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So, all in all, I loved Finding Our Way Again. Loved it. Been carrying it around, sneaking pages when I could… I think I want to make it the text for our Life in the Way of Jesus theology pub,…

This last Sunday, seeing as I was down in the land of Disney, I thought a trip to the church version of the Magic Kingdom would be in order.

Images I had a hard time deciding between the Crystal Cathedral and Saddleback, but in the end, picked the safer and decidedly less-creepy Saddleback. I know, I know… that’s not a nice thing to say. But I tell you- there’s not a Robert Schuller around that doesn’t seem slightly creepy to me, whether the Robert Schuller who founded the Crystal Cathedral as a Drive-In church or the the Robert Schuller who has currently taken over the pulpit there… and though I’ve had no contact, I’m just going to go ahead and assume the Robert Schuller who leads the Cathedral’s “emerging” ministries and who will most likely some day ascend to this hereditary post.

Anyway, the patriotic medley with the local drum corp, the raising of the 80 foot American flag (the “world’s largest flying American flag), and the gun salute in honor of Memorial Day pretty much drove me in exactly the other direction… I think I might have had a bit more “fun” there, but at this point a cynicism overload is not what my system needs.

So we went to Saddleback.

Wondering how long it will take everyone to condemn Sharon Stone as vociferously as they did Pat Robertson over his Katrina remarks… He claimed Hurricane Katrina may have been God’s punishment for things like abortion here in the USA. She…

I’m supposed to be editing, but I can’t get any work done today because Phoenix has landed on Mars! Of course, there are still many steps before the lander is fully operational and digging, but the nail-biting entry, descent, and landing is over. Phoenix has performed beautifully so far; I am just giddy with excitement.

This is great news for astrobiology. As Phoenix digs into the martian polar soil and ice, astrobiologists will be watching every new finding. Phoenix is not equipped to search for signs of life, but it will forge ahead in studies of martian geology and climate.

I can’t write anymore. I’m getting too worked up.

Visit www.nasa.gov and phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu.

Image credits: Coming soon. I tried to get them from the University of Arizona website, but it’s just flooded with hits.

Mars! We’re on Mars!

The rented wedding tux- male equivalent of the bridesmaid dress…

I just stumbled upon a blog that has a pretty good list of “manly books”.

We’ve been using Doodle.ch for a couple of years now to simply the process of scheduling Elder meetings, but Bill’s post on TimeBridge has gotten me to go back and reassess their site. I had looked at it awhile ago…