#bob wright

[citizenscreen]

Composers Bob Wright and Chet Forrest work on a score for Henry C. Potter’s THE SHOPWORN ANGEL 1938) starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Walter Pidgeon.

[whiskeyfalls]

[doeofdevotion]

I think another thing we can do [when struggling] which is always a tool for us, is to decenter ourselves even when it’s dark. I mean, Mary [Magdalene] decentered herself. Mary could’ve stayed where she was and been paralyzed by consuming grief. Mary could’ve stayed where she was and just been utterly disappointed and despairing. She could have done that. But somehow in the midst of all of that legitimate grief and anguish she focuses on Jesus. So decentering her own feelings and moving towards Jesus even when it’s dark yielded for her not only an encounter with the Lord, a confirmation of her sliver of hope, but also won her the privilege of being the first disciple entrusted with the good news of the resurrection to the world.

And so I realize this Gospel has a hard ask, and I realize that I’m echoing this hard ask. But that’s the ask. Which is to trust God in the dark, and to move toward Jesus even though it’s dark, expecting Jesus to work with the dark and wring out of it not only light, but life.

Charles Spurgeon said this: To trust God in the light is nothing. But trusting God in the dark, now that is faith.

Bishop Bob Wright, Easter Gift, For People Podcast 4/5/24

[raynbowclown]

The Donkey Serenade [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to The Donkey Serenade. Music by Rudolf Friml (1923). Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright. Sung by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in My Friend Irma

Song lyrics to The Donkey Serenade. Music by Rudolf Friml (1923). Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright. Sung by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in My Friend Irma

There’s a song in the air, But the fair senorita Doesn’t seem to care For the song in the air. So I’ll sing to the mule If you’re sure she won’t think that I am just a fool Serenading a mule.

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[dweemeister]

But open your angel's arms To this strangers in paradise, And tell us that we need be Strangers no more.

“Stranger in Paradise” from Kismet (1955) - music by Alexander Borodin; adapted music and lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest; performed by Ann Blyth and Vic Damone

[theecoreport]

Activists Slam Delta Plan Amendments at Stewardship Council Meeting

Activists Slam Delta Plan Amendments at Stewardship Council Meeting

The ECOreport reposts an OP-ED from California, Activists Slam Delta Plan Amendments at Stewardship Council Meeting

Originally Published on the Daily KOS

by Dan Bacher

Over 200 Delta residents, including family farmers, anglers, environmental justice advocates, homeowners, business owners and elected officials, converged on Sacramento on Friday, April 28, to show their strong opposition to Delta…

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Delta Stewardship Council Motion To Adopt Twin Tunnels

Delta Stewardship Council Motion To Adopt Twin Tunnels

The ECOreport reposts news from California’s threatened Bay Delta area, Delta Stewardship Council Motion To Adopt Twin Tunnels

Originally Published by the Fish Sniffer & Daily KOS

By Dan Bacher

The Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) on Thursday, March 23 will consider a controversial motion to amend the  Delta Plan to automatically accept new conveyance (the Delta Tunnels) into their master plan for…

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Is Raising the Minimum Wage a Good Idea?

Is Raising the Minimum Wage a Good Idea?

Two recent articles on the effects of raising the minimum wage in America document conflicting outcomes in the face of increasing employment costs.

On the positive side, the CNBC article Minimum wage hikes actually boosted my sales: CEOquotes Bill Phelps, CEO of Wetzel’s Pretzels, as saying that the last two years the minimum wage in California increased by $1, his sales improved by 8 and 7…

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