http://thefallencleric.com Thoughts on God, counseling, relationships, etc. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/educational-standards/ http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/educational-standards/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:43:05 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2756 I love teaching. It is a calling, and it is one of the few things in this world that I believe I am very good at it. But I think high school, for most kids today, is a huge waste of time. When I was in high school we were required by the state to [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2012/01/educational-standards/feed/ 2 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/on-break/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/on-break/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:02:13 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2723 Hello dear readers. Just a quick note that The Fallen Cleric is on break this week. I won’t be posting at all, and will return with a new post on Monday, January 2. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas this year. It was one of the best ever for my family and me. [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/on-break/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/help-me-help-you/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/help-me-help-you/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:13:19 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2691 The most important part of blog writing is great content. But if the content is there, getting the word out is critical. I see signs month by month that the word is getting out about this blog, and I need to do whatever I can to give it a push. But rather than simply ask [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/12/help-me-help-you/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/10/warm-strangers/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/10/warm-strangers/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:11:20 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2548 Several years ago I purchased an album by a piano player singer-songwriter named Vienna Teng. I’m just now listening to it seriously, and it is renewing my faith in music. There is still stunning beauty out there — music that can make me feel something — new things to do with melody and arrangements. Warning: [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/10/warm-strangers/feed/ 0 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/06/daniel-amos-tour-2011/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/06/daniel-amos-tour-2011/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:20:32 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2340 I had the pleasure on Father’s Day of road-tripping with my three daughters to Akron, OH where we picked up my brother, grabbed dinner, and caught Daniel Amos in concert. I have seen DA many times over the past twenty years, and they have never sounded finer. Terry Taylor, band leader and lead singer/songwriter, is [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/06/daniel-amos-tour-2011/feed/ 2 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/dudely-dude/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/dudely-dude/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 11:50:38 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2190 I like the word dude. I use it a lot. I wish I could say that someone is a “dudely dude.” “Man, you are one dudely dude.” But when you say it out loud, it sounds like “Doodle-y  dude,” which could not be less dudely. Related posts: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-08 Related posts:

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]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/dudely-dude/feed/ 2 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/hate/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/hate/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 14:18:10 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2168 ‎”Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/hate/feed/ 4 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/barack-w-bush/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/barack-w-bush/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 17:25:21 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2151 Is it just me, or is Barack Obama sounding more like George W. Bush every day? This is either because: a. Obama is giving in to political pressure and changing his ideals b. Obama is seeing reality much more clearly, and reasonable human beings, given full information, will naturally come to similar conclusions about how [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/barack-w-bush/feed/ 4 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/bin-laden-dead/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/bin-laden-dead/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 17:14:54 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2143 On the radio today I heard a family member of a 9/11 victim say the news of bin Laden’s death does not bring rejoicing but, instead, relief. I don’t think I can capture my feelings any better. I have struggled a great deal with how I feel, and how I should feel about this news. [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/05/bin-laden-dead/feed/ 14 http://thefallencleric.com/2011/04/climbing-the-google-ladder/ http://thefallencleric.com/2011/04/climbing-the-google-ladder/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:18:00 +0000 thefallencleric http://thefallencleric.com/?p=2127 Climbing the Google Ladder If you Google the words thoughtful people, one of my posts comes up first out of 21 million! If you Google the words things I am good at, I am fourth out of 734 million. If you Google the words getting counseling, I am eighth out of 25,200,000. That’s one I’m [...] No related posts.]]> http://thefallencleric.com/2011/04/climbing-the-google-ladder/feed/ 1