kingdom travelin'

I started a tradition in 1995 at Covenant. The Christmas Chapel. For me and a few others, a highlight is when I read the Christmas story from Matthew and Luke’s Gospels to the background of Silent Night by Mannheim Steamroller.  I’ve been invited back to read again today.

Driving back from DC today, I caught some coverage of the President’s speech in Norway (receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (for those on Mars)). Listening to extensive excerpts of the speech, his words and tone made me think of the Korean War Memorial in D.C., the pinnacle of which has this quote:

“Freedom isn’t Free.”

Then I thought of Oct 1, at Scott Stadium, when Bono ad-libbed these words in a quiet moment during a song… “Freedom was born on Christmas day.”

I’m driving the Princess of Obuda to the airport tomorrow so that she can return for an official visit to her realm from her exile to America. Great crowds are expected to line the roads out of the Bp airport all the way into the city for this glorious event. A brass band will be on hand to play as she comes through the customs door at hte airport. On her agenda will be a visit to the OTHER capital of the Austro-Hungarian empire and visits with other leaders of adjacent realms. Stay tuned for developments.

do I have anger issues?

I got ticked off again in a meeting the other day when in a meeting it became clear that denominational barriers were going to prevent unity and the opportunity for people to work together for the cause of the Gospel… because of insecurity and bureaucracy…Why can’t people get over the stinking past and move forward without getting hung up on their blasted opinions about this and that rule, tradition, or doctrine? WHY??? sorry, it was time to vent.

periodically, KingdomTravelin goes quiet. This results from the writer being in recovery from a long trip, the writer being too busy with tedious stuff (like sitting at a desk for a week trying to catch up on 5 weeks of bookeeping (what a whiner!)) to be able to think about deeper stuff, being away from a computer, being on a computer too much for other stuff which causes no desire for anymore computer based stuff, but mostly, the writer just doesn’t have the energy to put thoughts into writing… so, since most of the above is true, KingdomTravelin has been quiet. Does this post mean that the silence is over??? great question…

We are getting our first snow of the season!