May 2004


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Memorial Day

Monday, 31 May 2004 6:43 P GMT-06
Quiet day today.  Worked on some school work and went to the church to catch up on a few things.  Kids went home with Richard so it is all quiet.  I took a nice long nap.  I have a coffee date tonight with a guy from Claremore.  He is divorced a
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Material Goods

Monday, 31 May 2004 6:38 P GMT-06
The people I visited on Saturday that live in a pecan grove are moving.   Their home is lovely but they are now old and cannot keep it up.  The husband is in a nursing home and the wife is in her seventies.  So their family was gathered together
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Fishing

Sunday, 30 May 2004 9:58 P GMT-06
When I first moved to Oklahoma I took up fishing.  I hated fishing when I was a kid.  My father loved to fish so I would just stay in the car and read whatever book I was reading.  I think I hated fishing because my father said I couldn't talk. 
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Pentecost

Sunday, 30 May 2004 9:50 P GMT-06
Today's service was interesting.  Actually, it was technically the best we have had.  The choir consultant had the choir singing in fine form and he broke down and led the congregational singing.  The Memorial Day powerpoint came off without a hit
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Visiting Members

Saturday, 29 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Many of my church members do not live anywhere close to the church.  This morning was very beautiful and I got up early to go drink coffee with one of the ladies from my church.  She is a widow who lives on Lake Hudson.   Her home has a spectacul
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The Mystery of Christ ... and Why We Don't Get It

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:56 A GMT-06
This is an excellent book.  Robert Capon is an Episcopal priest and this book is a clear exposition of the doctrine grace.  Free grace, grace without strings.  He uses an excellent conversational style and case study analysis to demonstrate his po
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With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:50 A GMT-06
This is the biography of Howard Thurman.   He was an educated Black minister in a time when it was difficult for black men to get education or to become influential.  He is best known for his euology for Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The theme of
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The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:36 A GMT-06
I believe the question that most of ask ourselves is “what is our purpose in life?”  To expand on that idea, many of us ask why we were are here and what is it that God would have us do.   According to Thomas Berry we are here to do THE GREAT
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Quarks, Chaos & Christianity: Questions to Science and Religion

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:33 A GMT-06
Do we have to choose between science and Christianity?  That is the question that John Polkinghorne tries to answer in his book Quarks, Chaos & Christianity.    He explains how scientific theories come to exist.  I think it is interesting th
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Super, Natural Christians: How We Should Love Nature

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:32 A GMT-06
I may not agree with all of McFague's conclusions but she certainly makes me think!  Just how should Christians love nature and the earth is the question that Sallie McFague ponders in “Super, Natural Christians.”  She wonders if Christians are
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The Universe Story : From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--A Celebration of the Unfol

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:25 A GMT-06
I am amazed at the great lengths science will go to in order to seem to be Biblical.  This book is written in the form of an epic writing, much the way the Biblical creation story is written.The Universe Story is a poetic retelling of certain scient
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Ministering With the Earth

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:22 A GMT-06
Ministering with the Earth by Mary Elizabeth Moore opens with the idea of hope.  Hope that the church will minister with the earth instead of against the earth.  She points out how the creation plays a large part in people’s faith, regardless if
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Children

Friday, 28 May 2004 10:12 A GMT-06
You know, I really do like children.  I think in the last few years that I have distanced myself from kids so that I would not want to adopt any more of them.  Last night I had two of my grandchildren over and it reminded me how much I love having
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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself (Penguin Classics)

Friday, 28 May 2004 7:58 A GMT-06
Saint Teresa can only be understood in light of the times in which she wrote.  Saint Teresa lived in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.   It was dangerous for anyone to speak or write anything that might be cons
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Through the Tempest: Theological Voyages in a Pluralistic Culture

Friday, 28 May 2004 7:52 A GMT-06
“Through the Tempest, Theological Voyages in a Pluralistic Culture” is a book by Langdon Gilkey published in 1991 to address ways that Western Christians are going to have to struggle with theological issues of a scope that has not been known bef
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The Benedictine Rule of Leadership: Classic Management Secrets You Can Use Today

Friday, 28 May 2004 7:47 A GMT-06
Summary Galbraith and Galbraith have taken the administration aspects of the Rule of St. Benedict and outlined them in the modern context that applies to business or ministry today.  The Rule of St. Benedict has provided the basic leadership text f
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[Photo Album] Easter 2004

Monday, 24 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
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[Photo Album] Family, etc

Monday, 24 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
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[Photo Album] Tall Grass field Trip April 2004

Monday, 24 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
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Fallen

Monday, 17 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
This is an excellent CD.  These young folks from Little Rock are really good.  Ok, I am officially a new fan of the band Evanescense.  Before you run out and buy anything they have done, you should know that this group is really a metal group.  B
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Can a modern woman hate abortion?

Tuesday, 11 May 2004 9:38 P GMT-06
In reply to Kansas friend who suggested I read  http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110005014 .  This article makes me cry.  I wouldn't go backward for anything.  I am glad to have the opportunity to pursue my calling.  I am gl
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"Slow Down" by Ben Jelen

Tuesday, 11 May 2004 9:19 P GMT-06
"Slow Down"  by Ben JelenAll of my answers and all my reasons And all my excuses they never askedCause all of my answers they keep on changingI spend my life waiting for the next…No, I just keep on movingNo, I just keep on pushing forwar
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exhaustion breeds depression

Sunday, 9 May 2004 7:12 P GMT-06
Actually I am not in a black mood but more of a reflective mood.  The loss of Brandon is particularly acute today. It is Mother's Day and Amber was too sick to come to church, thus most people had their children there.  The music was especially nic
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Wonderful Chinese Story from my friend Fuxia

Saturday, 8 May 2004 4:47 P GMT-06
I have a friend who is a minister in Edmond.  She is from China and she told us a beautiful story.  Instead of trying to recount it , you can find it  here http://www.shanghai-star.com.cn/2002/0815/cu18-1.html .She told this story as we talked ab
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Thoughts

Friday, 7 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
This is from Marianne WilliamsonOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, ta
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