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Lent- Day 14: You just call on me brother, when you need a hand.
Me receiving IVIG at home in 2012. I’ve been part of The Least of These for over five years now. Despite (or maybe IN SPITE of) a number of Christians publically…
March 16, 2017 -
Lent- Day 13: Stay Weird.
Yup, we’re weird. Maybe even Carrie just before getting that bucket of pig’s blood dumped on her-type weird. Or maybe the after. Most definitely after if you’re Pentecostal. (Sissy Spacek in “Carrie”.…
March 15, 2017 -
Not even Marilyn Monroe.
A young Norma Jean Baker in the early 1940s. Many a Penny Pentecostal would still be rocking this same suit style well into the Carter Administration. (Source) My latest Audible book streaming…
April 19, 2016 -
Lent- Day 31: Let it be to me.
“Paolo de Matteis – The Annunciation” by Paolo de Matteis (Wiki Commons) Today is the Feast of the Annunciation. For those unfamiliar, from Wikipedia: The Feast of…
March 25, 2015 -
Lent- Day 30: For whom the bell tolls.
(Wiki Commons) So I am totally being lazy in the Soren Kierkegaard class I’m taking. Assigned to read Plato’s “Euthyphro”, I haven’t been able to read more than a few…
March 24, 2015 -
Lent- Day 29: Before one of them came to be.
(Source) Momma Kathy is busy, with the help of Monica, arranging Daddy’s funeral. I don’t know how she’s doing it. I haven’t been sleeping well for over…
March 24, 2015 -
Lent- Days 27 & 28: We’ll always love Big Poppa.
My daddy passed away today a few minutes after one P.M. Defying expectations, he survived over two days off the respirator, which makes perfect sense knowing how big his heart…
March 21, 2015 -
Lent- Day 26: Waiting.
We sat today, waiting. Waiting for my dad to die. He was moved to hospice this week, and a little after 11 this morning, they shut off the respirator. My…
March 20, 2015 -
Lent- Day 25: Sorry Ms. Jackson.
I was visited again today by Friend 2 from last week. Repeatedly throughout her visit, the conversation veered into some of the more difficult areas of life- illness, breakups and death.…
March 19, 2015 -
Lent- Day 24: Euphoria in aporia.
A drawing of Soren Kierkegaard I did yesterday. I haven’t been sleeping well the last few nights. My thoughts, during the day and night, are on my daddy, who’s been…
March 17, 2015
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