mallard, yogurt, world series

[gurdonark]

Today I went to a service at the church to which we belong. The sermon centered on the parable of the Good Samaritan, one of my favorites.
I often think that if church had more of the Golden Rule and more of the Good Samaritan, and less of lots of others things, that would be a good thing.

For various reasons I am still taking things a bit easy. I did go to Weight Watchers, where, not surprisingly, I had lost 3.2 pounds. A "soft food" regimen will do that for one. It is hard to complain about a temporary eating program that revolves around yogurt, oatmeal, scrambled eggs and soft frozen yogurt. I have some minor medical thing tomorrow, for which preparations too dreary to repeat required me to be mostly a homebody today.

I did take a walk around Glendover Pond. I liked the mallards, like this fellow:



I also saw two killdeer, a blue jay and a mockingbird in a tree squabbling about territory, a couple of grackles hunting for grass seeds, and park geese.

Later, I took a bicycle ride, but kept it to 20 low-stress minutes when my gums advised me that my blood was flowing through them, causing them to smart just a tad.

This afternoon I watched the local football team play and this evening we alternated between the local team's victory in the World Series
and "The Good Wife".

Comments

[vuzh.livejournal.com]

When I was going to church, I mostly remember many, many... very many sermons about how important it is to tithe 10% of your income to church EVERY SINGLE WEEK. Very important.

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

We are fortunate that our church does not sermonize tithing too much, though they do give one the math for various percentages, in case anyone is interested.

I've always found that on similar issues the tale of Ananias and Sapphira is rarely preached very often on Sunday.