A Farewell To Oysters

This will be my last article for this blog.

Some reasons for moving on:

i) Much like the Pentateuch

A couple of cool couplets

One expresses to a ‘t’, how I feel about each and every member of my immediate family at this moment.  The other seems more

How a Gas Station ..might be.. like the (hypothetical) Third Way Movement

Earlier in the year, I had posted this , which garnered a couple of interesting, albeit wide, responses.  Since I am

Diversity: A (De)Motivational Poster

Dedicated to The Breeders. 

Fractured Parables: The Periodic Son

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there lived a man with two sons.  They grew up safely in a house provided to them by their father. 

The first of his sons

A new priest-in-charge writes to the diaspora

H/T:  Diaspora Oysters

The new priest-in-charge of St. Francis Episcopal Church of Springboro Ohio (http://www.saintfran.org/) has written a letter to people who have left the parish recently.

Delightfully OT – Philly Opera Company: A(nother) Random Act of Culture

H/T:  Better Oyster

Leadership: A (De)Motivational Poster

Dedicated to godly leaders everywhere. 

Just a spoonful of survey helps the medicine go down

From the recent DSO e-newsletter

Elder the Younger

This has been quite a year. 

Mid-year, 

Dioceses of Southern Ohio and Liberia appear to be having difficulty Living into the Tension

H/T An Anonymous Oyster

There has been much abuzz

Solid Rock Church unveils ‘Interception’ version of “Touchdown”

From here. 

For the uninitiated, Solid Rock Church’s famous statue (a.k.a., “Touchdown” followed by the name of the Second Member of the Holy Trinity) burned down several months ago.  This statue was visible off of I-75, between Dayton and Cincinnati. 

Just when you thought it was safe to come to the Table… Suesscharist: A (De)Motivational Poster

Fresh from an Episcopal country-club in the glorious diocese of Pitt-Rump.  Say,

Some Hints on the Third-Way Collage

Some hints..

The Third Way (Part II): Some Food for Thought

Tomorrow is homework day for my pre-Kindergartener.  Typically, she brings home a worksheet with one of the letters of the alphabet for “her” homework.  “She” is then tasked with searching the internet for images of animals that begin with the letter, which are then printed, cut, and pasted

Fractured Parables: The Good Sojourner

Once upon a time in a land far far away, a man was beat up, robbed, and left for dead by the side of the road.  The robber stealthily

The Third Way (pt I): What should it look like?

I have for quite some time now, been fascinated with the idea that traditional Episcopalians need a third option (hereafter, ‘Third Way’),

Fork

This summer has been eventful, to put it lightly. 

At the beginning, there was that awful thing that suspended

DSO Communications Office Not Thwarted by Facts

But then again, they’re not thwarted by Christianity’s claim to be the only true religion.  Good thing they’re letting us simple folk know where to pick up a free copy of lies from the Pit of Hell a Quran!

From

Don’t touch that dial ..

Apologies for the recent lapse in writing.  I’ve been extremely busy with work, home life, and the career.  On top of that, we have a houseguest with us for another week (No, he’s not the kind of houseguest that you compare to fish). 

I do have an important series of articles, percolating in my head.  Please stay tuned. 

Thanks,

- Elder

Everything you sort of wanted to know about Islam, but were afraid to ask.

[Elder's note:  In honor of  the 2977 people who were murdered at the hands of cowards.  11 September 2001]

Pop quiz later on kiddies – you’ll need to know how it is that ALL Muslims regard Islam as a religion of peace. 

An “American” Question

[Elder's Note:  Mind you, it's not a 'American' question because other questions are un-American, but because an American who holds American ideals is "asking" it.]

1)  It is apparent that our nation has a big gaping wound about a monument from the “Religion of Peace” (sic) being built near Ground Zero in NYC, when members from said “Religion of Peace” (sic) murdered civilians, bereaved

An Interesting (and not-slightly-off-topic this time) Article Regarding NALC (Lutheran breakaway denom)

From

Help Wanted (Diocese of Oklahoma) .. (oh wait, that can’t be right) ..

[H/T:  YKWYA]

An announcement from the DSO’s

Centre Daily Times: New Lutheran Church denomination turns to local pastor

From the Centre Daily Times, where there is more

Phelps’ Follies

Excerpts from, “..Q&A with Pastor Fred Phelps,” by Joshua Kors…   (Elder’s note:  mild content warning)   .

Important discussions about Common Ministry and other stuff, to be held at Procter Conference Farm

[H/T:  Anon.]

This just in

Help Wanted: Agricultural Liason / Concierge for DSO Farm and Conference Center

You can read about it