Monday, October 25, 2004

Hopper Notes Stream of consciousness on the daily life... Isn't it fun to watch the Red Sox churn on?...Roosevelt High School's Drama/Orchestra Boosters raised almost $35,000 Saturday at their annual Light up the Stars, and announced the upcoming season at RHS: The Children's Hour, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, and the spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress. (A bit of a let-down, that last one--lots of people were hoping for Hello, Dolly....Daniel gets his braces off in some six weeks...both kids wondering how they will survive when rehearsals begin next week for Seattle Public Theatre's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, in which they both have good roles...still haven't seen Friday Night Lights...computer monitor's getting touchy, starting to malfunction...you've got to go here to read a snippet from Barbara Nicolosi's three part article on "Beauty in the Church"...reading bits of Chesterton's The Everlasting Man, jumping up and down of course to read that "Art is the signature of Man"...need to get down to writing. 1:34:43 PM   comment []

Paul Coleman I woke up in a foul mood yesterday. Some mornings are inexplicably unnerving, the only explanation being that during the night, the unconscious, like a low-life sneak dumping trash along the highway under cover of darkness, spewed up frustration and touches of anger just to make my Lord's day anything but. Sundays can be particularly snarly, bad moods exacerbated by the desire--if not the expectation--of sabbath calm. I was looking at a full of day of necessary holiness, and as I rolled into the morning assembly at the Northwest Church, I was not exactly plugged into divinity. But Paul Coleman, formerly of the Paul Coleman Trio, was in town to do a benefit performance last night, and yesterday morning, was at the Northwest Church to lead worship in both the instrumental and a capella services. Paul has been to Northwest twice before, and I'd missed him both times, but buzz after those events was always strong, folks impressed by his easy manner with the congregation, his sincere, approachable manner of interacting. Thankfully, Paul was everything I'd heard, and before long, the Spirit had used Paul to loosen me up a bit, and before the end of the time, I was back in full voice, much more ready to handle the day. Check out Paul's web site to hear a bit of his new single, which we sang yesterday. "Gloria" is a song about the commonality of all of us, something we need to hear in these strident times. We all walk the same earth We all breathe the same air We all feel the same rain that falls We all have the same call We're all God's children after all Made for love by the maker of all Gloria by Paul Colman/Jason Ingram/Peter Furler/Reuben Morgan 1:06:32 PM   comment []

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