"Nightswimming" |
"Nightswimming" became my favourite R. E. M. song only in the late 1990's. It was Toni McDowell Laney's favourite and through our friendship it became mine.But it was always fitting for it to be so. ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:56:00 GMT |
Does anyone know what became of Laura Picazo? |
I haven't heard from her in over four years. And we used to talk every week. Often multiple times a week. Suddenly one week, I never heard back from her, and haven't for over four years. I SO miss...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:50:00 GMT |
"Losing My Religion" |
And finally we get to the song that made me fall in love with R. E. M. (and millions of other people too).I remember driving along the freeway in Chicago with Donna Webster; we were there for the nat...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:49:00 GMT |
R. E. M. |
I've been blogging my way through each R. E. M. album, because they have been my favourite band since high school. I've been including little tidbits, such as this one about Document:I do remember wr...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT |
What's New? |
The view that God is wrathful is not alien to us. Many of us may have grown up being terrorized by such a God. Or, at least, being terrorized by other people who believed in such a God. And terrif...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:05:00 GMT |
Murmur |
Murmur is not an album I was listening to in 1983. I've long been jealous of friends like Laura Picazo and David Breckenridge who were listening to R. E. M. back in the early days when they were stil...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:27:00 GMT |
Shopping for Our Rings |
Read the story of shopping for our rings on Wednesday.
Posted by on Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:34:00 GMT |
Defending Religious LIberty |
My latest Oklahoma Gazette column:A few years ago France decided to ban the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, in its public schools. This set off a wave of protests by the countrys Muslim population. I...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:41:00 GMT |
Paul's Christ Mysticism & the Nature of God |
The reason that many Christians have been unable to grasp Paul's "mysticism" is because they hold to a substance metaphysics which makes all relations external. Cobb & Lull are Whiteheadians, like me...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:55:00 GMT |
What might Paul say to American Christians? |
This mode of living has become very apparent to me the last two months as Michael and I have been planning our wedding. More than one person has asked, "Where are you getting married?" and when I sai...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:19:00 GMT |
