Celtic Odyssey

Luke 16:19-31(CEB; adapted): [1] James Janknegt: The Rich Man and Lazarus 19 “There was a certain rich man who clothed himself in purple and fine linen, and who feasted luxuriously every day. 20 At his gate lay a certain poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. 21 Lazarus longed to eat the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Instead, dogs would come and lick his sores. 22 “The poor man died and was carried by angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 While being tormented in the place of the dead, the rich man looked up and saw Abraham at a distance with Lazarus at his side. 24 He shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I’m suffering in this flame.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received good things, whereas Lazarus received terrible things. Now Lazarus is being comforted and you’re in great pain. 26 Moreover, a ...

Many moons ago, when I first got into pipe smoking, I discovered Peterson Pipes . [1] As I’ve stated before, I was in a local pipe shop and saw the Peterson’s cut-away of their patented System Pipe . At the time, I couldn’t afford one but the image — and the lesson from the shop owner — was etched in my brain. So I saved up my money and bought my first Peterson System Pipe — a rusticated, system standard 312, with P-Lip . Since then I’ve collected several Peterson pipes ; some I’ve given away and some I’ve kept. Today I want to talk about one of the pipes I picked up several years ago — Peterson’s Donegal Rocky 80s. The 80s can be found in several of the Peterson lines — Aran , Cara , Killarney , Racing Green , and different Spigot iterations, just to name a few. It also comes with either a tapered stem with a Fishtail bit or a saddle-bit stem with a P-Lip bit (Peterson Patent-Lip). [2] The 80s comes adorned without or with a metal band, generally Nickel ...

1 Timothy 2.1-7 (CEB; adapted): [1] 1 First of all, then, I ask that requests, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving be made for all people. 2 Pray for kings and everyone who is in authority so that we can live a quiet and peaceful life in complete godliness and dignity. 3 This is right and it pleases God our savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 There is one God and one mediator between God and humanity, the human Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a payment to set all people free. This was a testimony that was given at the right time. 7 I was appointed to be a preacher and apostle of this testimony — I’m telling the truth and I’m not lying! I’m a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Other readings: Jeremiah 8.18-9.1; Psalm 79.1-9; Luke 16.1-13 . Prayer: Grant us, O God, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love heavenly things; and even now, while we’re placed among things that are passing away, help us to ho...