I was sorting through some stuff in my calendar and I found a fortune cookie fortune that I had saved, but forgotten. We had gone out for Chinese shortly after my ordination to the Transitional Diaconate. My fortune read:
"You will be unusually successful in an entertainment career."
The ramblings of a confused new Rector trying to make sense of God's call in a new and exciting parish.
To Think About
"Be happy while y'er leevin, For y'er a lang time deid." - Scottish motto for a house (in Notes and Queries 9th series, vol 8, 7 December 1901)
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About Me
- Rainy Rector
- I'm the new Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Eugene, Oregon.
Sage Advice
- "If you are going through hell - keep going! - Sir Winston Churchill
- When people say they have a "ditch that they will die in," what they really mean is that they have a "ditch that they are willing to kill you in."
- Don't procrstinate, after all, it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark
- KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid
- "If you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, stop digging."
- "Don't sweat petty things, and don't pet sweaty things!"
Favorite Links
Favorite Books
- Collected Short Stories - Melville
- Pride and Prejudice - Austen
- Anna Karenina - Tolstoy
- The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky
- Watership Down - Adams
- The Hunt For Red October - Clancy
- Red Storm Rising - Clancy
Blogs I'm addicted to
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot
3 comments:
That's AWESOME.
You should pass that along to John Dally and Clare from Preaching class at Seabury. They would be amused...
What a great fortune!!
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