conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

a friday romp in the digiworld and sundry thoughts: nevermind the heretical stuff

Yesterday Trish and I went to John's funeral. It was a lovely service. Trish noted the striking number of hymns that the congregation sang...five? Six? She had never been to a funeral so "upbeat." Fr. Rhodenheiser is a good man. It is good sometimes to preach the promises of God at such moments. And ending the service with Ode to Joy was perfect. It was "loudest praise" for the life of Susie's brother and the grace of a God who calls his children home with welcoming arms.

For some reason I have been thinking of a statement AKMA made at a party last week...that the Emergent movement is indigenous to the internet.

Hmm...maybe. What do you think?

Forbes has this wee article on Flickr that is worth a gander. So too is this profile on Jimmy D. Wales, the innovator behind Wikipedia. Yes, I read Forbes. What can I say? I have no excuse. There is also this editorial about the rate of oil consumption in the world...the issue of supply is not our problem...demand is what will bring down this house of cards. Boy howdy does this preach! Wheehoo!

Today is my last Friday in the hospital. Wow. There is much to do, however, to wrap things up. There are many people to thank. There are many people to praise. All in all, I would say it was a great year. I might even do it again if asked.

The next week will be a series of three half days in the hospital. And when I am here, I will be up to my eyeballs in all of the services, exit interviews and final presentations that come with this program. Wednesday is my last day here. I will need to celebrate. So, keep your eyes peeled. I am wondering what would be the right way to celebrate. Trish suggested a Pity Party. There is a local pub that has $1.50 (That's right, 150 pennies.) burger nights on Wednesdays. Perhaps I can coax One of the Girls to come out and we will just take over the place...play until midnight...rock the house and eat what will most likely be my last meal in a restaurant for several weeks while Trish and I live on her salary plus what I am able to bring in catering, temping, recording voice overs for an internet think tank, and being an itinerant musician. $1.50 for a burger might end up feeling a bit expensive before all is said and done!

On a totally unrelated...well, maybe not entirely unrelated...front, Sarah has been blogging about Monaghans. One has started a blog. Be ye warned! I'll post the link once she gives me her "okay."

Justin has been blogging about the lectionary. Maybe he can preach at Reconciler sometime soon! He also had some nice links about Brother Roger of Taize. You should take a look.

Okay, that was random enough. More later if all goes well.

Posted by tripp at August 26, 2005 09:25 AM