August 27, 2005

satreday bloggishness

Today is Saturday. This is my very last on-call shift at the hospital. It has already been a busy day in the ER. My favorite Trauma attending is on today, so it was actually a good time. Who knew that the ER could be fun? Well, I did. I learned that several months ago.

Wow. Let the grieving begin. It is going to be an interesting day.

In other news, Trish and I finally got around to getting some film developed. As you can see from the stunning "Portrait of the Pastor" to your right, some of them are from Christmas. There are also pictures from Justin and Mae's wedding. The photo has a link embedded. Give it a click. It will take you to the appropriate album.

I have added several new links to the faculty listing. Here they are, in no particular order.

michael spencer - james anderson burns chair for calvinism and internet communication
timothy youmans - the bela fleck chair for banjo pickin' and front porch theologizin'
mike clawson - j. r. r. tolkien chair for emergent thinking and church planting
megan monaghan - george bernard shaw chair in dramaturgical vegetarianism and heretical inquiry
the parrishoner - senior director, office of interdepartmental bickering
ariel parrish - frances willard chair of oenological studies
one of the girls - musicians in residence

There has been some good news at Reconciler this week. If things go as we hope, Reconciler will no longer be meeting at the hospitable confines of The Community of the Holy Trinity, but at Immanuel Lutheran Church in the Edgewater/Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Our hope is that being in a more public venue will help us a little. Right now, at least as we understand it, worshiping in an apartment is intimidating to some new visitors. This makes sense to me. So, keep us in your prayers that this transition may go smoothly.

Also, we will be meeting on Monday with the Ecumenical Officer from the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago to discuss our congregation and the possible relationship(s) available to us with the diocese.


Again, keep us in your prayers.

Posted by tripp at August 27, 2005 11:27 AM
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In my prayers indeed.

Posted by: Hugo at August 27, 2005 04:27 PM

thanks for the comment on my blog. may I link your blog? i haven't delved into the archives . . . but likes what i read. will you do more cpe in the future? I've been trying to learn about emergent churches. how would you explain it in a few lines? are you a part of the cbf circle? look forward to reading your future posts and talking cpe and whatever else. blessings brother in Christ,
weldon

Posted by: weldon poise at August 27, 2005 05:50 PM

ok . . . me again, I went back and checked out some of your first posts and am going ahead and linking you, unless off course you object and then i'll undo and damage that association with this baptist heretic would no doubt cast on your blog-thoughts among others. I served at disciples of Christ and UMC methodist congregations (and two other baptist churches) before comming to where i know pastor (a small baptist church in San Antonio TX). i might end up doing more school either at claremont CA, emory or TCU Brite or even Mcmaster in ontario next year . . . I enjoy my liturgical experince at the Methodist and Disciples of Chirst . . . I will use a lectionary this upcomming year (any suggestions?). Do you still cooperate with the American Baptist? answer however, sorry for the long blab. weldon

Posted by: weldon poise at August 27, 2005 06:08 PM

Dude, if meeting in an apartment is intimidating to someone in whose apartment the pastoral staff has met, I have to assume it's also intimidating to actual newcomers.

Have a great last few days at the hospital!

Posted by: spud at August 27, 2005 10:27 PM

Thanks for the link, dear one!

Posted by: Megan at August 29, 2005 11:20 AM

Weldon, please do link to me. I am flattered. When you ask for suggestions, are you asking which lectionary to use? I use the New Revised Common Lectionary. Why is everything new, revised or both? Anyway, I find that the lectionary is grounding in multiple ways: grounds us in the wider church, grounds us in the story of Jesus by keeping us aware of the church year...There are others.

I'll post at length about CPE soon enough. Suffice it to say that I loved this year. By Wednesday, I will have four units of CPE. That will most likely be the last of it for me. I will be looking for work in a couple of places locally. Resumes are out. Interveiws hoped and prayed for.

Megan, you are more than welcome!

Thanks, Spud!

Thanks, Hugo!

Posted by: Tripp at August 29, 2005 02:01 PM