The Grace PagesA rest-stop for fellow pilgrimsRite of Passage or The Man Who Stinks of Piss- August 2, 2004 Tim Samoff wrote recently about the joys of public transportation. It brought to mind a humourous short story I wrote some time ago while living on the other side of the pond. Enjoy. There is is one particular gateway through which everyone must pass if they are to become a full initiate in the transport system of any country. It is a rite of passage that one can point to again and again through the years as proof of having entered -- and endured -- the public transport experience....http://blogs.salon.com/0003622/2004/08/02.html#a120 Emerging questions for Maggi Dawn- August 1, 2004 In my previous entry I asked for opinions about the so-called Emerging Church. Of the handful of responses I received, the first was overwhelmingly negative, to the effect that the Emerging Church was just the same old conservative evangelicalism dressed up in a new garb. The criticism was offered with the caveat that perhaps things were different on the British side of the Atlantic. With that in mind, I'd like to ask Maggi Dawn a couple of questions, and Maggi, I'd be...http://blogs.salon.com/0003622/2004/08/01.html#a119 |