Sunday, August 04, 2013

New sermon posted

My sermon is posted for today at:  http://episcopalpadresermons.blogspot.com/2013/08/sermon-for-sunday-august-4th-2013.html

You can find the podcast of this sermon in ITunes by searching in the ITunes store for Epsicopalpadre@gmail.com

Sunday, July 21, 2013

new sermon posted for Sermon for Sunday, July 21, 2013

The sermon for today is now posted here.  I'm working on uploading the podcast of it and will post here when it is available.

The podcast is available at:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sermons/id677244220

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Sermon posted

the sermon for last Sunday has been posted.  You can view it here.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Lessons from dogs

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like: When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy. Take naps. Stretch before rising. Run, romp, and play daily. Thrive on attention and let people touch you. Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass. On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree. When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body. Delight in the simple joy of a long walk. Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you’re not. If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.

Monday, December 19, 2011

seeing Jesus

The only way we can see Jesus in others, in the hunger and thirst and
nakedness and estrangement and imprisonment of others, is to have known him
ourselves and to have met him in those very places in our own lives. The
only way we can touch Jesus in others is to have touched him in the broken
places of our own lives, the very places where he has come to seek us out
and to offer us salvation. - Br. David Vryhof

Saturday, September 17, 2011

WWJD

If you ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?" you will always end up answering the question yourself. If you ask yourself, "What did Jesus do?" then Jesus will answer your question.


From the very talented Jonathan who has the blog MadPriest.  

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Thursday, February 10, 2011

word play

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

 Scroll down to check out some winners. The English language needs this...

 Here are the winners:

 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

 2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

 3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

 4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

 5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

 6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid

 7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

 8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

 9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

 10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

 11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

 12. Decafalon (n): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

 13. Glibido: All talk and no action.

 14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

 15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

 16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

 17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
18) lubrican n. 1) balm used in lieu of flowers, jewelry, fine dinin. 2) scoring a run without lifting a bat. 3) antonymn of lubricant.


 The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

 And the winners are:

 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

 2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

 3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

 4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

 5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

 6. Negligent, adj. Absent mindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

 7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

 8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

 9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

 10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

 11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.

 12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

 13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

 14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

 15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

 16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.