If You Have Not Decided What to Give up For Lent Yet, Here’s the Perfect Lenten Resolution

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A camera made of money

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All good cameras are expensive. This one is literally made of money (a single dollar bill, uncut of course). Folded by me, from the great “Dollar Origami” book by Won Park.

Why Confess Your Sins to a Priest?

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Have you ever asked or been asked,”Why should I confess my sins to someone else, If I can just confess them to God directly?” Of course, you can confess your sins to God anytime you want. And God forgives you if you are truly sorry. When you confess your sins to a priest, however, you are not just telling some guy what you did wrong. In order to understand why confessing your sins to a priest is different (and important), you need to exercise your faith in the teaching of the Church. The following video …

This doesn’t cover quite all the reasons why we confess our sins to a priest, but it’s really good on what it does cover.

Homilycast #181: Homily for Feb. 22, Ash Wednesday

Here is the homily for today, preached by the pastor of the parish, Fr John Kiley, recorded during the morning Mass at the church of St Joachim in Rockport.

You can hear all of my “homilycasts” by copying this URL:

http://advenus.wordpress.com/category/podcast-2/feed/

and adding it to your favorite podcast client software. For instance, in iTunes, you would click on the “Advanced” menu at the top of the screen and pick the second option, “Subscribe to podcast…” That makes a window pop up where you can paste the address I list above. You then click “OK”, and – depending on your default settings – you will get each new “homilycast” automatically!

Dollar Bill Origami Schooner instructions

I was feeling inspired the other day to make instructions for one of my recent origami creations, a dollar bill schooner. The quickest method seemed to be a video, so I decided to go ahead and throw something together. It’s very informal, but hopefully good enough to be followed, at least by someone with a certain level of origami skill.
You can see the photo of a schooner that I used as my reference in designing this model here on Flickr.

Part one of the video:

Part two:

“A” there…

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An interesting construction on Bearskin Neck.

Homilycast #180: Homily for Feb. 21, the Tuesday of the VII week of Ordinary Time, year II

Here is my homily for today, recorded during the morning Mass at the church of St Joachim in Rockport.

You can hear all of my “homilycasts” by copying this URL:

http://advenus.wordpress.com/category/podcast-2/feed/

and adding it to your favorite podcast client software. For instance, in iTunes, you would click on the “Advanced” menu at the top of the screen and pick the second option, “Subscribe to podcast…” That makes a window pop up where you can paste the address I list above. You then click “OK”, and – depending on your default settings – you will get each new “homilycast” automatically!

Rockport seen from Tuna Wharf

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Notice how the colors of the lobster traps mirror the colors of some of the houses behind them?

Homilycast #179: Homily for Feb. 20, the Monday of the VII week of Ordinary Time, year II

Here is my homily for today, recorded during the morning Mass at the church of St Joachim in Rockport.

You can hear all of my “homilycasts” by copying this URL:

http://advenus.wordpress.com/category/podcast-2/feed/

and adding it to your favorite podcast client software. For instance, in iTunes, you would click on the “Advanced” menu at the top of the screen and pick the second option, “Subscribe to podcast…” That makes a window pop up where you can paste the address I list above. You then click “OK”, and – depending on your default settings – you will get each new “homilycast” automatically!

Unitarian Universalist Church of Gloucester

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One of the architectural gems of Gloucester, by night and by day.

My photography post today on GMG