Territorial Bloggings

Flowers are Red (Harry Chapin)
The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin’ young man
I’m paintin’ flowers he said
She said… It’s not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green [...]

Well, my two week break is over. Tomorrow, it’s back to work (for me), school (für die Kinder), & the mud room (for Holly).
Several times during the past two weeks, I felt almost guilty, like I wasn’t getting done what I should. At those times, I tried to remind myself of why I took the [...]

Church this morning was a mix of good and bad things. But I guess that’s to be expected isn’t it…
The good:

The new LSBs were in the pews, and we sang all the hymns from them. They’ll be dedicated next week, and I would guess that in about a month or two we’ll start to see [...]

This posting by Sandra “Madre” Ostapowich gives some really good background info on why the whole idea of ghetto-izing the “youth” is such a horrifically ill-advised thing, and why I’m so cranky about what’s been going on at/in my congregation of late.
I’m not prepared yet to wax verbose (much less eloquent) about this yet, but [...]