conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

wednesday linkage: the frigid edition

Once again conjectural navel gazers offers you many links for your procrastinating pleasure. And today is especially worth your time. Yes, it's so very cold outside. And I know that you are wishing you were anywhere but in the office or wherever it is you work. Frigid temperatures in the Chicagoland area are causing all kinds of havoc. It's wondrous. I've been in the office since seven this morning with an electrician who is trying to fix our sump pumps. Anyway, on to the linkage...

Have you seen this? Bill Clinton was a little sleepy in church. Heh.
Oh, it seems that Christians are finally answering a call to social action. This is just a little embarrassing. "Finally!?"
Here's another video for you: dolphin rings. Go here for more information.
Whose job is it anyway? Who should care for the poor? Church or state?
This one got me thinking: The Lost Art of Cooperation.
My wife was cast in this show yesterday! Huzzah!

I'm reading through this poem as I prepare for my sermon.

What Solitude Teaches by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

The difference between alone and lonely
The delights of inner dialogue
Where to find your angle of repose
How to listen into silence
And hear the Spirit speak
A quiet kind of courage
The joy of uninterrupted reading
Or using up all the hot water
The pleasures of puttering
The comforts of quietness
The shape of our own desires
The pleasure of not performing
Trust in God's Presence
when it looks like absence

p.44 Weavings Volume XX, Number 2 March/April 2005

Well, that should help you somewhat in your procrastinating today. It's a perfect day for it. Truly. Give it a shot. I'm going to e-mail Boy Scouts and stuff before I procrastinate. But I'll be joining you shortly.

Posted by tripp at January 23, 2008 08:54 AM