5 + 5 Movie Meme
Taking a cue from Jeff I’m taking up the movie meme. It’s really difficult for me to take all my favorite movies and come up with just five but here goes. Jesus of Nazareth-Franco Zeffirelli 1976. This is the most…
For my sake
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.” Baal Shem Tov Technorati Tags:Bal Shem Tov, wisdom
Time for Reform
I get a regular email from Every Church a Peace Church and through that I’ve become familiar with Karen Horst Cobb. I didn’t know until tonight that she has her own blog. I’ve added her to my links and I’m…
Irack
This parody came to me by way of one of my favorite blogs, Crooks and Liars. I am originally indebted to Jim Wallis at Sojourners for a link a couple of years ago to Crooks and Liars. It’s been one…
Lenten Humor
Each Friday night after work, Jimmy would fire up his outdoor grill And cook a venison steak. But all of Jimmy’s neighbors were Catholic….and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The delicious aroma from…
We need ambulance drivers
“There is nothing wrong with a traffic law which says you have to stop for a red light. But when a fire is raging, the fire truck goes right through that red light… Or when a [person] is bleeding to…
Top of the mornin’
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone Irish or not. This is a day almost as sacred as Christmas for the Irish. My earliest recollections of the day was being dressed in green and topped with a green hat and taken…
Word for the Day
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds. The Buddha For more of these go to Gratefulness.org
Had enough?
Do you have a dead end job? Do you have to work with social cretins? Is life passing you by? Have you had it up to here with self help and motivational speakers? Maybe you’re ready for Demotivators.com. A friend…
Chocolat
Four or five years ago during Lent I heard a homily given by Fr. Lou McCormick, OFM. In it he spoke of a movie he had recently viewed. He had seen Chocolat. His comments inspired me to see the movie…