Hello there. I've been away from the
blog most of this week. I've been a little busy. My friend Tim was out of town,
and we kept his two daughters with us the entire week. So there have been five
sisters, as it were, for me get off to school, feed, and get home again each
evening. It sounds hard, but I think we entered some quantum state of parenting
where all the old rules do not apply. In many ways, life is easier with five
girls in the house than it is with three. Admittedly, bathroom availability is
more scarce, but they do keep each other busy, help each other awaken in the
mornings, take turns fixing each other's hair, that sort of thing.
I sent a mass email out to registered
users of Real Live Preacher. I've already heard from a few people that I broke
some rules of etiquette. My transgressions were of ignorance and not malice;
that much I can say. In future I need to develop a way for people to sign up for
an account so that they can use the features of the blog without forcing them to
receive an email from me. I'm sure I'll figure something out before I send
another email, which won't be until well into 2006 in any case. My apologies to
any who were bothered by this.
In spite of the crowds at our home, I did
manage to complete an essay this week. It's called "Darkness, Dolphins, and
Advent Light." It should be online early next week. This one was TOUGH. Man, it
felt like I was hammering railroad spikes with my forehead. It just WOULD NOT
come together.
Blogger and rlp user
Little Green Friend was in town this week and
stopped by the church to say hello. We chatted and had a bite of lunch. I
enjoyed it greatly. Thanks for dropping by, LGF.
LGF and I in front of the fireplace at Covenant.
Oh, something funny happened last Sunday.
It was a nice day, and we had a number of visitors, which I always enjoy. And I
felt good about the sermon. I really felt that I delivered it with passion and
with some edge left in the scripture. So I was feeling happy afterwards, at
least until Chris Chappell told me that my fly had been open through the entire
service. Nice. I have got to be the ultimate "Charlie Brown" of preachers.
You're not going to believe what I'm going to
tell you next. I got a phone call from
BBC
radio, and they interviewed me this morning at our local public
radio station. We talked about the ways in which religion, culture, and politics
are enmeshed in our culture. Lovely accents had they. I grant people at least 30
extra IQ points just for having an English accent. I was giddy with delight. I
kept telling my wife, "The BBC. The BB bloody C, do you understand me?!"
I sort of like England a lot.
Anyway, I think the show is going to be on the
internet at the end of this month. I'll give you a link when I know more.
And finally, discussion forums at Real
Live Preacher are finished. So quit bugging me,
JoKeR! The only reason they aren't online
right now is because I am not sure how they work. I'll talk with Matt over the
weekend. Hopefully we will launch the forum section early next week.
Time is running out for the
Christmas CD. If you plan to buy one before Christmas, better do
it by Tuesday so I can make sure you get it on time.
peace,
rlp
