Sunday, March 29, 2015

Palm Sunday


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  1. Palm Sunday, Plan A: Find a church that has a Palm Sunday service that does not include the reading o the Passion narrative (that's Friday, thank-you), and go with Mah*Sweetie. Then, in the afternoon, substitute for a former coworker, at the Library.

    Palm Sunday, Plan B: Have VT*Grand overnight to help out her parents, then go to church, as her parents gave us permission to bring her. Then, in the afternoon … Library.

    The way it often happens: Found a good solution for church, with a pastor I know personally who was filling in for the day. Grand had her dress all laid out. But the service was so early and actually getting out the door all ready, fed and dressed was not feasible. So we had a leisurely breakfast and visited two Maple Sugar open houses, before I had to go to work and Mah*Sweetie drove VT*Grand home.

    Not the day I had hoped for. But good nonetheless.
    Tomorrow evening I will go to a Taize service. Looking forward to it.

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    1. As memory serves me, the basic teaching of the Flowery Wreath Sutra is that all things teach the absolute truth; and the Lotus Sutra emphasizes that the finite does not contradict the infinite. I see no reason God should not be present at a sugaring. Not having heard of Taize, I googled it; I should expect it to be fulfilling for the participants.

      Tuckered out; to bed momentarily.

      Alan

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  2. Photos of Richard's tomb. [Click] Very good, I think. The esthetic of a tomb built in the 21st Century for a 15th-Century
    King presents some considerable questions, but this seems thoroughly respectful, powerful and regal. I cannot help but feel that Richard would be pleased could he see it.

    Alan

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    1. Guardian story [Click] Photo of Richard's tomb from a different angle, and some more information.

      --Alan

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  3. One last note, and then REALLY to bed...

    I was thinking that Martin O'Malley looked promising as a presidential candidate, until I read the following in a story just now:

    "O’Malley’s response to questions slowed noticeably when asked what he considers the top foreign threat faced by the US.

    “Uh, the greatest danger that we face right now on a consistent basis in terms of man-made threats, is uh, is uh, nuclear Iran and related to that, uh, extremist violence. I don’t think you can separate the two,” he said."

    What a dope, and in more ways than one. IMO.

    Alan

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    1. I wish someone would recognize that the greatest threat to our country (and to the world at large) comes from greed and hate. Though how you combat those two things I do not know.

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