#the power of gay luke even 40+ years later | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

riverdamien · 4 years

Text

For the Time Being

FOR THE TIME BEING. Wisdom 3:1-9; Romans 5:5-11; John 6:37-40 "To remember all of those we cherish who have died, does not mean telling their stories over and over again to my friends, nor does it mean pictures on the wall or a stone on their graves; it does not even mean constantly thinking about them. No. It means making them a participant in God’s ongoing work of redemption by allowing them to dispel in us a little more of our darkness and lead us closer to the light." We paraphrased these words of Henri Nouwen as we walked late yesterday afternoon and stood in the Temenos grave site at Colma, where the ashes of one hundred fifty one young adults are buried; they echoed in our mind as we sat in the columbarium of St. Luke's last night before the spot marked, Number 45, where our ashes will sooner than later be placed; And with sadness we looked at our best friend Vicki's photo hanging on the wall , who died in April of this year; all of them lead us closer to the light. The words of Annie Dillard in For the Time Being are more descriptive of All Soul's Day and summarize our feelings more than any others: “There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been: A people busy and powerful, knowledgeable, ambivalent, important, fearful, and self-aware; a people who scheme, promote, deceive, and conquer; who pray for their loved ones, and long to flee misery and skip death. It is a weakening and discoloring idea, that rustic people knew God personally once upon a time-- or even knew selflessness or courage or literature-- but that it is too late for us. In fact, the absolute is available to everyone in every age. There never was a more holy age than ours, and never a less.” - And all that is left for us at the beginning of this day is to pray the Litany of Queer Saints: "God, thank you for the lives of the LGBTQ saints and martyrs. May they inspire us to live with courage and loving hearts. Saints of Stonewall, who performed the miracle of transforming self-hatred into pride, pray for us. Saint Joan of Arc, fearless warrior and gender-queer martyr, pray for us. Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus, male couple united in love and death, pray for us. We call upon Sergius and Bacchus…and all the saints…to offer strength and courage to those who defend the LGBTQIA community from discrimination. God, in your mercy…. hear our prayer. Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity, patron saints of same-sex couples, pray for us. Saint Mychal Judge, fire-brigade chaplain and first martyr of 9/11, ordained but un-canonised by the church on account of your queer spirit, pray for an end to violence against all people. Saint John Henry Newman, you are an example of true friendship and Love. Pray for us to appreciate and hold our friends closely even in Death. Saint Alan Turing, who ended war, saved millions and changed the world — martyred by the judiciary, pray for us. Saint Sebastian, who by example gives courage to the down-trodden, pray for religious minorities. Saint John, Beloved Disciple, apostle and evangelist, pray for us. Our Lady of Montevergine, patron of queer people since medieval times, pray for us now and at the hour of our death. Sor Juana de la Cruz, nun who loved a countess in 17th-century Mexico City, pray for us. Saint Vida Dutton Scudder, educator and welfare activist, help us to be social reformers. Saint David Kato, Ugandan activist and resilient martyr, pray for us. Saint of Stonewall Marsha P. Johnson, pray for us, help us to be brave and achieve eternal life and come to greet us when our mortal life is over. Saint Philip, who welcomed the Ethiopian eunuch to the early church, role model for LGBTQ allies, pray for sexual minorities and cast your Welcome into their hearts. Holy Harvey Milk, martyred gay rights pioneer, pray for us. We have a long way yet to go. Saint Matthew Shepard, crucified by hateful men, young forever, pray for us. Martyrs of Orlando, shielding those you loved with your own bodies, pray for us and lend us your courage. Martyrs of the UpStairs Lounge fire, whose memory burns in our hearts, pray for us. All our holy innocents and martyrs, pray for us. Jesus, friend and liberator of outcasts, tortured and killed on the cross for loving beyond limits, pray for us. Prophets in our midst usually get marginalized and thumped down by the powers that be. Thank you, Holy Sophia, for blessing and encouraging them to witness and reveal aspects of your sweet mercy and love! All you LGBTQ Saints, named and unnamed, pray for us! Empowered by your spirit and your example, we move forward in solidarity with all creation to embody justice, love, integrity and peace. On your shoulders we stand! Blessed be your memory!" Fr. River Damien Sims, sfw, D.Min., D.S.T. P.O. Box 642656 San Francisco, CA 94164 www.temenos.org

0 notes

junker-town · 6 years

Text

CareerBuilder Challenge 2018: Schedule, tee times, TV/live stream info, and scores

The glory days of this PGA Tour event in Palm Springs are gone. But there’s still reason to keep tabs on what used to be famously known as the Bob Hope Classic.

The PGA Tour jumps back to the continental U.S. this week for the start of the West Coast swing. The annual stop in Palm Springs is now known as the CareerBuilder Challenge. The golden days of the Bob Hope Classic pro-am being one of the marquee events on the PGA Tour schedule are long gone. This event has struggled in its early-season slot and in finding a host or a brand name face like Hope to really give it pop and stand out on the crowded schedule, especially within a loaded West Coast swing.

The field is not strong and the venues, a rotating cast of three courses, are a bit meh. This has been lost in the shuffle of the packed schedule and is really struggling for an identity recent years. There are, however, still some stars on hand and a few reasons to take in the third event of the year before things really ramp up next week at Torrey Pines with the return of Tiger Woods.

Here are your nuts and bolts as well as why you should watch the CareerBuilder Challenge. We’ll keep this updated with scores, highlights, news, and updated tee times as the week progresses in the Coachella Valley.

Why Watch

1) It’s golf. Listen, I am not going to fill up this section every week trying to fake it with a bunch of reasons why you must watch such-and-such event. The CareerBuilder Challenge has receded in prestige and power and it’s one of the schedule’s lower-tier events now. The field is actually weaker than this week’s European Tour event, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The PGA Tour having a weaker field strength than the Euro Tour happens only a couple times a year. So I’d forgive you if you decided to read a book, hang with friends and family, go skiing or play outside in the snow. But it’s still golf and it will be there to comfort and warm you up when you need it. Now here are a few more legitimate reasons to maybe tune in this week.

2) FIGJAM Returns. Once more into the breach. Phil Mickelson is back and the 47-year-old is (probably) going to tell you he’s never felt better, he’s never been more focused, and big things lie ahead in 2018. That may be. We know it will be entertaining and adventurous and thrilling and maybe heartbreaking at times. It’s been almost five years since Phil won, that legendary Sunday at Muirfield to take The Open in the summer of 2013. Tiger Woods, who had multiple back surgeries in those intervening years, has actually won more recently than Phil.

Phil trying to end this drought, make a Ryder Cup team for the 11th straight time, and stay competitive with all the 20-something bombers remains one of the most fascinating watches in the game. We haven’t seen him in three months. He’s 47 and will likely be at least competitive into his 50s, but the time left on this Phil experience is ticking down. Here’s another opportunity to take it in after a three-month absence.

Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images

Phil and Rahm, the two headliners this week in the desert.

3) Rahmthreat. Jon Rahm is on the the opposite end of Phil. Another ASU product that’s coming through 25 years later with a potential Hall-of-Fame career in front of him. Rahm’s rise up the world rankings in his first full season on Tour was historically speedy. The Spaniard is No. 4 in the world and just going to stay there in that top 10 for the next decade or so. His short backswing on the way to nuking 330-yard drives is one of the best to watch in the game. Following a runner-up in Maui and with a weaker field in Palm Springs, this could be the week he picks off an early-season win.

4) Birdiefests and #59Watches. Like the Sony Open last week, this is another event that can yield the magic round of breaking 60. Adam Hadwin did it just a year ago here. David Duval did it at this event when it was the Bob Hope and breaking 60 was a much, much harder thing to do. It’s perfectly fine — and can be fun! — to occasionally have a week that’s a birdiefest every now and then and 20-something-under is probably going to win it this week.

How to Watch

The first stop on the West Coast swing is only one that’s exclusively covered on Golf Channel. The cable network will have all four rounds before spending the rest of the year splitting coverage with CBS or its sister network NBC on the weekends.

Each broadcast runs through the same coverage window all four days. Golf Channel’s technicians are still on strike after spending much of Tuesday negotiating a new deal, according to Martin Kaufmann of Golfweek. Golf Channel has contingency plans in place for the CareerBuilder, so it’s unlikely we’ll get the mad dash scramble that we watched on Sunday at the Sony Open. This should approximate a normal, more professional production but it’s still not ideal to have the regulars and experts sitting out on strike.

This week also marks the return of PGA TOUR LIVE, the tour’s over-the-top streaming service that now has a couple full seasons under its belt. Now that we’re on the continental US, it will be here to stay for the rest of the year. It’s a good service, even if it now costs money for something that was free in a previous generation. The stream quality is close to perfect and it is the only way to watch the bigger names on Thursday and Friday mornings. It returns this week, however, with some featured groups that are... underwhelming.

Here’s your full media schedule for the week:

Thursday's first round coverage

Television:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

11:30 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes.

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required):

11:30 a.m. -- Mark Wilson / David Lingmerth

11:40 a.m. -- Chris Stroud / Sean O’Hair

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

4 to 7 p.m. PGA Tour Live Featured Holes coverage (no subscription required)

Radio:

1 to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Friday’s second round coverage

Television:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

11:30 a.m. -- PGA Tour Live starts with coverage from range and opening holes.

Featured Groups (PGA Tour Live subscription required):

11:30 a.m. -- Danny Lee / Richy Werenski

11:40 a.m. -- Wesley Bryan / Ryan Armour

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

4 to 7 p.m. PGA Tour Live Featured Holes coverage (no subscription required)

Radio:

1 to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Saturday’s second round coverage

Television:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Sunday’s final round coverage

Television:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel

Online streams:

3 to 7 p.m. — Golf Channel simulcast stream

Radio:

2 to 7 p.m. — PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

Thursday Tee Times

This is one of three events on the West Coast swing that spreads out across multiple courses. There are obviously a lot of golf courses in the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley area. This week, the PGA Tour uses three. The limited daylight hours, a full field, and a pro-am component (which take forrreverrr) make it necessary to rotate courses to get in 72 holes in four days. Here’s your tee sheet for Thursday, with the Tour sending them off split tees on all three of those courses.

All times ET.

PGA West TPC Stadium

No. 1 Tee

11:30 a.m.: Mark Wilson, David Lingmerth

11:40 a.m.: Chris Stroud, Sean O’Hair

11:50 a.m.: Tom Lovelady, Tyler Duncan

12 p.m.: Chad Campbell, Ben Martin

12:10 p.m.: James Hahn, Sangmoon Bae

12:20 p.m.: Brett Stegmaier, Seamus Power

12:30 p.m.: Scott Brown, Troy Merritt

12:40 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Webb Simpson

12:50 p.m.: John Peterson, Dominic Bozzelli

1 p.m.: Ryan Palmer, Hunter Mahan

1:10 p.m.: Patton Kizzire, Bill Haas

1:20 p.m.: Martin Laird, Luke List

1:30 p.m.: Trey Mullinax, Kyle Thompson

No. 10 Tee

11:30 a.m.: Derek Fathauer, Steve Wheatcroft

11:40 a.m.: Grayson Murray, Fabian Gomez

11:50 a.m.: Andrew Yun, Ethan Tracy

12 p.m.: Jason Gore, Corey Pavin

12:10 p.m.: Nick Watney, Kevin Streelman

12:20 p.m.: Rob Oppenheim, Nate Lashley

12:30 p.m.: J.J. Spaun, Brandon Hagy

12:40 p.m.: Rod Pampling, Geoff Ogilvy

12:50 p.m.: Robert Garrigus, Brice Garnett

1 p.m.: J.J. Henry, Mark Brooks

1:10 p.m.: Billy Hurley III, Brian Gay

1:20 p.m.: Sung Kang, Shawn Stefani

1:30 p.m.: Denny McCarthy, Nicholas Lindheim

PGA West Nicklaus Course

No. 1 Tee

11:30 a.m.: D.J. Trahan, Lee Janzen

11:40 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Peter Malnati

11:50 a.m.: Zecheng Dou, Michael Block

12 p.m.: Danny Lee, Richy Werenski

12:10 p.m.: Wesley Bryan, Ryan Armour

12:20 p.m.: Sam Ryder, Talor Gooch

12:30 p.m.: Alex Cejka, Andrew Loupe

12:40 p.m.: Austin Cook, Mac Hughes

12:50 p.m.: Bronson Burgoon, Andrew Putnam

1 p.m.: Nick Taylor, Jon Curran

1:10 p.m.: Jim Herman, Daniel Summerhays

1:20 p.m.: C.T. Pan, Ryan Blaum

1:30 p.m.: Corey Conners, Xinjun Zhang

No. 10 Tee

11:30 a.m.: John Daly, Mike Weir

11:40 a.m.: Patrick Reed, Brandt Snedeker

11:50 a.m.: Martin Piller, Jonathan Randolph

12 p.m.: Rory Sabbatini, David Hearn

12:10 p.m.: Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink

12:20 p.m.: Matt Atkins, Joel Dahmen

12:30 p.m.: Blayne Barber, Tyrone Van Aswegen

12:40 p.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Charles Howell III

12:50 p.m.: Jeff Grove, Tom Whitney

1 p.m.: Matt Every, John Huh

1:10 p.m.: Kevin Kisner, Adam Hadwin

1:20 p.m.: Ben Crane, Zac Blair

1:30 p.m.: Tom Hoge, Abraham Ancer

La Quinta Country Club

No. 1 Tee

11:30 a.m.: Chesson Hadley, Chez Reavie

11:40 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Bubba Watson

11:50 a.m.: Beau Hossler, Aaron Wise

12 p.m.: Lucas Glover, Harris English

12:10 p.m.: Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson

12:20 p.m.: Sam Saunders, Peter Uihlein

12:30 p.m.: Johnson Wagner, Martin Flores

12:40 p.m.: Jason Dufner, Jimmy Walker

12:50 p.m.: J.T. Poston, Keith Mitchell

1 p.m.: Scott Stallings, Kevin Na

1:10 p.m.: Hudson Swafford, Brian Harman

1:20 p.m.: Bud Cauley, Cameron Percy

1:30 p.m.: Maverick McNealy, Charles Reiter

No. 10 Tee

11:30 a.m.: Michael Kim, Matt Jones

11:40 a.m.: Brian Stuard, Russell Knox

11:50 a.m.: Lanto Griffin, Andrew Landry

12 p.m.: Charlie Beljan, Ted Potter Jr.

12:10 p.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Smylie Kaufman

12:20 p.m.: Conrad Shindler, Brandon Harkins

12:30 p.m.: Colt Knost, Harold Varner III

12:40 p.m.: Ricky Barnes, Camilo Villegas

12:50 p.m.: Ben Silverman, Stephan Jaegar

1 p.m.: Jonathan Byrd, Whee Kim

1:10 p.m.: Chris Kirk, Scott Piercy

1:20 p.m.: Cameron Tringale, Jason Kokrak

1:30 p.m.: Roberto Diaz, Adam Schenk

Scores

We’ll update scores at the end of each day and recap each round here throughout the event.

0 notes