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Stone Crosses
A small thing caught my attention while reading Malory’s Morte d’Arthur. Several times these tales mention knights parting ways when they came to a stone cross. After doing a little research, I discovered that stone crosses were erected all across … Continue reading
Sir Gareth and Invincible Joy
Just reading Malory’s tale of Sir Gareth is enough to make your blood boil. On the Feast of Pentecost, Gareth asks King Arthur for three gifts but refuses to give his name or lineage. He is given the nick-name Beaumains … Continue reading
Mine Sweeping The Church
“In Laos when the temperature goes below about 70 degrees, people start pulling on their coats and hats and lighting fires, which ignites the season of death.” As temperatures have dipped in Myrtle Point, I began thinking about this line … Continue reading
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Anonymous Knights
It is often not until late into each Arthurian romance that Chretien de Troyes reveals the name of the main character. I first thought this was only a silly literary convention to build suspense in the readers as they try … Continue reading
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Janitors of the Kingdom
It should not surprise us that there is something mystical about school janitors. Although dressed in humble work clothes, or even overalls, janitors are godlike in their knowledge of their buildings’ mysteries. This is fitting since the root word for … Continue reading
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Disney’s Inside Out and Altar Calls
Recently Teckla and I watched the movie Inside Out. Being an analytical and philosophical scholar, I would have liked more sword fights and explosions, but I must admit the movie made me think. I liked how Joy and Sadness teamed … Continue reading
Spread Hilaritas
As a child I would sometimes dust the house to get money for the swimming pool. The worst part was dusting off all the carvings my Dad had started and not finished. Dust stuck to the bare wood. I especially … Continue reading
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Great Commission or Great Guilt Trip?
I grew up in churches where God called people to only two possible vocations: pastor or missionary. Sometimes people were asked to come to the altar for prayer if they felt “the call”. Often the call to be a missionary … Continue reading
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The Church Invisible
If criticizing the church in America were an Olympic event, I would have multiple gold medals. I’ve trained for years. In the 70’s I was a bored church kid slapped up the side of the head by the Jesus Movement—God’s … Continue reading
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Mira and the Prophetic Spirit
I had every intention of leaving our Doberman, Mira, at home. Where I was going hiking was on the edge of a wilderness and had some steep and dangerous cliffs. But her eyes were on me. She watched as I … Continue reading