I spend a lot of time on this site talking about yachting around South Florida and the Bahamas. As a family we were privileged to do so in an era when things weren't so crowded—or regulated—as they are now. We also got to miss the thrill of the piracy wave that swept over the region …
George Conger and Kevin Kallsen Put a Wrap on the Anglican Consultative Council’s Process About the Covenant
http://blip.tv/play/AYGAtzOUogk This is about a succinct take on the failure of the Covenant (for which few tears are shed here, for this reason) as I've seen. In addition to the subject matter, I'm posting this for two reasons. The first is that I find myself lost in many of the parliamentary and procedural reports I …
First the Celebration of Life. Then the Cocktail Party.
One of the oldest pieces on this site (around ten years, I think) is A State of Being, which concerns the prominent and gracious Palm Beach socialite Helene Tuchbreiter (right.) She and my mother were friends, and they worked together to found Palm Beach's first (I think) resale shop: the Church Mouse. Helene's charitable work …
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Promoting a Compassionate Agenda vs. Making Fun of the Special Olympics
Barack Obama's comparison of his bowling game with the Special Olympics (which is unfair; there are people in the Special Olympics who can handily beat him) has gotten a lot of press. There are those, however who view this as a passing gaffe. But, as the French would remind us, "what fills the heart will …
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Chaplains Without God? Only in South Florida!
They've done it again: A chaplain at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton has resigned, she says, over a ban on use of the words "God" or "Lord" in public settings. Chaplains still speak freely of the Almighty in private sessions with patients or families but, the Rev. Mirta Signorelli said: "I can't do …
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The Elitist Snob Needs to Spend Time in Palm Beach
He's trying to make inroads with Washington socialites: While publicly identifying with the nation's have-nots, the Obama administration has been cultivating the Beltway social elite behind the scenes. Earlier this year, the Obama administration invited top editors of three of Washington's local luxury lifestyle magazines - Capitol File, DC magazine and Washington Life - to …
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Bernie Madoff: A Disaster of Biblical Proportions–and Meaning
I've been doing a little "Rocky Mountain High" in Colorado the last few days so I've not been blogging much, but during that time the whole Ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff has broken. For most investors, smarting from the already gargantuan losses in the stock market, it doesn't have much impact (yet, at least.) But …
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It’s Time to Get Back to Cabins in Heaven
This week's podcast is I Go To Prepare a Place for You, from the Family of God's album Honor, Wisdom, Glory and Praise. The song features one of the better known passages from the New Testament: “In my Father’s Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, …
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The Two Americas: A Lesson from South Florida
Before the real Sarah Palin went to the podium to announce that "It's Saturday Night!" Tina Fey did one of her skits on a Palin News conference, making fun of Palin's implication that parts of the U.S. aren't really "America." My wife and I watched this historic episode of SNL from Boca Raton, a place …
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The Truth is Unknowable
Fellow Palm Beacher George Conger has written a fascinating summary of the 2008 Lambeth Conference in his article The Hollow Men: Lambeth 2008, What Happened And Why. In the course of this, he focused on Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' own consistent philosophy of religion: Dr. Williams is a consistent thinker. Since his enthronement he …
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