Note from Buck: this mini post has not been edited by Fitz! So all poor grammar, syntax, etc. are not his fault. Today, when I woke up I realized I had completed 70 years of life. It was a serious realization but a happy one. And, as happy as I am to have survived 7 ...
You haven’t heard from me for a few weeks and there’s a good reason why. The tumult of the midterms was overwhelming and the outcome, to me, was difficult to process. Once again, I felt tempted to retreat into my own cocoon and forget about discord and chaos in our troubled country. My cocoon consisted, ...
When I started writing this blog almost a year ago, I laid out four reasons why I was doing so. They could be abbreviated as: Ordination Vows, Frustration, Speaking Out as I Think the Church Ought, and My Own Amusement. As I did with my first blog, I’ll explain each reason at the end of ...
Dear reader, I’ve been absent from the scene for a month, and I feel obligated to explain my silence. There are two reasons: A hectic period of travel (to and from New Orleans and a trip to Haiti), along with the Thanksgiving holiday. The opposite of writer’s block; that is, not being able to ...
