all the Vikings fans. You were warned about Brett Favre, amazing moments, consuming ego, abounding talent, heartbreak plays, and summers of drama. There was a reason the Packers were okay with letting him go and now you know.
Happiness is…
a root beer popsicle on a warm day. Not ultimate happiness, of course, but not a bad kind of happiness nonetheless.
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For what its worth…
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In my own life…
and in my service in ministry I have brushed up against the dark side of things more often than I can recount. It really is a jungle out there and all of us, even if we don’t think so, are being hunted.
All I know for sure is that if you stay close to Jesus you’ll make it through. Yes, you will get dinged up a bit and if every once in a while you wander away you’ll know some dangerous times. Just stay within eyeshot of the Light and you can find your way back.
You don’t have to always understand everything and there will be a lot of things out of your control. Yet if you’re with Jesus it will be okay, one way or another. Time passes, things change, but Jesus remains. Know just that and you will live well.
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St. Elias is getting ready…
for their new Priest. The call has gone out to fix up clean up and make everything ready. My prayer was that they would rise to the occasion and it looks like they have.
I wish them only the best in the future. To date they have been the best Parish I have ever served and while it is time for me to go, there are good things ahead for me as well, there will always be a part of me in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
I hope I have left them better, more ready, and set to be the church that God wants them to be. They have everything they need in the grace of God, the Holy Spirit present in them, and they can do all things through Christ who strengthens them.
Come September 1, I’ll be out of a job as a Pastor and ready to rest, retool, and see what the future brings. I’m staying a Priest and Orthodox, but I still don’t know exactly where I will land. Been there, done that, and God has always shown the way.
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Ladies and gentlemen…
the “Beetles” are back in my birch tree.
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While the rush is on…
to approve a new mosque near the site of 9/11 the authorities are dithering about on the reconstruction of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church which was crushed by the falling debris and still has yet to be rebuilt.
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It's been a morning routine…
to try to get some news of the world before the day begins. It’s a two pronged thing, by nature I’ve always been curious about the world, especially far away places, and my job with seniors requires me to have an arsenal of topics I can talk about on the spur of the moment.
But its a discouraging task, like a first thing in the morning walk in the world’s sewer. Angry people on both sides of an issue competing for seconds of air time. Stories about boobs or blood or the antics of some person they fancy a celebrity. It’s a circus and thinking about it makes me glad that I never took up a career in journalism even with a degree in Mass Communication. I could imagine sitting at a desk competing for air time, column inches, or space on a web page and watching my morals swirl down the drain as I try to make a living.
What a person puts into their mind is actually more important than the food they put in their body and refuge is getting harder to find. The wells are all septic tanks and reading a paper, listening to the radio, watching TV, or going online is like taking a trip to the tenderloin district. Yet where else can one go?
To the discerning Orthodox Christian all I can say is “Bring a prayer rope with you every time you walk into the swamp and use it, it’s dark in there, and take a shower when you’re done.”
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The kitchen…
at St. Elias has been remodeled and it looks wonderful, new, efficient, clean, and ready to help us do good things. Pictures will follow but this new beginning is also an ending, the last of the major building projects. St. Elias is ready to go, no bills, new everything, and a core group. Thanks be to God.
Everything is ready…
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Meandering around the www…
I came across these YouTube videos of AC/DC before Bon Scott, Bon Scott before AC/DC and the AC/DC with Bon Scott in the early part of their career. We know, of course, how the story ends. Bon Scott found dead in a car at the height of his fame. The whole gain the whole world and lose your own soul thing, true then true now. Yet I thought it would still be interesting to take a journey in the way back machine.
The Beautiful Path 