See you on the Hogwarts Express! I’ll buy the first round of chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts.

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

A parishioner gave me this marvelous little invention:

“My yoke is over easy, and my toast is light.”

Thank to Mindy for the questions.
1. What is your favorite word?
creativity
2. If there was a movie made of your life, who would play you? (I love this question so most people get to answer it!)
I also love this question, and you may remember that I have posted on this before. I should […]

Quotidian Grace’s recent post has me wondering whether every seminary played Buzzword Bingo, or was that unique to Crusty ol’ Theological Seminary?
A few choice selections:

over against
living in the tension
diversity
community
hegemony

I call upon my fellow alumni of CTS to offer some additional examples.
I’m not sure whether we ever officially played Buzzword Bingo, but we did play a […]

It’s Holy Week and snow is on its way;
I guess new life will come ‘mid blustery day.
Today is Maundy Thursday; let me say,
I giggle when folks slip and say “MaunDAY.”
I’m sad to say, the sermon kinda bites.
(We’re washing feet—I ought not wear my tights.)
Tomorrow is a day off ‘til the eve
When we nail our sins, […]

But I just can’t help it.
Hat tip to Real Live Preacher.

So I am looking through my files for writing exercises to do in class tomorrow, and I ran across this little thing I wrote for a preaching/poetry class in seminary. Unedited. We had to write something that took place in our mother’s kitchen, and as I recall, it had to incorporate a color and something […]

[Because I’ve had eleven straight days of posting and I gotta keep the streak going, but man I’m out of ideas for tonight]
I’ve been meaning to post this for a week or two, but my alma mater is going to a bowl game for the first time in…
[wait for it]
45 years.
e to the x, dy […]

The yellow Boohbah is the best one.
There really is no comparison.

This is just a note to thank you for providing us with nonstop Christmas music during this month—and half of last month too!!!! More than the shopkeepers, cashiers, stockers, Wal-Mart greeters, more even than the Salvation Army bell-ringers who provide a convenient place for me to put loose change and gum wrappers—in this season of […]

C, in the car earlier:
[doing the hand motions]
“Here is the church, here is the steeple,
open the door and see all the people.”
C: What’s this? [folding fingers under]
Me: The church.
C: What’s this? [pointing index fingers]
Me: The steeple.
C: What’s this? [turning hands upside down]
Me: The people.
C: What’s this? [pointing out the window]
Me: I don’t know.
C: [in duh! […]

I was just looking online to see whether David Wilcox tickets were still available at Historic Music Venue in town and saw this announcement on HMV’s calendar of events:
The Slackers Tour
This show has been CANCELLED.
However, there are still plenty of seats available at the
Protestant Work Ethic Jamboree the following night.

at breakfast
R: Did you read about the guy who deliberately infected himself with ringworm in order to cure his severe asthma? He claims it worked, too! [exhaustive detail followed, including a description of the man’s barefoot tour through outhouse facilities in Cameroon]
RM: [peering into my honey nut cheerios] Great topic for breakfast, hon.
R: Hey, I […]

First, three milestones to report:
1. Today is my last day home with M before maternity leave ends.
2. C has her first sleepover tonight, at MaDear’s house.
3. I had my first barrage of “But why?” from C yesterday.
Now, from Songbird:
Yesterday, as I drove past Planet Fitness on my way to Planet Dog, and remembering there is […]

RevBaby Reviews
…an occasional series for the diapered set
Today’s topic: Nursing Options in the Big Suburban Mall
It happens every time. A morning jaunt around the shopping center works up an appetite. Fortunately, the anchor department stores provide lounges for those in-between snacks, but quality varies widely at these eateries. I sampled Elevensies at three locations, […]