When there’s no room under the tree for presents…
No Room Under the Tree?
Category: Living Everyday
Christmas 2
A charming vignette with echoes of simpler times.
In the chaos and horror of today’s world, it would be easy to assume that life was easier in “the good old days”.
A study of history teaches us otherwise. Life has never been idyllic for many people at all time.
Christmas
The holiday parties are in full swing.
Families and friends are coming and going.
It’s a wonderful time to celebrate.
It’s a wonderful time to remember those who are alone.
It’s a wonderful time to remember the disenfranchised and the marginalized.
It’s a wonderful time to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Boy With Thorn
I was excited to see this statue during a visit to the lovely The Pittock Mansion in Portland.
I thought it might be Boy with Thorn. Continue reading “Boy With Thorn”
Who’s mad?
This brought a smile to my face and those of the women who were standing nearby.
All those bad boys!
Caffeine, sugar, fat, carbs, white flour, processed foods…all those bad boys! Continue reading “All those bad boys!”
Paranoid?
“Just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” Kurt Cobain
Am I paranoid? You be the judge.
Mea Culpa*—all day long!
Dateline: Alabama
Reporting directly to you from the trenches of my son’s home where I am embedded taking care of my 14-month old granddaughter while her parents travel to doctors’ appointments in Birmingham.
I admit that I made a lot of mistakes today. I could make excuses but let’s leave it that I learned some valuable life lessons.
Prayer for Evening
I give God thanks for all that was good in the day that is ending.
I ask God’s mercy on my sins and omissions this day.
I seek God’s peace in my home and in all the world this night. Amen
(Prayer from Saint Augustine’s Prayer Book )
One of my favorite saints. He was human. He was flawed.
He was a theologian, philosopher and bishop.
I have found his writings relevant to our world even though he lived centuries ago in an equally imperfect world.
Confessions of Saint Augustine
The City of God
On Christian Doctrine
Saint Augustine’s Influence
According to Wikipedia, Saint Augustine influenced
Bernard of Clairvaux, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Bonaventure, John Calvin, Martin Luther, René Descartes, Cornelius Jansen, Nicolas Malebranche, Søren Kierkegaard, John Henry Newman, J.R.R. Tolkien, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Antonio Negri, Jean-Paul Sartre, Benedict XVI
In times of sorrow, in times of fear, I seek comfort from the wisdom of great personages of our past. The thread of humanity lives on in their words and deeds.
Aiden’s First Bike
Another sign that my grandson is growing up!
Lori Greer in Portland 