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. Hollywood is known for jumping on a successful idea and re-creating it over and... Continue Reading →
Sermon – November 8 2009
This is a recording of my preaching at St. Mark's Orchard Park NY. The clip runs 14:55 (which is a little long for me!) It is one of the best summations I think I've managed over the years about why young people should go to camp and why congregations should send them. (Some folks have... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – The Oscars
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. Well the Oscars have been awarded which means it's Oscar analysis time! I will... Continue Reading →
The Rule of St. Benedict and me
This doesn't quite rise to my expectation of a "Reflection" for this process. Interesting to note after my feelings of being a little lost in the process to begin doing some reading on Benedict and his rule for a life in faith. You see Benedict believed that in order to have time for the important... Continue Reading →
Sabbatical video check week 1
Still haven't fixed all the audio problems with this process yet. I think I know what to do next but I needed to get this finished!
The first bump in the road
I've been struggling a little this week finding my way on the sabbatical. I knew that I had sacrificed any prep for the sabbatical to make sure that I had gotten everything ready to hand off but figured I could just work my way through it. Not so sure right now. So I'm putting sabbatical... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – Pay for the Media
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. The single greatest issue facing the modern media industry is a simple one. How... Continue Reading →
Just some housekeeping
It suddenly dawned on me that since this is: A new blog a new blog that has invited a bunch of new visitors a new blog that will spend a LOT of time on a single subject for the next two months some folks might get the wrong idea about it. This is NOT a... Continue Reading →
View From the Phlipside – ESPN
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. If you're a sports fan you probably watch ESPN. And so you may be... Continue Reading →
Reflections on the topic
I promised a couple days ago that I would do a little more reflecting on the topic of my sabbatical. So let's dive in. The topic breaks down into three basic pieces for me: Personal Piety Episcopal Context 21st Century So each one: Personal Piety - I actually fiddled with the words for this part... Continue Reading →