Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!
I made a joke that Captain America: Civil War was a nothing but a story featuring hero-on-hero violence. You know what happens when you assume stuff. This movie was entertaining, thought provoking and somewhat heartbreaking. Without giving away anything I will say that we are all manipulated by political forces and sometimes people on the same team have to choose the best way to go about doing something and therefore causes much conflict, even war. The cast performances are top shelf and I think Chris Evans and Robert Downey, Jr. are amazing. If you haven’t seen this movie, go. You might want to watch the Captain America, Iron Man, Ant Man and Avengers movies before seeing this one to provide much needed context. This is probably the best super hero movie made in quite some time, a new standard has been set.
Today is Pentecost in the Christian faith. It celebrates the fire of the Holy Spirit coming down to the people of God. At St. Peter’s Episcopal Church this morning we celebrated the occasion by wearing red and observing the eucharist.
Can you believe It’s Sunday already? The weekend has flown by it seems. All we have is today, lets make it awesome or something like that. Go have some fun.
Emergency rooms, waiting rooms, airport gates, bus terminals and malls are interesting places to people watch. In some places the reasons for being there can be joyful while other places being there can be dreadful and somber. People of all walks of life can be found in such places where they gather to simply wait for what’s next. Waiting rooms are full of anxious people who face uncertainty for various reasons. We all have waiting rooms in our homes too. I think the worst room to be in is waiting for someone to pass away but on the other hand a birth or successful surgery can be a happy room. No matter what we are all waiting in a room for something.
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