Acts of Hope

My Liberal Identity You are a Working Class Warrior , also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is g...

People are often tired and overwrought at this time in the spring. The resident feline bishop thus begs to remind you of her pastoral letter...

We had a little conversation going on Facebook last night about the appropriate music to accompany end-of-semester grading. I raised the que...

We don't report or comment much on "As the Anglican World Turns" here since plenty of other bloggers do, but the one and only ...

Ash Wednesday is, liturgically speaking, the anniversary of this blog . The calendar anniversary has already passed, but since I am a litur...

This one has been around the internet for a while, but I am pretty sure I have not previously posted it. If I have, my apologies. Brother of...

Just 'cause. Life has been rough, and for consolation we turn to music. Ever seen these two together ? Brought to you by +Maya Pavlova, ...

Hat tip to my friend ILC in France.

You may have to bear with a short commercial first (sometimes it comes on before the comedy segment, sometimes not) but it's worth it. W...

Click to enlarge. Salon has an interview with Berkeley Breathed , creator of Opus the Penguin and his band of friends, on why he's endi...

The lovely and talented PJ , who also has a wicked sense of humor, shares with us this video of Barack "Steve" Obama doing stand-u...

Beloved two-leggers and four-leggers all, and three-leggers and wheel-riders too, Grace, peace, and purrs to you in the name of the One who...

Blog flashback: last year on this date.... Thoughts on France, with pictures. Note the artistic dog poop disposal and the dishy firefighte...

Father of Acts of Hope, who is a pretty good writer if I may say so my(daughterly)self, once gave me a copy of this -- I think when I was w...

Blog flashback: Last year on this date... Academic writing (with a little assist from our friends Calvin and Hobbes) Grouchy (with a histo...

Thank you, Salon. CLICK TO ENLARGE.

What spice are you? Your Score : Habanero Pepper You scored 75% intoxication, 75% hotness, 50% complexity, and 75% craziness! You are Habane...

Some friends and I just went to a hilarious and moving one-woman show by Jennifer Lanier this evening. I almost didn't go, but it was...

I couldn't think of the right music for Padre Mickey when I was doing my blogiversary dedication posts a couple of weeks ago, but here ...

A disclaimer, or rather, a note about context. All preaching is contextual. I would not preach this sermon, or rather, I would not use some ...