Must get reading

A favorite blogger of mine, Kevin Drum of The Washington Monthly's "Political Animal" posted the American Library Association's list of most frequently challenged books. He lamented that he'd only read 14 of them. I'm embarrassed to say that he's read more than have I.

Many of these books are classics and many are extraordinary books for young people. As usual, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are on it. I think that Judy Blume is the most frequently challenged author. Peter Mayle's Where Did I Come From? - an absolutely priceless cartoon illlustrated answer to kid's questions about sex and babies - for heaven's sake - no wonder we have a generation of kids that are so confused and and ill informed about the realities of sex! "Just don't do it" hasn't proved to be a very successful strategy.

Several of these books are sitting on my shelves at home, as yet unread. I'm going to start there. An open mind is a good thing. A challenged mind is even better. Plus I'll make my soon-to-be-librarian daughter proud!

The latest construction photos

This will be so much more interesting than acoustic tile ceilings!

We'll have skylights over windows. 

Ready for the paneling 

The church can be a dangerous place. Be prepared!

Oh, the humiliation...

I was sure that if I licked that paw long enough, I could fix it. My doctor (evil woman that she is) said that antibiotics and this contraption were a more effective treatment. Drat!

This is a very bad thing. 

A Life Worthy of God

I use Firefox as my web browser and enjoy the "Stumble Upon" random search program. I've found wonderful and wacky things using it - this week it was Einstein's essay "The World As I See It" It just had to make itself into a sermon and so it did. Read it here.

To read today's lessons, go to The Lectionary Page.

Righteous Anger

Does the world seem like an angry place to you? There's plenty of evidence of it. How we deal with anger often determines the outcome of a situation. The Bible has quite a bit to say about it and so did the Vicar today in this sermon.

To read today's lessons, visit the Lectionary Page.

Peace

One of the perks of living on the coast.

The Renovation of Faith

That's where the altar used to be!

I believe that's the new vesting room. 

It will look like a church soon! 

What We Know

My congregation was glad that I wrote two sermons this week. They know that I do righteous anger well and this week has produced a lot of it. This sermon, is the saner version of What We Know in the aftermath of Katrina.

Read this week's lessons - they are so appropriate as to be spooky!