Credo ↔ Oratio » Video http://tenclay.org/blog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How about Love? http://tenclay.org/blog/2010/12/29/how-about-love/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2010/12/29/how-about-love/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:39:59 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=925 Continue reading →]]> As we all know, we’re just days away from a calendar flip. 2010 will soon be history (as most of it already is) and 2011 will actually be upon us.

Oddly enough, even though I’m usually the kind of person that tends to dream into the future (sometimes overly-ignoring the past), the new year’s transition is one that typically makes me look backwards to weigh the past rather than forward to create a list of mostly-unattainable goals.

One of the problems with looking back is figuring out what lens(es) to examine the past through. There are a lot of ways to evaluate the past – many of which are remarkably unhelpful.

Money? Success? Power? Career? Accomplishments? Society tends to suggest these are the things that make life worth living – the lenses through our lives should be evaluated. I disagree.

It’s a little old, and perhaps a bit cliché (ok.. it’s really old… but then, by some designations I’m getting a little old and maybe eve a bit cliché…. Don’t you dare suggest I’m “really” old yet!)

I don’t care, I still love Rent.

How do we evaluate the year behind us (and, perhaps equally as importantly: what do we strive for in the year ahead)? Love…


Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes…
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear…
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes…
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylight? In sunsets? In midnights? In cups of coffee?
In inches? In miles? In laughter? In strife?

In Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes…
How do you measure a year in the life?

Chorus:
How about love?!
How about love?!
How about love?!
Measure in love – seasons of love.
(Seasons of love.)

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes…
Five hundred twenty five thousand journeys to plan…
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes…
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

In truth that she learned or in times that he cried?
In the bridges he burned or the way that she died?

Its time now to sing out – though the story never ends -
lets celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
(chorus)

So, with that in mind, I’m working on the 2010 “Old Year’s Awards” — Stay tuned, they’ll be coming soon! I’m following the same rules as last year…. It’ll be a quick look back at 2010 and the people (and things) that have made my little corner of the world more loving and more hopeful.

Grace and Peace,
`tim

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“Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

]]> http://tenclay.org/blog/2010/05/10/hmmm-been-there/feed/ 1 Because I’m awake, that’s why http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/10/07/because-im-awake-thats-why/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/10/07/because-im-awake-thats-why/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:06:58 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=689 Continue reading →]]> Have you ever heard a piece of music that is so beautiful it almost hurts… a piece with dissonance so perfect that it’s achingly profound? Well, if you haven’t, Arvo Pärt’s Magnificat is it. I ran across an wonderful YouTube version of it this evening (although the video is a bit bizarre). Enjoy…

Grace and Peace,
`tim

]]> http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/10/07/because-im-awake-thats-why/feed/ 0 I’ve always wanted to try… http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/08/12/ive-always-wanted-to-try/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/08/12/ive-always-wanted-to-try/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:51:34 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=652 Continue reading →]]> I know I’m a little bit crazy, but I’ve always wanted to try fire breathing. The problem? I don’t like pain, and I’m a bit risk-adverse. You know what they say about curiosity… eventually it gets the best of you. (I’m ignoring what they say about curiosity and that unfortunate cat….)

Anyhow, this evening I read about a type of fire breathing that doesn’t use carcinogenic fuel and doesn’t taste downright awful, so… to make a long story short, I had to give it a try.

It’s still one of my first tries… but….

Fun, huh?!

Oh, and don’t try this at home! :-)

Grace and Peace,
`tim

]]> http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/08/12/ive-always-wanted-to-try/feed/ 4 Tom Lehrer – The Vatican Rag http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/07/02/tom-lehrer-the-vatican-rag/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/07/02/tom-lehrer-the-vatican-rag/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:27:58 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=594 Why? Well, I haven’t posted anything in a while and it’s good clean fun….

Grace and Peace,
`tim

]]> http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/07/02/tom-lehrer-the-vatican-rag/feed/ 0 World’s Hottest Pepper — he he he http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/05/21/worlds-hottest-pepper-he-he-he/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/05/21/worlds-hottest-pepper-he-he-he/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 03:05:09 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=540 I probably shouldn’t find this as funny as I do; oh well. Enjoy…

Grace and Peace,
`tim

]]> http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/05/21/worlds-hottest-pepper-he-he-he/feed/ 0 Why? http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/04/03/why/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/04/03/why/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:36:31 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=509 Why don’t things like this ever happen in SW Michigan???

Thanks for the link Brewergnome… brightened my day.

Grace and Peace,
`tim

]]> http://tenclay.org/blog/2009/04/03/why/feed/ 0 Straight No Chaser http://tenclay.org/blog/2008/12/23/straight-no-chaser/ http://tenclay.org/blog/2008/12/23/straight-no-chaser/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:22:16 +0000 teejtc http://tenclay.org/blog/?p=430 Continue reading →]]> No, I’m not talking about Christmas cocktails… Straight No Chaser is an a capella group. They have a wonderful version of “Auld Lang Syne” on their Christmas Album that just came out, but what I’ve really fallen in love with is their version of the “12 days of Christmas.” It’s on the CD too, but the video is great so I hunted it down for you. Enjoy!


Straight No Chaser – 12 Days of Christmas


Grace and peace,
`tim

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