Spiritual Ramblings

It was on this day (October 31) in 1517 that Martin Luther published his 95 Theses , an event that led to the Protestant Reformation. Next Wednesday, Glory of God Anglican Church in Cocoa will show the 2003 German movie “Martin Luther” with John Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustanov.

Glory of God Anglican Church’s Clergy Appreciation Video 2009

Great Bake Sale Saturday – Here are some Photos

Church Bake Sale

It’s the birthday of the poet Donald Hall, who said: “I see no reason to spend your life writing poems unless your goal is to write great poems. … To desire to write poems that endure — we undertake such a goal certain of two things: that in all likelihood we will fail, and that [...]

Great video by “The Skit Guys” called “God’s Chisel” – Very entertaining and insightful.

Watch “God’s Chisel”

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
From “Ozymandias”

by Percy Bysshe Shelley who was born this day, [...]

This is a Very Sweet Poem from “The Writer’s Almanac July 30, 2009″
(And I’m not saying that because it has such a great title.)
“Ben”
by David Budbill (Other works by the author)

You can see him in the village almost anytime.
He’s always on the street.
At noon he ambles down to Jerry’s
in case a trucker who’s stopped [...]

“There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.” John Ashbery, born July 28th in Rochester, New York (1927)
For More Visit “The Writer’s Almanac” Online.
July 28th is Also the Birth Date of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844) a highly regarded poet and clergyman, [...]

Today July 22 is the birthday of Margery Williams Bianco, born London, England 1881. She wrote in “The Velveteen Rabbit” –
“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby. But these things don’t [...]

The Six-Word Story
There’s a legend that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to create a six-word story, and he said, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Inspired by this, an online magazine invited readers to submit their own six-word memoirs, a collection of which was published by Harper Collins in 2008 as Not Quite What I [...]