So yea, changes

Well, things in Colorado Springs have caused me to begin changing quite a few things in my life. Most especially, I've begun going to a local Orthodox Church that has been an intense experience. I think I may have to convert - this upsets all my carefully laid life-plans for the year, but such is life. I've believe I've found the Way, and to that I can't say no. I'll explain more in the future.

Amazing Post

Fr. Alvin Kimel, author of pontifications, has a new post for the first time in quite a while. Disbelieving the Predestinarian God is worth a read, or two, or three. Here's a sample:

There are many days, too many days, when I do not know if I believe in God, when I do not know if God exists. But I do know whom I struggle to believe. He is the God made known in Jesus Christ. He is the God who is a holy communion of absolute love and gladness. He is the God who searches for the one lost sheep and upon finding it hoists it upon his shoulder and restores it to the flock. He is the God who turns his house upside down until he finds the one silver coin he has lost. He is the God who was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our inquities; by his stripes we are healed. This is the only God worthy of our belief.

Hot Off the Presses

Just published a few hours ago, the new encyclical by Benedict XVI has been released. It's titled Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope), and is located here.

I think I'm becoming an Anglo-Papalist, especially with such a cool, Bavarian pope.

Sometimes one has to go through the pain of separation in order to move on in life. Sometimes we must separate in order to be free. It is a relief. Even sometimes we must part from good friends. Yet it can be necessary.

Yesterday I ran through a hard, cold rain. I became soaked, yet it cleared my mind and drained my anger well. I was able to run fast, and hard - frustration is often a great fuel. I savored the discomfort of the weather, every step drove me to my inevitable determination to make a decision.

I've restarted the piano lessons I abandoned when I was young. I am starting with Satie's Gymnopedie #1. It is hard going, yet I'm progressing well. I only need master the second page, and it will be ready. For the moment, though, my hands are quite clumsy.

Song of the day:

Hymn of Thanksgiving

The Akathist Hymn: "Glory to God for All Things"