Archive for November, 2011
Decorating for Advent
Monday, November 28th, 2011I am decorating for Advent. I am fascinated by those who are decorating for Christmas. It is possible that I am persnickety on this point. I raised (rose?) the ire of some when, a few days back, I facebooked a friend’s facetious post, namely that every time a Christmas tree is put up before Thanksgiving, [...]
St. Homobonus: Patron Saint of Business People, Tailors, and Not the Poor (Which May Be Instructive)
Monday, November 14th, 2011Below is a link and then the full text of a piece I wrote for our Sioux Falls local paper, the Argus Leader. It was published this last Saturday. http://www.argusleader.com/article/20111112/LIFE/311120037/St-Homobonus-clarifies-money ____________________________________________ For the same reason that I savor the change of winter to spring to summer to fall to winter again, and the rhythm of the [...]
“The Bible Tells Me So!”
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011Except when it doesn’t. My eye caught a recent CNN blog post about President Obama putting on his preacher’s hat. A few days’ back, President Obama said, in effect, that God doesn’t want us to eat free lunches, which clearly means that God endorses a particular provision of his jobs bill. (As an open disclaimer, I’m [...]
