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!

Still True Today #America

This is what greatness is about.

Well It’s Monday Again, It’s OK

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My friends, we are at the beginning of a new week. Let’s see what we can do to make it the best we can. Whatever you are doing today remember it’s going to be OK! We got this, right?

Six Word Story

Emotional capital is spent too freely.

A Talk About Death

My priest did a great talk on death tonight at church. I am comforted in how we as the creation of God are both body and soul and they are equally important. In our worship as Episcopalian’s that everything we do in worship reveals that connection in creation. As a follower of Jesus, there is a comfort that God came to earth in the form of Jesus to reveal his love to the world.

7 Days – 7 Photos Of Everyday Life

My friend John Walker challenged me on Facebook to do this 7 days – 7 photos of everyday life. No explanation, all black and white. Any one of you is welcome to do the same. I believe I can rise to the occasion.

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This is day number 1.

Quote Of The Day

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Thomas Merton