All posts by Tony Burgess

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!

Happy “Gotcha” Day Frankie

We adopted this little boy dog from the Chattanooga Humane Society one year ago. Frankie has been an endless source of light and fun in our lives. Of course, he is a little mischievous as most little boys are. He loves his mommy and daddy, balls, food, ice cubes and more. We are delighted he is in our lives and being a very good boy. Here is to a fun furry future with this fine lad. We love you, Frankie.

Getting Holy Week Ready

Today at church we made Palm Sunday crosses and stuffed Easter eggs for Holy Week celebrations. It’s going to be a busy week at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church as we conclude Lent and welcome Easter.

One Year Ago I Met This Little Fellow

I work for a blood bank and, was assigned to work an employee health fair for our local electric and internet utility service. While there I would answer questions and make appointments for donations. Other organizations were there including the Chattanooga Humane Society our animal shelter. They had this little fellow named Frankie who was there too hoping to inspire adoptions and to get adopted himself. I met Frankie and little did I know he would become our new dog a few days later. We had lost our Cody dog a couple months earlier and we were ready to begin the search. I took a liking to Frankie and so did my missus and we adopted him the following Friday. The old saying goes, adopt and don’t shop and I am glad we did.

The Thorne Sparkman School of Religion at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga

This is St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For the last five weeks we have come here on Wednesdays to participate in the Thorne Sparkman School of Religion that is a series of lectures on matters of faith. We have talked about religion in the public square this year and have had some great speakers talk about that heady subject. It’s been a blessing to be here at Lent where we have worshipped and fellowshipped. Thanks to our friends John and Connie for sponsoring us.

My One/Three Word(s)

Daily writing prompt
What is one word that describes you?

I color outside the lines here. I am using 3 interchangeable words and those words are…

Geek/Nerd/Dork

You see what I am saying here.