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A video every woman I know should watch

This really is something all women need to see.

  

11 things you will not be taught in school

This is attributed to a speech given by Bill Gates at a High School. I'm not sure whether that is the real source or not and I'm not motivated to figure that out. 

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high  school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until  you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:  They called it opportunity.  

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were so before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.  This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.  *Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life.  In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 :  Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one..

 

Haven't posted to my blog in nearly a year....

So this seemed fitting...

  

Here's to the crazy ones

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."— Apple Computer Inc., 1997 ad campaign

The 'right' theology for the Book of Common Prayer

Been following a couple of conversations about the use of language in Episcopal liturgy. Mainly, someone will pose a question like, "If the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is to be rewritten, should we continue to use the word Lord to refer to Jesus?" And then the question will be batted around - some arguing yes and some no.

It's easy to get caught up in the theological debate, for sure. But among all the various reasons and arguments, the conversation has one common element  - the assumption that there is a right answer and a wrong answer and if we just do 'better' theology or make our case with enough passion (and better theology) we will land on the right answer that should then be incorporated into a new BCP. 

But the argument goes on and on and on...because ultimately there is no right answer. Or better yet, there is no wrong answer.

Ultimately, the use of language in liturgy is both theological and contextual. Theologically we can make a good case on either side of this question. Contextually I'm betting there is a choice in terms that makes the most sense for the worshipping community.

However the Book of Common Prayer isn't really built that way. It is kind of a one-size-fits-all when it comes to the words we say.

Bottom line, when considering questions such as this one (or the myriad of others that may need to be addressed) my hope is that we focus the conversation on how the Book of Common Prayer can be opened up and contextualized to allow a reflection of the local theology....not simply engaging in neverending debates about the right theology.