Monthly Archives: March 2003

My First Anniversary

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This morning, a couple with whom we sat last night at the wedding reception gave us roses. I seriously almost cried — they are such wonderful people. We were prayed for during the service and during the peace, people started congratulating us. I talked to both sets of parents who called to say “Happy Anniversary” and Jon and I stayed in and chilled this afternoon and evening. We are both exhausted from Saturday and this morning, so it’s been a really quiet evening.

We just watched the wedding video and I could see the points at which I was almost in tears while reciting my vows. I am such a sap! (Jon was in the same position, so I wasn’t the only one but still…) It’s amazing to me that it’s been a year!

Mean Dean offered to let me have the Sunday sermonette (well… after I begged politely) so you can read my reflections on this day here.

Bedtime for me! (My bengal tiger cub is rebuking me for still being up. CATS!!!!)

This Ain’t In My Pastor’s Wife Contract

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Last night, Jon and I attended the rehearsal dinner of a couple that is being married this afternoon at the church. I went basically to sit in on a meeting in Jon’s place but ended up staying for all of dinner. Then, as I was lurking around the rehearsal, the bride begged me to be the wedding coordinator and make sure the wedding party can get into the church at the right time. My response: “Ummmm… sure.”

This afternoon, I checked in with the bride and her mother and let them know where I was in case anybody needed anything. A few minutes later, the bride and her mother showed up at my door apologizing profusely because I had been left off the guest list for the reception… which I actually wasn’t even supposed to be on in the first place. (Jon was invited because he’s clergy but I don’t think he was planning to attend because he’d be coming home to me.) I told them not to worry and I’d check with Jon to see what his plans were and sent them off to finish getting ready.

The irony of all of this: my (1st) wedding anniversary is tomorrow. 🙂 A year ago, *I* was going through all of this. My mother is going to laugh when she hears this.

Friday Five

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1. If you had the chance to meet someone you’ve never met, from the past or present, who would it be?
Probably someone like St. Macrina or Emily Dickinson.

2. If you had to live in a different century, past or future, which would it be?
During the bringing of the Gospel to Ireland in the 5th-7th centuries

3. If you had to move anywhere else on Earth, where would it be?
Ireland or British Columbia or Washington State

4. If you had to be a fictional character, who would it be?
Either Anne of Green Gables or Hermione Granger

5. If you had to live with having someone else’s face as your own for the rest of your life, whose would it be?
I don’t know because the face wouldn’t be my own and I’m kind of fond of my face.

Jen’s Daily Fisking

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Some Thoughts on Democrats and Liberals and the War Protesting Going On

My response:
Re: your first paragraph: What we’re doing is also against the charter of the U.N., which governs disputes between nations. I see no reason why we shouldn’t be at war if all diplomatic efforts had been exhausted. However… they hadn’t. I have yet to see the Iraqis meet with *anyone* on this issue in talks. There’s also the fact that *none* of our tips to the weapons inspectors paid off, so unless Bush wants to argue human rights (which he really hasn’t mentioned in depth yet and this scares me because it *is* compelling — he just hasn’t looked at it yet), we have no legitimate reason for being over there.

Re: your comment that protestors are a bunch of psychos: Rush Limbaugh isn’t the best source to quote because he has an agenda. (Stick to news sites, not talking heads whose bark is bigger than their bite.) I’m protesting this war and I don’t support Saddam in the least. This ain’t a black and white issue.

Re; Rachel Corrie: Israel has committed quite a few human rights atrocities and it irritates me how people automatically assume that all Palestinians are Muslim fundamentalists when quite a few are Christians. (Tears down that “us” and “them” argument real fast, doesn’t it?) I applaud Rachel for standing up for what she believes in because she believed that the Israelis were wrong. *I* believe that the Israelis were wrong — I had classes on this conflict alone as a Religious Studies major in college. I’ve looked at both sides of the issue and both sides have made some big mistakes.

And for the record, I am a Democrat and a “liberal” (though back home I’m a “conservative” — interesting how labels shift depending on the company one keeps). I am morally certain, I don’t hate conservatism, I think capitalism has problems but we can work with them, I don’t hate people who have a clear idea of right and wrong, and I trust people who are confident in their faith and opinions… because I am one. I do, however, dislike those who generalize about others based on the rantings of people like Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Hannity, and their leftist equivalents.

So… I think I’ll echo Drina: quite a bit of unnecessary hostility going on here against Democrats and liberals. And you complain that I’m a little hostile toward Bush?

At least he didn’t say “they hate us because we’re free”.

Various Thoughts on the War

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Here are some people who have sentiments that I share on this issue:

Ron Silliman:
No message for today. I??m too sick at heart at the impending onset of the war. It really is the end of a United States that was conceived on the basis of some very grand ideas not so far from here 227 years ago, replaced by a thug state committed only to bullying the world into submission. Such an endeavor cannot long endure.

Krissy:
[Quote from CNN]: “At the White House, officials said that just before Bush addressed the nation, he pumped his fist, winked, and said ‘I feel good.’ He then delivered his address, which lasted four minutes.”

[Krissy]: I worry that his reasons for fighting this war aren’t the same ones he told us. I think he may be fighting this war for war’s sake, especially after reading that comment. How can you feel good about this kind of thing?

I just cannot feel good about this war. I will pray for the soldiers over there and I will pray for peace. I just really feel like Bush is telling us it’s to rid Iraq of Hussein because he has the weapons of mass destruction but I feel also like Bush wants a war to bring glory to himself. I mean… there’s another obvious reason for this war that he hasn’t mentioned: the human rights abuses by Iraq. Mike of This Classical Life actually *tells* about this here. [Warning, it is graphic and I chose not to post it on this site for that reason. Well… that and I really didn’t want to be seeing it every time I had to do archives.]

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Dona nobis pacem. Amen.

Outrage

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Anyone else disturbed about this? I can’t think of anything more anti-Resurrection message than an Easter basket with plastic assault rifles in it, can you?