http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/ The RiverStone Journal Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:05:04 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2005. Religion & Beliefs Family & Home http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/47.html Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:04:55 GMT My sister had her baby this morning, Delia Jane. She was in labor for 30 hours, but the only medication she took was a sedative at 1am so that she could try to sleep for a couple hours. She's definitely braver than I am! My mom flew from Virginia to California yesterday to be there, and she assures me that Delia is the sweetest baby ever. I kind of doubt that, because I happen to know that my son Bear was the sweetest baby ever. I know this because when he was 11 months old and his sister Ladybug was born, he wasn't jealous at all - he just cuddled her and kissed her every chance he got.... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=47 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/46.html Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:27:14 GMT You Are Likely a First Born At your darkest moments, you feel guilty. At work and school, you do best when you're researching. When you love someone, you tend to agree with them often. In friendship, you are considerate and compromising. Your ideal careers are: business, research, counseling, promotion, and speaking. You will leave your mark on the world with discoveries, new information, and teaching people to dream. The Birth Order Predictor With props to Jim for the link. http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=46 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/45.html Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:24:27 GMT One of the things that makes me sad is when I go to one of my favorite blogs and find that it hasn't been updated in a few days. Of course, I have no right to let this make me sad, since I am awful at keeping my blog updated. I just looked at my own blog and noticed that my last post was dated August 30, so I hadn't posted during the month of September at all. I can't let the month go by without any recognition, though. Bear and Ladybug went back to school smoothly. This is Ladybug's last year in elementary school, and her teacher seems wonderful. She is really buckling down and working... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=45 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/44.html Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:36:01 GMT This past Sunday was our rector's last Sunday with us at my parish. He had served in this parish for 26 years, so there are very deep ties. Such longstanding ministry with a single parish is practically unheard of these days, and I feel fortunate to have been blessed with Peter's ministry since I joined the parish in 1983. The Episcopal Church seems to have a liturgy for everything, but I haven't seen a formal liturgy for the retirement or resignation of a rector. Instead, each parish comes up with its own way to recognize the event liturgically. It never fails to be moving. For me, it... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=44 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/43.html Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:20:30 GMT Yesterday afternoon was beautiful. The temperatures weren't as hot here in Tidewater, Virginia, as they have been, and the humidity wasn't as oppressive. So we decided to take the jet ski out for an hour or so on the North Landing River for some fun. Launching a jet ski is an interesting problem. It's actually more difficult than working with a boat. Panda had built an extension for our trailer so that we can get the trailer far enough into the water without submerging the back end of the van. Last night he tried this trick where you back up into the water really fast and then hit the... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=43 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/42.html Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:05:43 GMT You may already have heard about Pat Robertson's latest, that the U.S. should assassinate Hugo Chavez. I cringe when I see articles about him in the newspaper, because they always start with the location, my hometown, Virginia Beach, and I hate to see my beloved city linked with his name. "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," Robertson said Monday on the Christian Broadcast Network's The 700 Club. "We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator," he continued. "It's a whole lot easier to... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=42 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/41.html Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:26:44 GMT You scored as Mystical Communion Model. Your model of the church is Mystical Communion, which includes both People of God and Body of Christ. The church is essentially people in union with Christ and the Father through the Holy Spirit. Both lay people and clergy are drawn together in a family of faith. This model can exalt the church beyond what is appropriate, but can be supplemented with other models. Mystical Communion Model84%Sacrament model78%Servant Model72%Herald Model45%Institutional Model17% What is your model of the church? [Dulles] created with QuizFarm.com With props to Mumcat... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=41 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:33:40 GMT From Theospora: If I could impart a little wisdom to this congregation before I leave it would be this: live kindly, live gentle lives, love each other, especially those whose voices are different from your own, and give generously and freely of the greatest gift God has ever created, give generously and freely of yourself. I'm thinking that I should start a book for each of my children, and fill it with beautiful quotations like this. This just absolutely made my morning. Thank you, Niebuhrian! http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/39.html Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:22:53 GMT I saw my psychiatrist yesterday, and he and I have agreed to embark on an experiment. About a year ago, we moved my anti-depressant to the morning from the evening, and I started having trouble remembering to take it. I did pretty well over the school year when I had a regular breakfast routine, but once this summer started and things weren't the same every morning, I started missing doses. I realized a few days ago that I hadn't taken my anti-depressant in three weeks, and that I was feeling absolutely fine. I thought about it some more, and I thought about the things that I have lost by... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=39 http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/archive/38.html Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:18:18 GMT Like millions of others around the world, I went out Saturday morning to purchase Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I spent much of Saturday and a few hours Sunday devouring it before my kids got their hands on it. It was an excellent installment, but the ending took me by surprise and reduced me to tears. I won't say more than that there was a death, and that it made me cry. Meanwhile, in the real world, in Iraq on Sunday, 71 people died in a single, particularly violent attack. I didn't know about it until I heard it on the news this morning, and in the bustle of getting ready... (more) http://riverstone.blogdrive.com/comments?id=38