November 15, 2006

tengo una pregunta para ustedes

As you may have noticed, I have tweaked the format of my blogs just a little. I am using this side box for quotations or meditations. I use the main body of the blog to either wander within the meditation or to ramble about something else. What do you guys think of the new format? Boring? Interesting? Too slick? I would like your feedback. Thanks!

I have been working on an article for my seminary's newsletter. It has been kind of exciting. They want to feature the work some of us alum have been doing at Reconciler. It is generous to include us in the publication. And I am hopeful that it will generate some positive buzz. We'll see. It's due today.

In other disconnected news, I have been slowly hanging things (pictures, mirrors, etc) in the house. One of the framed goodies is a watercolor of Balliol college at Oxford. You see it when you walk into the master bedroom. It reminds me every day that Trish and I would really like to go to England this summer. It would be great. I wonder if we'll actually manage it. We have never managed a vacation together except for family visits and our honeymoon. A trip to England would be a real coup. Melissa, will you still be there? If we make it, we will have to see you!

So, fellow preachers and you inquisitives, what do you make of the lectionary readings for this Sunday? I have been poking around at them for a couple of weeks and I think I have a good sermon in the works. Well, I hope I do. It will be difficult to not mention Tim LaHaye and the Left Behind series with all the apocalyptic stuff in the lectionary. I am reminded of scandalofparticlarity (in blog heaven now) and the "bad theology will hurt you" posts. Lord, don't let me rant in the pulpit. That would be bad. Dylan has a good word on them. Check her out.

Well, I need to get going. Time to make breakfast.

the listening bar

These Are the Days - Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs (Can't recall)
Still in Love with You - Rev. Al Green
Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Posted by tripp at November 15, 2006 06:04 AM
Comments

On my RSS reader, your quotation box shows up first, and the rest of the entry is cut off, because your RSS feed only shows the first sentence or two. So if I want to know what your actual entry is like, I have to click through to your blog page.

Posted by: dave at November 15, 2006 11:18 PM

Is that a setting on your RSS feed? Or is that something I can change on my end...Or should I just get rid of the box?

Posted by: Tripp at November 16, 2006 08:55 AM

I like the box - it's like a good newspaper or magazine-page design (part of my job BTW).

Oxford... where can I start? I don't need to tell you the things you can do there. (Planning on taking a trunk to fill with books from Blackwell's? Probably don't need to now that you can buy just about anything online.) I wonder if Raja Brothers' tandoori chicken in the Cowley Road is still in business.

'In case of rapture, can I have your car?'

Posted by: The young fogey at November 17, 2006 09:19 AM