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 Three rousing cheers for chorister Dean Olsen Philip, who has been elevated to the rank of Eagle Scout. He was formally honored for the achievement at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor at St. John Lutheran Church, New Freedom, Pennsylvania, last Sunday, August 21st. Dean is not only a member of St. Stephen’s Choir of . . . → Read More: Congratulations, Dean—from one eagle to another  Here is this week’s newsletter (a bit late, courtesy of Hurricane Irene): St. Stephen’s News XXII 34 There’s nothing new about howling mobs of rioting Brits. In my youth, a couple of centuries ago, London’s riots were legendary. Mark you, the British weren’t as squeamish about dealing with them as they are today. At Apsley House, the London residence of the Duke of Wellington, the pillars on the top floor were once . . . → Read More: Time to read the Riot Act  The rioters who pillaged and burned vast swathes of British cities recently have been universally condemned as amoral, materialistic, self–absorbed thugs, with an overweening sense of entitlement engendered by an overly indulgent welfare state. An apt description, perhaps, but it merely catalogues the symptoms of the disease that lies at the root of what is . . . → Read More: Beware the barbarians howling at our gates  Here is this week’s newsletter: St. Stephen’s News XXII 33 Instead of the Friday Healing Eucharist, normally scheduled for 10:30 AM, St Stephen’s will be holding a Memorial Service for Georgetta Eggleston this Friday, August 19th, at 11:00 AM. Georgetta Eggleston (Died August 4, 2011) On August 4, 2011, Georgetta U. Eggleston, beloved wife of the late Joseph William Eggleston, Jr.; loving mother of Drake . . . → Read More: Memorial Service for Georgetta Eggleston replaces Friday Healing Eucharist From this week’s newsletter. A German joke, the old saying goes, is no laughing matter. But like so many old sayings, it’s simply a load of baloney. German jokes are usually a hoot—not least because the rules of German grammar make it an ideal language in which to deliver punch lines. The notion . . . → Read More: Joking aside, Germany can teach us a lesson The Rector’s article in this week’s newsletter is a bit on the dense side for my taste. It needs a German joke or two to enliven it—like the one I heard from my Austrian cousin Eugen Adler: Three Bavarians are drinking in a beer hall when a Prussian, uninvited, sits at their table. The . . . → Read More: A salty tale from Austria Here is this week’s newsletter : St. Stephen’s News XXII 32 Typical of the clergy, isn’t it? Just because you don’t squawk about how much you know, they assume you’re half–witted. I’ll bet the rector has a pokerwork sign in his study that reads: “Don’t underestimate yourself. Let me do it for you.” Okay, so I haven’t been to college, but if you hang around churches . . . → Read More: The adventures of an unemployed eagle |
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