I said I wanted to transition to more hands on stuff this week. So here's the easy bit. A couple years back as part of a parish wide look at personal prayer St. Luke's Jamestown produced a very useful booklet called "Lord, Teach Me To Pray". The book is made up of 5 presentations done... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Death Video
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. A tragic story from a month or so ago continues to reverberate as the... Continue Reading →
From my Prayer Journal
It's hard not to panic when things look especially dark. I held on as best I could and allowed myself to reach out for help. It wasn't easy but it was easier. Is that how it feels as I get better on our walk together? That it just becomes a littler easier as we go? ... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – R.I.P. Chet Simmons
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. Unless you're really into the names of the folks behind the scenes in the... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – High Tech Textbooks
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the Movies and more. I love them and I hate them and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside. A rare occurrence may be headed our way. A convergence of old media and... Continue Reading →
Sabbatical video check week 4
Forgot to mention what I'm reading this week - Joan Chittester's book "The Breath of the Soul - Reflections on Prayer". Loaned to me by a friend who had just gotten it and hadn't read it yet herself. Thanks Kim!
View From the Phlipside – Good versus Bad ads
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside I've noted before that I spend a lot of time watching TV commercials. Part... Continue Reading →
Reflection – Piety
I began with what I thought was a pretty simple statement for this study - "Personal Piety in an Episcopal Context in the 21st Century". My hope was to come up with a compact expression of what I was trying to study. Each of the three parts were given a certain amount of thought. 21st... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Online ads
My name is Jay Phillippi and I've spent my life in and around the media. TV, Radio, the movies and more. I love 'em and I hate 'em and I always have an opinion. Call this The View From the Phlipside You may believe that no one spins the news more than politicians but there's... Continue Reading →
To Be Teachers of Prayer
In 1934 William Temple (Archbishop of Canterbury[ABC] from 1942-44) instructed a teacher at a seminary as follows: You will use it as a basis for what we need more than all else - to teach the clergy to be teachers of prayer It strikes me that this instruction may be even more vital today. We... Continue Reading →