Backward Mutters

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  • Rollin’ Stones

    I am so grateful for the creative musicians we have at GPC. It has been wonderful to watch them grow and develop–not to mention be blessed by their talents. Here are a couple of GPC-ers you should check out. Zoo (Michael Zeoli) and Scott Plybon’s band is Joe Next Door.…

  • Band-Aids and Princesses

    Interesting article over at NPR on Pixar’s story lines and the absence of female leading characters here. Possibly more interesting are the comments. On the one hand, to set out to write for someone else sounds as if it could derail what has been so charming about Pixar’s movies–that they…

  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Dorothy Sayers

    In preparation for the next sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins, I’ve been reading Dorothy Sayers, “Introduction” to Dante’s Purgatory. Here are few quotes worth noting: “If a man is once convinced of his own guilt and that he is sentenced by a just tribunal, all punishment of whatever…

  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Introduction

    We’ll spend the next couple of weeks looking at what the Church Father’s and Medieval theologians referred to as the Seven Deadly Sins. There are differing lists in differing generations. I will focus on the following: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. The Scriptures contain lists of sins…

  • Peleton Community: Achtervogler

    When riding with others I begin to wax on community: how it works best…how it breaks down and fails. Being a cyclist helps because you can see it all in one ride. The efficiency of a peleton is inescapable. A rider who ‘takes a flyer’ off the front only succeeds…