Christian Faith in a Post-Modern World, including world mission and our obligations as Christians to the World. Phoenix, AZ, United States. I was r former General Counsel of both the Air Force and the United States Army, and a former elected official. I hope you enjoy both.

Tradition, Faith, and Reason. Wednesday, February 25, 2009. From Ash Wednesday, by T S Eliot. Because I do not hope to turn again. Because I do not hope. Because I do not hope to turn. I no longer strive to strive towards such things. Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings? Why should I mourn. The vanished power of the usual reign? Because I do not hope to know. The infirm glory of the positive hour. Because I do not think.

Broken hearted disillusioned desperates against meanness and nastiness,. Wednesday, 20 April 2011. And so we are blessed. After the longest of Mondays our little boy was born. Against an incoming tide of complications, and the kind of mysterious blur which only medical emergencies invoke, we were on our way to the surgical theatres. And together we are richly blessed.

With a Song in my Heart. Friday, 8 February 2013. I found this draft post. I may as well post it. The trading of joy comes naturally because it is of the nature of joy to proclaim and share itself. Joy cannot contain itself, as we say. The Clown in the Belfry. If God had brought me out of the household I grew up in but not brought me to a new country, it would have been enough. If God had brought me to church services because of m.

The Occasional Ruminations of a Church Dog. Isabelle, the Church Dog. I really need a haircut. The life of a church dog. Saturday, January 17, 2015. This is our new fireplace. Actually it is a new gas fire log, the fireplace is old. I love to lie on the floor in front of it. The life of a church dog. Monday, December 8, 2014. It is very cold outside. SHE not only got to go to church, but also to Port.

Friday, July 31, 2015. And so have I,. But come and be my wife. And let us try,. To make some sense of life. And make our garden grow. And make our garden grow. For so our master said. Our loaf of daily bread. And make our garden grow.

Wednesday, September 06, 2017. Ah, for a uniform. For a few brief seconds in my last year of high school, I thought of joining the military. This was when the Vietnam War was raging. I just wanted to be spared the decision of what to wear every day. Wearing a uniform would be so very simple. This is so much easier than dressing for work used to be.

Opinionated Old Fart Lives to Fight Another Day. Friday, October 10, 2008. Obama knew what was coming and his strategy to win anticipated every move. If Barack Obama needs more experience, I could give it to him. Has this to say,.

Rantings and Ravings and the Occasional Sane Comment of a priest blogging from the Global Center. Gregory the Illuminator, Apostle to Armenia. According to the fifth century History of St. Gregory and the Conversion of Armenia. Then the torture begins! Gregory went throughout the country and baptized multitudes. And that is how Armenia became the first Christian nation.

Friday, December 11, 2009. St Thomas is now on Facebook! I just wanted to let you know that St. I encourage you to check us both out! You do have to be a member of Facebook first, but I have to tell you that I am very pleased to recommend it to you. If you are online and reading blogs, then get on Facebook too. I expect to do most of my personal posting and the parish posts on FB for the forceable future. Thomas page on Facebook is here.