A digital commonplace for a Regular Guy called Charlie Pharis

Category: General (page 13 of 121)

A Dreary Day…

I’m sitting in my favorite little coffee place in our area, doing my usual Wednesday morning thing. It’s raining, it’s grey, and the fall leaves are piling up on the street outside. The cappuccino is like nectar of the gods.

The Greek Grammar Gang is holding forth in the corner booth behind me (“the rough primitive adjectives in Mark” – boy, those were the days!).

The “Weekly Reader” has made it through today’s paper, and has turned to some huge Guide to the Bible.

The staff is discussing/critiquing the merits of some local churches (“too geared to evangelism, if you want to grow, it’s not a place for you,” “it’s all about the Sunday show,” “more North Point than North Point,” etc.).

This guy is usually here but not today.

This is usually playing, but not today.

Sunday Night Unwind, 11.05.06…


Some of your Christmas and winter favorites, done with incredible swing and style, by some of the best jazz artists you’ve probably never heard of. Christmas music is in full swing at the “Just Charlie” hacienda, and this one will be one of the most played this year.

So Close, So Far Away…


…and slipping further.

Just a rather cryptic heads-up to those who know and those who care…Nothing happened like I thought yesterday. No great provision or deliverance or supply or any of those things I had such a confidence about early in the morning. No great breakthroughs. No confirmation. I guess I just missed it.

If you think you hear Someone saying…

Run easy, son…

…or something about…

…waiting because your dad’s coming…

…it may be, in the big scheme of things, best not to pay any attention to it. You’d just be setting yourself up for a huge disappointment. Trust me…or not…

At any rate, the ante just got raised when the new month kicked in.

And that’s all I’ve got to say about that…

Cold Weather Motivation…

WARNING No. 1: Possible “un-pastor-like” post ahead.
WARNING No. 2: Definite tired pop-culture-cliché rip-off ahead.

Here’s just what certain 46-year-old old coots need to get equipped and motivated for their 3-mile run when the temperature is 31 degrees…