerry candidacy. The article ends with this summary: "Something vs. Nothing: The Democrats have yet to grasp that they have chosen the losing side." Other Excerpts: A political axiom holds that you can’t beat something with nothing. The Democratic Party, however, keeps trying. In the final days of the 2000

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1100011974522522602004-11-09T09:32:00.000-05:002004-11-09T09:52:54.523-05:00

It has been a week. Monday and Tuesday (and even part of Wednesday) last week was jammed packed with activity, much of which seemed important at the time, but which will fade into forgotten memory. Locally, our efforts were relatively successful, though there always seems to be one or two "we shoulda" thoughts when a close race is lost. The voters of Delaware County demonstrated a very volitile

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1099076754920464492004-10-29T13:35:00.000-05:002004-10-29T15:12:14.746-05:00

NBCNEWS Brokaw interviewed John Kerry Thursday evening. Brokaw: "If you had been President, Saddam Hussein would be in power." Kerry: "Not necessarily." Brokaw: "You said you wouldn't go to war against him." Kerry: "That's not true. Because under the inspection process, Saddam Hussein was required to destroy those kinds of materials and weapons." Brokaw: "But he wasn't destroying them." Kerry: "

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1099056674249814362004-10-29T08:31:00.000-05:002004-10-29T08:31:14.250-05:00

I love the visual on this one... 

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Bill Gertz is like a lone voice crying out in the wilderness. Russia tied to Iraq's missing arms. Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation, The Washington Times has learned. John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology

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Do we have a 9/10 or 9/12 mindset? Article at Catholic Exchange: At other times, however, Kerry dismisses the war and its importance. In January 2004, after acknowledging that the war on terror is “occasionally military… and it will continue to be for a long time,” he described it as “primarily an intelligence and law enforcement operation.” He has reiterated this point about the conflict not

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098902746916845772004-10-27T13:45:00.000-05:002004-10-27T13:45:46.916-05:00

Flush the Johns indeed! 

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098902673383949412004-10-27T13:44:00.000-05:002004-10-27T13:44:33.383-05:00

Trying to upload this again: network errors=democrat cyber censors!!! 

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An interesting exercise in confronting the idea that Dubbya should apologize for anything (SOMETHING) because the USA is a big bully and surely he has something he regrets or did in error or should otherwise apologize for: Apologize, George W. Bush! The first paragraph: Apologize for fighting an unwinable war. Apologize for failing to win that unwinable war before the All-Star break. Apologize

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098901797229582822004-10-27T13:26:00.000-05:002004-10-27T13:29:57.230-05:00

Pretty intersting article comparing this election with the famous Dewey-Truman contest of '48. An incumbent President from the heartland faces a strong, experienced challenger from the Northeast. The challenger is strong in part because the incumbent seems weak -- inarticulate and gaffe-prone. But not too weak: Insiders make jokes about him, but he seems to connect with ordinary voters outside

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The American Thinker has an interesting read on the "October Surprise" that the NY Times and CBS are hawking as news: Bottom Line: Not only are the NYT, and apparently CBS News (again!), attempting to influence a US Presidential election, they have become the public relations firm of a corrupt UN and its nuclear inspection agency that allowed a madman to keep materials and equipment in

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098899095979746762004-10-27T12:44:00.000-05:002004-10-27T12:44:55.980-05:00

Kerry's insistance on latching onto a suspect "news" story from his PR firm (the NY Times and Dan Rather) means he deserves this little pic. 

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After attempting, in ever-more Comrade Dan Rather-like fashion, to write whatever the hell they think the news ought to be yesterday (see the Breaking News? post below) the NY Times is at it again: Kerry’s Pamphleteer: The Times is pulling out all the stops. Thus, this morning's page-one screamer reports that the administration has reversed itself and is denying the protections of the Geneva

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The thesis of this article: Democrats behave completely differently when a Republican is in the Oval Office. They’ve mindlessly done a total reversal—from unilateralists to multilateralists, from hawks to doves—because of partisan politics. The case of Iraq is a tragic example. The evidence sited: On the weekend of June 25-27, 1993, military retaliation followed. The Clinton administration

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This is apparently what the New York Times considers "breaking news". BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 24 - The Iraqi interim government has warned the United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives - used to demolish buildings, make missile warheads and detonate nuclear weapons - are missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military

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Saddam's Business Deals Surface Security Council Members Deny Meeting Kerry Kerry's Record 1. The UN was ineffective and Kerry's reluctance to act outside of Kofi Annan's blessing would be a disaster for our security. 2. What? Kerry lied in the debate in order to make himself look like a great leader who has international sway? "I have spoken with leaders around the world..." turns out to be

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098539875872014792004-10-23T08:47:00.000-05:002004-10-25T14:35:07.693-05:00

Article about Kofi Annan: Excerpts: Annan firmly rejected accusations in the report that Saddam attempted to bribe members of the U.N. Security Council through the Oil-for-Food program: "I don't think the Russian or the French or the Chinese government would allow itself to be bought because some of his companies are getting relative contracts of the Iraqi authorities. I don't believe that at

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098538723109999462004-10-23T08:33:00.000-05:002004-10-23T09:00:12.260-05:00

From Rush Limbaugh's website, a transcript of a segment from Friday: Ladies and gentlemen, if George Bush were a pro-choice Democrat, what do you think would be said about his Iraq strategy today? In other words, if a pro-choice Democrat were doing exactly what we've done in Iraq and it was going exactly as it's going, what would The New York Times and the mainstream press be saying about Iraq

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098473428254423652004-10-22T14:06:00.000-05:002004-10-23T09:02:22.363-05:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/22/opinion/22chaput.html?oref=login&oref=login&oref=login One of the things that bothers me most about Kerry's "stance" on abortion is his complete lack of a legitimate defense for ignoring the teachings of the Catholic Church, the church he claims to love and honor as his spiritual home. The tired "I don't want to impose my morals on anyone else" is pure,

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870294428803475349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578280.post-1098466321108904562004-10-22T12:32:00.000-05:002004-10-22T12:32:01.106-05:00

"Crap! I didn't get anything for John!" T.H. Kerry exclaims at a recent "rub elbows with THOSE people" event in some state that isn't on a coast (unless you count the Great Lakes as having a "coast" which obviously you wouldn't). 

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