President Reagan Shot 21 years ago today
One of my most vivid memories from childhood is the day that President Reagon was shot and very nearly killed by John Hinckley Jr. who amazingly managed to get off six shots
The president was shot in the left lung, and the .22 caliber bullet just missed his heart. In an impressive feat for a 70-year-old man with a collapsed lung, he walked into George Washington University Hospital under his own power. As he was treated and prepared for surgery, he was in good spirits and quipped to his wife, Nancy, ''Honey, I forgot to duck,'' and to his surgeons, "Please tell me you're Republicans." Reagan's surgery lasted two hours, and he was listed in stable and good condition afterward.Sadly, we remember James Brady, one of Reagan's close assistants, who to this day is confined to a wheel chair after incurring one of the bullets aimed at Reagan.
Some interesting stuff to watch
The History Channel has a series of interesting programs coming up. For example,
Tonight 5pm St. Peter: The Rock
He was a simple fisherman on the Sea of Galilee until Jesus of Nazareth promised to make him a "fisher of men." The man we know as St. Peter was the leader among the Apostles--the rock upon which the foundation of the Church was built and the keeper of the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. We trace the life of Peter, from his humble beginnings to martyrdom in Rome in 64 A.D. We also look at the Vatican's shocking announcement in 1968--that the bones of St. Peter had been found! TV G
Then on April 2nd: 6PM Egypt Land of the Gods/Cradle of Religions/Sacred Space
In the past 5,000 years, Egypt has been home to many gods. Pharaohs, Jews, Christians, and Muslims have all lived and worshipped there, leaving monuments and symbols of their faith across the landscape. We learn how the ancient gods and rituals impacted on modern religions to create a spiritually unique country. We examine the progression of religions--from ancient Pharaonic Polytheism to Judaism and Coptic Christianity and the modern Islamic state--and the structures associated with them. TV G
I think this last one is going to talk at some length about Eastern Orthodoxy, which ought to be interesting.
David Magarshack speaking about Dostoyevsky's writing:
"First of all, his amazing truthfulness in the description of life. Secondly, his masterly delineation of character and the social conditions of his heroes. Thirdly, his profound understanding and his wonderful artistic recreation of the tragic side of life."Philip Schaff describing the influence of Platonism on some Christians:
"In a time of inward distraction and dissolution the human mind hunts up old and obsolete systems and notions, or resorts to magical and theurgic arts."Timothy Ware on Protestantism:
"Protestantism was hatched from the egg which Rome laid."John Erickson describing the Church:
"The thrust even of the New Testament's political imagery is eschatological: the Church is that chosen race, royal priesthood and holy nation foretold by the prophets for the last times (1 Peter 2:9). The accent is on fulfillment. If the Church can be described as a perfect society, this is not because of a constitution laid down long ago by its Founder but because it effectively participates in the ultimate realities that it signifies. In other words, the Church is not just a horizontal community; it is also a vertical communion."Trash Can Sinatras:
"If I were a millionaire, I'd be a million miles from here...yeah yeah yeah."
Here's a partial list of those often forgotten, yet great, albums that radio stations have a bad habit of forgetting, even just seven or eight months out of the way.
(in no particular order)I just see all this great music out there, ready to be played, and yet radio stations continue, day after day, to play the same rotation of songs over and over. Blah...Midnight Oil's "Diesel and Dust" or "Blue Sky Mining"
Morrissey's "Bona Drag"
Siousxie and the Banshee's "Peekaboo"
Metallica's "And Justice for All"
The Cure's "Disintigration"
New Order's "Substance"
U2's "Unforgettable Fire"
Nine Inch Nails' "Pretty Hate Machine"
Tori Amos' "From the Choirgirl Hotel"
Garbage "Version 2.0"
Depeche Mode's "Ultra"
The Black Crows' "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion"
Willie Nelson's "The Red Headed Stranger"
and maybe Michael Jackson's "Off the Wall"
I'm happy to annouce that Kate and I finally (after much hard work on Kate's part) have secured a wedding chapel for our marriage. We will be wedding in a beautiful chapel overlooking Orange County, on the campus of Concordia University at 3pm, December 27th.
I'm working on a webpage just for the wedding, and I'll soon have a link to that page up and running.
The web address for this site will soon be changing as well: I will be moving to Wayne's provider since he has so graciously offered me the space. In all things praise God.