Monthly Archives: July 2016

Sunday Evening Chatter

Posted on July 31, 2016 by ehurst

We went out in the car yesterday to see some countryside. I took my camera, of course, but all my shots turned out lifeless. And plenty of stuff I missed because there simply was no place to stop the car … Continue reading →

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Psalm 111

Posted on July 30, 2016 by ehurst

This and the next psalm are short acrostics in Hebrew. This would make them easier to memorize. Reading this in most English translations, it seems little more than a collection of stock ritual phrases, perhaps just a little contrived or … Continue reading →

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The Communion of Tribulation

Posted on July 30, 2016 by ehurst

In some ways, there is no going back. This is why I warn readers that, while we do have an obligation to understand the Ancient Near Eastern culture so that we can understand the Bible, we cannot go back and … Continue reading →

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Warfare and Tribal Nature

Posted on July 29, 2016 by ehurst

Jack Perry gets it. Even here in our virtual parish I’ve had visitors who should know better simply never grasp the hard-wired tribal nature of humanity. Just because Western minds can imagine something they like better doesn’t mean it will … Continue reading →

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Quinlan Park

Posted on July 28, 2016 by ehurst

A little more testing of how the new camera performs. If you want to see it on the map, you can use these coordinates for most mapping services: 35.460474, -97.415054 Coming in from Sandra Drive, if you look to your … Continue reading →

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Just Waiting

Posted on July 27, 2016 by ehurst

The latest wild delicacy around our apartment is purslane (Portulaca Oleracea). The taste is hard to describe, but it’s mild. The only problem is that something gets on it and turns the leaves purple and shriveled. I’m going to guess … Continue reading →

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Random Photos 01

Posted on July 26, 2016 by ehurst

Click any photo to enlarge view; use CTRL+click to open the image in a browser tab. Remember that flooded docking pit I shot after a big rain sometime back? Here’s a second look at it on the left. I kept … Continue reading →

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Released from Ortho

Posted on July 26, 2016 by ehurst

Today I had what turned out to be my last Orthopedics appointment at the VA (we hope). The x-ray showed the patella was all healed up. Apparently they don’t plan to remove the screws and I can understand that. There … Continue reading →

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Out in the Social Wilderness

Posted on July 25, 2016 by ehurst

Your heart knows when you don’t belong. There was a time I was still sensitive to the opinions of others, in the sense that I felt a need for affirmation from my associates. It was the nightmare world of my … Continue reading →

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Eldership Notes

Posted on July 24, 2016 by ehurst

You really don’t need me to tell you. Most of you know that God is at work and bringing truly substantial changes in our world. And while the mainstream media is trumpeting one kind of change, what really matters morally … Continue reading →

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