Saturday Service February 2021_2

Podcast:

The Saturday Service February 13, 2021

Podcast Notes

The Saturday Service —
08:00-0:8:10 Reports from the committee dedicated to watching the mud settle.
08:10-08:20 Edutitarg, Backward ways of doing gratitude.
08:20-08:30 “No one heals themselves by hurting another.” – St. Ambrose
08:30-08:40 Treat yourself as kindly as you would treat an 11-year-old
08:40-08:50 Review
08:50-09:00 Transition to donut hour

Shapeable as a block of wood.
Receptive as a valley.
Clear as a glass of water.
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles?
Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?
The master does not seek fulfillment.
Not seeking, not expecting, but present and welcoming the outcome of all things.
–
Lao-Tsu

Gratitude = Thankfulness — Complaints

Why do people shout?
To make up for the distance of their hearts.

Edutitrag —

Misplaced Righteous Indignation

September 24, 2026

I’m fuming. FUMING. F-U-M-I-N-G! I’ve just removed my key from the front door and crossed over the threshold. The setting is my first floor apartment at 7 Keren Hayesod in Jerusalem. I lived there for a year — two buildings down and across the street from the Super Sol where King George starts. About a 1¼-mile walk from the Western

Refractory Anxiety

September 10, 2026

I am supposed to arrive at the wedding rehearsal at 4 p.m. I planned on arriving 15–20 minutes early. Because I don’t like being late. However, I took a wrong turn. At the intersection of the I-5 South and the I-405 South, I went the wrong way. Now, I’ll have to turn around in a mile and a half and

No words. No words.

September 4, 2026

To offset our discomfort about our upcoming visit to the Terezín (in German: Theresienstadt) concentration camp/ghetto, Emmett and I fall into making dark jokes. Gallows humor. “Do you think they still give free tattoos upon arrival?” “Want to wear matching pajamas for our tour?” Dark, ugly jokes. Because reality is just too overwhelming. The feelings are too overwhelming. So we