Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sleep, what is that? Never heard of the word "SLEEP"...
Finished some breakfast of oatmeal and toast, getting ready for Dr. appointment, and is recovering from a very sleepless and restless night listening to 70-80 MPH winds literally shake the houses on the streeet all night, winds are still constantly shaking the world outside, just heard some more shingles being blown and sliding down the rooftop, garbage and recycling are supposed to normally be picked up on Tuesdays, but I imagine no-one is going to put anything (even garbage) on the street to be blown down the street. God must feel it's necessary to "clean house" these days. Even new homes need a good "dusting" off. Are the holidays over now? Not yet.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
great day today
I'm sure we all had good days today, but today for me and my folks it was a spectactular day.
1) Dad preached a very good sermon for a vacationing pastor in Ft. Collins Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church. My Dad's retired, but does stuff for those vacationing. A subject he touched on, the birth of Jesus hit a very common note with us, including the holiday season upon us, more on this...
2) Sat and had lunch with probably my best friend from childhood, good lunch at Macaroni Grill, and great to hear about how my good friend is doing with his family young and old.
3) Folks and I went to see "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons". I was near tears a few times, and the theater was packed, and quiet after about 1/3 of the movie. Silent tears for everyone. Have to hand it F. Scott Fitzgerald for his amazing short story, and to the screenwriter and actors who all did an amazing job. This story touched on basically the same theme as my father and anyone who preached today about the birth of Jesus. He wasn't this spectacular person who was born into a rich house with "everything on his plate". Jesus was born to very poor parents, and he was raised among poor farmers and families. I've taken my Dad's words beyond what he said today, and what he has studied his life, but I think I got the gist of it. "Buttons.." wasn't a sad movie, but made you think about life. They weren't necessarily tears of sadness, but dreams are a precious thing, moments are precious, life in general is a precious thing. I probably don't have the words to properly say it, but a very powerful story and movie, most likely my favorite of many years.
It was beautiful weather also here in Northern Colorado. A very nice sunnny day, mid-40's which is very warm for us this time of year.
1) Dad preached a very good sermon for a vacationing pastor in Ft. Collins Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church. My Dad's retired, but does stuff for those vacationing. A subject he touched on, the birth of Jesus hit a very common note with us, including the holiday season upon us, more on this...
2) Sat and had lunch with probably my best friend from childhood, good lunch at Macaroni Grill, and great to hear about how my good friend is doing with his family young and old.
3) Folks and I went to see "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons". I was near tears a few times, and the theater was packed, and quiet after about 1/3 of the movie. Silent tears for everyone. Have to hand it F. Scott Fitzgerald for his amazing short story, and to the screenwriter and actors who all did an amazing job. This story touched on basically the same theme as my father and anyone who preached today about the birth of Jesus. He wasn't this spectacular person who was born into a rich house with "everything on his plate". Jesus was born to very poor parents, and he was raised among poor farmers and families. I've taken my Dad's words beyond what he said today, and what he has studied his life, but I think I got the gist of it. "Buttons.." wasn't a sad movie, but made you think about life. They weren't necessarily tears of sadness, but dreams are a precious thing, moments are precious, life in general is a precious thing. I probably don't have the words to properly say it, but a very powerful story and movie, most likely my favorite of many years.
It was beautiful weather also here in Northern Colorado. A very nice sunnny day, mid-40's which is very warm for us this time of year.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
What is the difference between Pastor and Rev. ?
I've heard of both being used.
THE REVerend 'Smith' is maybe more of a formal title for a clergyperson
PASTOR 'Smith' is a perhaps more easy version when referring to a clergyperson.
I imagine the ELCA and other religiious "authorities" and congregations will use The Reverend 'Smith' when writing publications
I've been told by local pastors here and there to refer to them however I wish (with all respect of course) Pastor Derr, or The Reverend Derr, or simply Mandy, Pastor Fryer, or Carol, Pastor Kling (the last one is referring to my Dad who retired a few years ago, but he still preaches on a few occasions for other Pastors who are vacationing)... and even using the person's first name as you would anyone else...they like to be regular people themselves a lot of the time.
It seems that using PASTOR is much easier to say audibly than to always say THE REVEREND.
Ask somebody who's been to a seminary, they might have somewhat more information on how they refer to graduates who have been ordained as REVERENDS.
And my Dad won't preach at his old church, nor will he do any weddings or funerals for people he knew when he was Pastoring at his last "church of regular employment". It's would be a big confilct of interest if he did so, and how many weddings and funerals should they expect him to perform even after he's retired. He and my mother still attend their old church, and they still give offering, but they like to explore other churches now and then. The organist at another Lutheran Church in Ft. Collins, her husband Mr. Yernberg used to work at Koininia in upstate NY. His wife Marcia plays very well too, which seems somewhat rare compared to what Dr. Thomas Schmidt does for St. Peters.
Another sidenote, and perhaps this might take any validity from my reply here, but my Dad says that The Missouri Synod had originally "promised" to help with the "old" Green LBWs, but when it came time to publish the hymnals, The Missouri Synod bailed out of paying for the hymnal. That's one that gets my Dad in an uproar if I talk about it. I've told a few people that I'm not as happy with the new hymnals, not as much harmony printed for different parts. Drives me up the wall after singing with everyone at St. Peters in NYC. Of Course St. Peters had a lot of people who were familiar with the different parts, and Tom was always good about playing what exactly was printed. People aren't as musically inclined/enabled in a lot of other places. Ok, enough of my ramblings on topic further from the original about a clergy-person being called either PASTOR or REVEREND. I would think that the development and use of the language of English has had many references to the same profession. Ask a Pastor, an English teacher, a Seminary student or teacher, Lutheran, Episcopalean, Baptist, etal Protestant, Catholic Priests, and then even the churches around NYC, the Hebrew Central Cathedral across from St. Peters, etc. if you're that determined to know and perhaps write about how the use of PASTOR and REVEREND have been and are still now used at least in the Christian Churches.
Maybe I should have been Missouri Synod is the lesson I get from this if being exact to the printed music is what I always have wanted. And refer to all clergy people as PASTOR.
THE REVerend 'Smith' is maybe more of a formal title for a clergyperson
PASTOR 'Smith' is a perhaps more easy version when referring to a clergyperson.
I imagine the ELCA and other religiious "authorities" and congregations will use The Reverend 'Smith' when writing publications
I've been told by local pastors here and there to refer to them however I wish (with all respect of course) Pastor Derr, or The Reverend Derr, or simply Mandy, Pastor Fryer, or Carol, Pastor Kling (the last one is referring to my Dad who retired a few years ago, but he still preaches on a few occasions for other Pastors who are vacationing)... and even using the person's first name as you would anyone else...they like to be regular people themselves a lot of the time.
It seems that using PASTOR is much easier to say audibly than to always say THE REVEREND.
Ask somebody who's been to a seminary, they might have somewhat more information on how they refer to graduates who have been ordained as REVERENDS.
And my Dad won't preach at his old church, nor will he do any weddings or funerals for people he knew when he was Pastoring at his last "church of regular employment". It's would be a big confilct of interest if he did so, and how many weddings and funerals should they expect him to perform even after he's retired. He and my mother still attend their old church, and they still give offering, but they like to explore other churches now and then. The organist at another Lutheran Church in Ft. Collins, her husband Mr. Yernberg used to work at Koininia in upstate NY. His wife Marcia plays very well too, which seems somewhat rare compared to what Dr. Thomas Schmidt does for St. Peters.
Another sidenote, and perhaps this might take any validity from my reply here, but my Dad says that The Missouri Synod had originally "promised" to help with the "old" Green LBWs, but when it came time to publish the hymnals, The Missouri Synod bailed out of paying for the hymnal. That's one that gets my Dad in an uproar if I talk about it. I've told a few people that I'm not as happy with the new hymnals, not as much harmony printed for different parts. Drives me up the wall after singing with everyone at St. Peters in NYC. Of Course St. Peters had a lot of people who were familiar with the different parts, and Tom was always good about playing what exactly was printed. People aren't as musically inclined/enabled in a lot of other places. Ok, enough of my ramblings on topic further from the original about a clergy-person being called either PASTOR or REVEREND. I would think that the development and use of the language of English has had many references to the same profession. Ask a Pastor, an English teacher, a Seminary student or teacher, Lutheran, Episcopalean, Baptist, etal Protestant, Catholic Priests, and then even the churches around NYC, the Hebrew Central Cathedral across from St. Peters, etc. if you're that determined to know and perhaps write about how the use of PASTOR and REVEREND have been and are still now used at least in the Christian Churches.
Maybe I should have been Missouri Synod is the lesson I get from this if being exact to the printed music is what I always have wanted. And refer to all clergy people as PASTOR.
Message sent to H.S. friends in Texas
This was a message sent to an old H.S. classmate from Texas
that got married. Actually this is his wife, but they were both friends. People turned me on to Facebook recently, and
I need to learn to stop pasting and forwarding, or I'll never get to sleep tonight, and I'm exhausted after watching a couple's two dogs this last week. But home, and nice to be
in my place where I can take things easy. And Paste. And
forward. And email. And go to bed, like now when I feel like it. See from you on ItsYourTurn tomorrow.
Hi Karen. After graduating college at UT, I was in a band as the lead singer for several years. Gotta be a parents' worst nightmare for one of their kids to graduate then join a band. Some of the best money I'd ever made though, and nice young lladies that I "almost" became "committed" to. Long stories, sort of. One girl I was involved with, I moved to NYC with in 96, but she had some definite plans to move up in the world of musicians. She hooked with Kurt Loder from MTV (I met him once when she was with him and we were all welcoming some other friends who had moved to NYC from Austin). I worked a few TV shows, films etc, then got a job with the company that provides the backline gear and rehearsals for bands going onto SNL, D. Letterman, Mad. Sq. Garden, and even "met" Joe Pesci once in an elevator at a hotel I was delivering a keyboard to. Funny, funny stuff that I had to keep from laughing out loud. Ultimate Joe Pesci comments about another rider in the elevator.
In '99 I got a job working with computers. Learned a lot, went through a lot. Actually, in the Spring of '99 not long after I got the new job in computers, I was given a "possible" diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Symptoms went away, and I went on with learning about computers. Actually, the company I worked for had bought an ISP a few years before, and one of the "clients" of the older ISP was the public hospitals of NYC. I had to manage their firewall, email, provide 3000+ pages of where everyone was surfing on the internet through their system. (I know, odd series of laws that NYC had, but the public hospitals couldn't have the firewall on their own network...long series of laws that they had to abide by, and I had to make sure they were following with their internet usage.) Anway, the Spring of 2001, my company told me they weren't going to keep the public hospitals as a client, too expensive to manage on my end. And, I had my "defining" Multiple Sclerosis exacerbation where I couldn't feel anything from the hips down, was exhausted and ready to go to bed at 7pm everynight, people noticed that I had lost a lot of weight also, so I was in the hospital for 11 days having steroid treatments. Steroids did magic for me, but my job was still going away, so among the few interviews I went through was one on the 77th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. "Fortunately" I wasn't qualified for it, though I had experience in virtually everything computer related. However, the dot com boom was falling, and many people were looking for jobs also in NYC. Then, the Fall of 2001, what can I say. My job was supposed to end in October, but they "extended" my job by one more month. Whatever. 2001 was not a fun year.
In the Spring of 2002 I joined a church in Manhattan, and the next Fall I started singing with their choir, and stuck with them until I moved to Colorado in the Summer of 2007. The choir was one of the best memories I've had singing. Great group of people to be around always. Yet, Mom and Dad wanted to buy a second place, and me to live and manage it for them, so here I have been. Long stories, but always good to see from the Edsons, won't forget those "Music Man" days. I was in the MM after that at some Jr. College a year or so later, and didn't lose a beat singing. Somehow, singing has always been part of my life. Things here in Colorado won't ever be the same as the choir I sang with in NYC, or singing for that band in Austin, TX, but singing and music are still there for me. I tried the "acting" bit a few times in Austin, and in NYC, but I just wasn't up for constantly looking for work. There was a lady who had done Law and Order a couple times in NYC that I knew, but she was always busy. She has family near here in Colorado, but I haven't pursued much beyond where my folks and other family are at. One of these days, maybe, but most people are married and have children now, at my age. My Mom tells me that she had an uncle that was single his whole life, was always a great person to be around, so maybe that might be my fate. After all, we can't be young forever. Something like that.
Enough of my life-ponderings Karen. Always good to see from you and Eric, and reminisce about our younger days performing. Say hi to him, or don't. Good to see from you at least Karen!
I sent this the other day to someone also from Alvin who went to our church there where my dad was the pastor. Sort of a lot to fill everyone in on, but this is something of a summary.
Yes, it is AK from Alvin, TX. (And yes, my Dad did preach there. ) Looks like a lot has happened for a lot of us since. A (short) summary: I went to UT in Austin, graduated '89, Jarid graduated from UT in '93. I was in a band for 7 years after getting my Bach. Degree at UT (Radio-TV-Film), Jarid is a Civil Engineer in Alaska, married a lady in 2000, with three kids who lost their first father in a small plane crash, Jarid and Cara had a baby boy in 2002. (One) of my girlfriends decided to move to NYC in 1996 whom I followed, but we didn't stay together but for a year longer, I moved back to Colorado last Summer (2007) where the folks have lived since 1996. Folks moved to Colorado, I moved to NYC, and Jarid moved to Alaska, all in 1996. Not that we were trying to get some distance between us, but things just seem to happen that way. It's been nice to be around the folks since two Summers ago, and a lot of my Dad's family here in Northern Colorado. Stay in touch! I'll look through your photos a little to get something of a history on you and the family. Nice to see you married now! Say hi to your family you grew up with in Alvin for me. I've somewhat stayed in touch with Tammy S, sort of. I know her daughter Kelly had passed away a couple of years ago.
that got married. Actually this is his wife, but they were both friends. People turned me on to Facebook recently, and
I need to learn to stop pasting and forwarding, or I'll never get to sleep tonight, and I'm exhausted after watching a couple's two dogs this last week. But home, and nice to be
in my place where I can take things easy. And Paste. And
forward. And email. And go to bed, like now when I feel like it. See from you on ItsYourTurn tomorrow.
Hi Karen. After graduating college at UT, I was in a band as the lead singer for several years. Gotta be a parents' worst nightmare for one of their kids to graduate then join a band. Some of the best money I'd ever made though, and nice young lladies that I "almost" became "committed" to. Long stories, sort of. One girl I was involved with, I moved to NYC with in 96, but she had some definite plans to move up in the world of musicians. She hooked with Kurt Loder from MTV (I met him once when she was with him and we were all welcoming some other friends who had moved to NYC from Austin). I worked a few TV shows, films etc, then got a job with the company that provides the backline gear and rehearsals for bands going onto SNL, D. Letterman, Mad. Sq. Garden, and even "met" Joe Pesci once in an elevator at a hotel I was delivering a keyboard to. Funny, funny stuff that I had to keep from laughing out loud. Ultimate Joe Pesci comments about another rider in the elevator.
In '99 I got a job working with computers. Learned a lot, went through a lot. Actually, in the Spring of '99 not long after I got the new job in computers, I was given a "possible" diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Symptoms went away, and I went on with learning about computers. Actually, the company I worked for had bought an ISP a few years before, and one of the "clients" of the older ISP was the public hospitals of NYC. I had to manage their firewall, email, provide 3000+ pages of where everyone was surfing on the internet through their system. (I know, odd series of laws that NYC had, but the public hospitals couldn't have the firewall on their own network...long series of laws that they had to abide by, and I had to make sure they were following with their internet usage.) Anway, the Spring of 2001, my company told me they weren't going to keep the public hospitals as a client, too expensive to manage on my end. And, I had my "defining" Multiple Sclerosis exacerbation where I couldn't feel anything from the hips down, was exhausted and ready to go to bed at 7pm everynight, people noticed that I had lost a lot of weight also, so I was in the hospital for 11 days having steroid treatments. Steroids did magic for me, but my job was still going away, so among the few interviews I went through was one on the 77th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. "Fortunately" I wasn't qualified for it, though I had experience in virtually everything computer related. However, the dot com boom was falling, and many people were looking for jobs also in NYC. Then, the Fall of 2001, what can I say. My job was supposed to end in October, but they "extended" my job by one more month. Whatever. 2001 was not a fun year.
In the Spring of 2002 I joined a church in Manhattan, and the next Fall I started singing with their choir, and stuck with them until I moved to Colorado in the Summer of 2007. The choir was one of the best memories I've had singing. Great group of people to be around always. Yet, Mom and Dad wanted to buy a second place, and me to live and manage it for them, so here I have been. Long stories, but always good to see from the Edsons, won't forget those "Music Man" days. I was in the MM after that at some Jr. College a year or so later, and didn't lose a beat singing. Somehow, singing has always been part of my life. Things here in Colorado won't ever be the same as the choir I sang with in NYC, or singing for that band in Austin, TX, but singing and music are still there for me. I tried the "acting" bit a few times in Austin, and in NYC, but I just wasn't up for constantly looking for work. There was a lady who had done Law and Order a couple times in NYC that I knew, but she was always busy. She has family near here in Colorado, but I haven't pursued much beyond where my folks and other family are at. One of these days, maybe, but most people are married and have children now, at my age. My Mom tells me that she had an uncle that was single his whole life, was always a great person to be around, so maybe that might be my fate. After all, we can't be young forever. Something like that.
Enough of my life-ponderings Karen. Always good to see from you and Eric, and reminisce about our younger days performing. Say hi to him, or don't. Good to see from you at least Karen!
I sent this the other day to someone also from Alvin who went to our church there where my dad was the pastor. Sort of a lot to fill everyone in on, but this is something of a summary.
Yes, it is AK from Alvin, TX. (And yes, my Dad did preach there. ) Looks like a lot has happened for a lot of us since. A (short) summary: I went to UT in Austin, graduated '89, Jarid graduated from UT in '93. I was in a band for 7 years after getting my Bach. Degree at UT (Radio-TV-Film), Jarid is a Civil Engineer in Alaska, married a lady in 2000, with three kids who lost their first father in a small plane crash, Jarid and Cara had a baby boy in 2002. (One) of my girlfriends decided to move to NYC in 1996 whom I followed, but we didn't stay together but for a year longer, I moved back to Colorado last Summer (2007) where the folks have lived since 1996. Folks moved to Colorado, I moved to NYC, and Jarid moved to Alaska, all in 1996. Not that we were trying to get some distance between us, but things just seem to happen that way. It's been nice to be around the folks since two Summers ago, and a lot of my Dad's family here in Northern Colorado. Stay in touch! I'll look through your photos a little to get something of a history on you and the family. Nice to see you married now! Say hi to your family you grew up with in Alvin for me. I've somewhat stayed in touch with Tammy S, sort of. I know her daughter Kelly had passed away a couple of years ago.
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