Le Prêtre NoirChallenging the Church is like goading a Rhino. Getting it pissed off is the easy part. Getting to change direction once it's charging is another thing altogther.(Untitled)- June 28, 2004 Got The Fourth of July Comes on Sunday Patriotic Preachin'Blues The Fourth of July comes on a Sunday this year. I've had a couple of opportunities to deal with this holiday coming on Sunday over the past fifteen years, but it always presents a problem. I am the last one to advocate acts of national pride and patriotism in the church. I removed the flags years ago. I believe strongly that the church should not be the chaplain to the state, even though with the...http://blogs.salon.com/0001823/2004/06/28.html#a21 (Untitled)- June 28, 2004 Ride, Boldly Ride There's been a lot of riding in the past week. The weather has finally cooperated. Rick, Rob, and I headed for Kentucky last Thursday for the Kentucky State H.O.G. Rally in Bardstown, KY. Left here at 6AM and rode ten hours in the hot sun through West Virginia and half of Kentucky to get there. We got rained on pretty hard in Lexington, but the ride was glorious. Spent the night, saw lots of bikes, visited the vendors on Friday for about an hour in the morning and hit the...http://blogs.salon.com/0001823/2004/06/28.html#a20 (Untitled)- June 16, 2004 Up to us So anyway, I&146;m out at one of the churches last night and some of the guys and I are spreading gravel on the ground under the new pavilion the Women&146;s Group built for picnics and such. One of the guys brought his big orange Kubota front loader to help out, and it was great to have it there. I couldn&146;t help but think, though, as I was shoveling gravel out of the bucket of this monster, and spreading it on the ground, that over 40 years ago my father kept harping at me...http://blogs.salon.com/0001823/2004/06/16.html#a19 |