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Priest (retired) in Long Beach, California, Diocese of Los Angeles Of course, I prefer Fowler's English usage.
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My local CBS channel seems think we want to see the
knobby knees of women telling us the weather forecast.
Get a dress 6 inches below the knees. I just want tomorrow's weather.
I am blessed to have Victoria Hatch as a colleague in my diocese. I would hate to revisit a Church without women's co-equal status and ministry.
05.12.2025 06:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The branch of the church that I belong to has been greatly enriched by having women in my fellowship of deacons, presbyters, and bishops.
05.12.2025 05:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Te espero lo mejor como siempre.
05.12.2025 05:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Decades ago I boasted to a beloved parishioner that I had made it to the 3rd week of Advent without having heard The Little Drummer Boy.
A few days later my apartment door bell rang at 7 a.m.
There was Joe with a boom box, and as I opened the door,
Parrumpapum.
Parish ministry at its best!
YouTube keeps sending me videos of Black women's groups from the late 60s. I loved those singers: They were the most popular voices, made lots of money for their white producers, and I think that they have been under-recognized for their role on the road to equality. (76 yr old man here)
05.12.2025 03:28 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm going to print that out.
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I was so deep in a closet that I didn't even know about, but this song always grabbed my yearning
youtu.be/IkMFLUXTEwM?...
I'm smarter than I look.
05.12.2025 01:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#tec
Is it too early in Advent for my annual reminder of why the spelling and punctuation of Hymn 105 (Episcopal Hymnal 1982) are correct?
God rest you [not Ye] merry, gentlemen.
They are not 'merry gentlemen' but gentlemen being rested merry by God.
Beautiful lights on the water. I'll look for a picture of the floating Christmas trees on Alamitos Bay.
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I have never ever worried about that.
04.12.2025 05:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Don't you hate it when you've heard a song on YouTube years ago, you remember that it was in Spanish, that it was sung by a choral group, and you can almost hum the first line or two, but it just won't come back?!?!
04.12.2025 04:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wouldn't have that typo at a real keyboard.
04.12.2025 04:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm not watching that, but my comment about the 'non-anxious presence' to my my colleagues was:
"Our job is not to be a non-anxious presence, but to APPEAR to be a NON-ANXIOUS ORESENCE."
Why is Trump so upset about a sommelier? A good wine list can aid a fine dining experience.
Sorry, Emily Litella (Gilda Radner), NEVER MIND!
Dear parishioners,
For 40+ yrs I was expected to schedule premarital counseling, committee mtgs, inquirers' classes, &c &c on weekends or evenings for the convenience of 'normal' working people, and yet I was expected to keep 'normal' office hrs at church.
Just saying....
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PHEW!
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Puzzle #905
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You're making me weep for my late kitty cat.
God bless you.
Maybe it's because I grew up knowing how to say
SEP tua GES ima.
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02.12.2025 05:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Komm, Herr Jesu; sei unser Gast;
und segne, was du uns bescheret hast.
(still my favorite)
I began reading the Septuagint in Greek in the early 1970s. When we referred to it in English, the stress was always on the first syllable (SEPTuagint). Now I hear people saying sep-TU-agint.
Where did they get that? Today I pulled out my Webster's and American Heritage dictionaries.
I'm right.
