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> <channel><title>Writing on a VTX</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.rrchapman.us/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us</link> <description>The thoughts coherent and rambling of a technical communicator living by the banks of Possession Sound on the Salish Sea.</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:40:52 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Triduum</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2012/04/triduum/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2012/04/triduum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:38:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pinterest]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1465</guid> <description><![CDATA[I decided to do a photo essay on three worship services on April 5-7, 2012, at Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, Washington. This essay was added to my new Pinterest site in a collection called Triduum.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2012/04/triduum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Do you believe in miracles?</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/12/do-you-believe-in-miracles/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/12/do-you-believe-in-miracles/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:12:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fable]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miracles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Myth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1447</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recently on Facebook, I posted a link to a video about Hanukkah with the comment, "Happy Holidays! Do you believe in miracles?" A friend matter-of-factly replied, "No, not really." That statement was an opening for a discussion. However, the problem with Facebook is that nuanced answers given in postings are almost impossible. Here is an attempt to answer "yes, but" in a meaningful way.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/12/do-you-believe-in-miracles/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expectant</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/12/expectant/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/12/expectant/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ambiguity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[language]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1440</guid> <description><![CDATA[The English language is an imprecise language. As a person involved in technical communications, I have reminders of this every day I work. How does using an imprecise language like English for worship change the approach of the faithful to God?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/12/expectant/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Occupy Effectiveness</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/11/occupy-effectiveness/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/11/occupy-effectiveness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:35:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hooverville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Occupy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Protest]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1410</guid> <description><![CDATA[What does the Occupy movement want to accomplish? The Occupy movement gained the floor but lacked a clear agenda. Without a clear agenda, you never have a finish line to cross. It is not as if there are not urban encampments of the unemployed in US cities already. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/11/occupy-effectiveness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I&#8217;ll not drink to that</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/10/ill-not-drink-to-that/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/10/ill-not-drink-to-that/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:59:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Initiative 1183]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liquor Control Board]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1403</guid> <description><![CDATA[Initiative Measure 1183 seeks to turn liquor sales in Washington State over to the private market. It is the second time in two years we have voted on this. Initiative 1183 has several problems from my point of view without giving any advantages. Why give up what works well?
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isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1389</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am one of five members of the Snohomish County Districting Committee. On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, there will be a public meeting where we will receive public comment on two different plans. Here are my views on both of the plans. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/08/creating-snohomish-county-council-districts-that-comply-with-state-law/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lo, he comes</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/05/lo-he-comes/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/05/lo-he-comes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 01:22:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1379</guid> <description><![CDATA[Harold Camping is not the first person to long for the end of time. What is unfortunate is that Camping is not the first to set a time certain for adjournment. Don't we all want to escape the problems of this world?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/05/lo-he-comes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mission Accomplished—Not</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/05/mission-accomplished%e2%80%94not/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/05/mission-accomplished%e2%80%94not/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:40:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bin Ladden]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marshall Plan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Recovery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1370</guid> <description><![CDATA[Osama Bin Laden is dead. This does not even things up or settles anything. The real battle is still ahead. That is, if we want peace and prosperity.  ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/05/mission-accomplished%e2%80%94not/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Public service</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/04/public-service/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/04/public-service/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:26:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1363</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This is a lesson understood on the Snohomish County Council. Why isn't it understood elsewhere?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/04/public-service/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>40 years</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/40-years/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/40-years/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:03:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stonewall Riots]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1313</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is an show about the Stonewall Riots in New York in 1969 scheduled for showing in April 2011. Would I have stood up for my rights if I had been living in Greenwich Village in 1969? My guess is that it would depend on what my options were and what I understood to be at stake. Still, it is easier to man the barricades when you are running out of other options.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/40-years/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to get young people in church</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/how-to-get-young-people-in-church/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/how-to-get-young-people-in-church/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:26:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Honesty]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1276</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are many statements made as aphorisms about the subject of getting young people or young adults to come to church. Most have to do with the need to do things that show the church is "with it." There is someone with experience as a college chaplain that has a list which includes none of the standard items. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/how-to-get-young-people-in-church/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A half-baked absolution for a half-baked confession</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/a-half-baked-absolution-for-a-half-baked-confession/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/a-half-baked-absolution-for-a-half-baked-confession/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:30:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Book of Common Prayer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Confession]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Contrition]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1266</guid> <description><![CDATA[The way the 1928 Book of Common Prayer words things still abides with me. Most of the time, the wording provides a memorable, clever, and poetic way to say things. One time, though, the 1928 Book of Common Prayer wording is simply half-baked. And, it was carried into the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/a-half-baked-absolution-for-a-half-baked-confession/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ash Wednesday in the streets</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/ash-wednesday-in-the-streets/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/ash-wednesday-in-the-streets/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ash Wednesday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Processions]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1262</guid> <description><![CDATA[What happens when two people wearing black cassocks walk towards you? One person had a smoking thurible (incense burner). The other person had a baby food jar with black ashes in it.
I think I can answer this question from experience. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/ash-wednesday-in-the-streets/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lent and Advent have the best music</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/lent-and-advent-have-the-best-music/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/lent-and-advent-have-the-best-music/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:26:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bach]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hymns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1241</guid> <description><![CDATA[Life is more than happiness. Music needs to be more than happiness to be real and meaningful to life. Here are some Lenten suggestions for you that go beyond "happy, happy, joy, joy."]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/03/lent-and-advent-have-the-best-music/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Engage the culture, change the world on your own dime</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/engage-the-culture-change-the-world-on-your-own-dime/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/engage-the-culture-change-the-world-on-your-own-dime/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:48:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Sexuality]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1234</guid> <description><![CDATA[Seattle Pacific University can do whatever it wants to do. It can support or condemn what it wants to. That is this institution's right. It is my right not to support SPU when it goes against my beliefs. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/engage-the-culture-change-the-world-on-your-own-dime/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>It is not the end of the world as we know it</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/it-is-not-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/it-is-not-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:55:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Public Media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CPB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Moveon.org]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NPR]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Radio International]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1217</guid> <description><![CDATA[We have the Republican Party trying to zero out CPB funding, again. Moveon.org is trying to get people to sign petitions to save NPR and PBS. Apparently, the Left knows as much about CPB funding as the Right. Let your representative and senator know your opinion. And, do not panic.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/it-is-not-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>God is not real. God is complex.</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/god-is-not-real-god-is-complex/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/god-is-not-real-god-is-complex/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:34:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Athanasian Creed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[God is real]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicene Creed]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1192</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Rev. Canon John Fergueson is giving three questions for people to think about during the Creed during Ephiphany 2011. They are (1) God is real, (2) God can transform, and (3) I love Jesus. I wish to disagree with statement number 1. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/god-is-not-real-god-is-complex/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Follow Ronald Reagan’s actions about tax increases</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/follow-ronald-reagan%e2%80%99s-actions-about-tax-increases/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/follow-ronald-reagan%e2%80%99s-actions-about-tax-increases/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:06:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deficit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1178</guid> <description><![CDATA[In his campaign rhetoric, Ronald Reagan said we needed to reduce taxes and the size of government. Personally, I think it is time to do something closer to what Reagan actually did as governor of California and president of the United States. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/follow-ronald-reagan%e2%80%99s-actions-about-tax-increases/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The cloud went away</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/the-cloud-went-away/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/the-cloud-went-away/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:21:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1162</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cloud computing has been the on the ascension for a while now. While hosting your applications this way has advantages, I have had concerns about an over reliance on the cloud. Flickr deleting 4000 pictures on a paid account demonstrates why.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/02/the-cloud-went-away/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Not-so-great Communicator</title><link>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/01/the-not-so-great-communicator/</link> <comments>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/01/the-not-so-great-communicator/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Bob Chapman</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category> <category><![CDATA[State of the Union]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.rrchapman.us/?p=1149</guid> <description><![CDATA[On January 25, 2011, President Barack Obama fulfilled his obligation by giving the State of the Union Address. If a President where always to get what they want out of their own political party, we would have a public (government) option in the health care reform bill. As a co-equal branch of government, Congress does what Congress wants to do. Because the State of the Union is a wish list only, the President has to sell the agenda in it. Today Mr. Obama seems to be at a rhetorical disadvantage to sell his agenda. What should be done about it?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.rrchapman.us/2011/01/the-not-so-great-communicator/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
