What a Hoot!

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

The physician has prescribed a cure for our war disease: (1) forgiveness – three times daily; (2) overcoming evil with good – as often as possible; (3) loving enemies – as often as necessary.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

This joy – who can express it?
This beauty – what can surpass it?
This sweetness – when could it possibly end?
This holiness – where would we find its limits?
This glory – how can we overlook it?
This love – who can fathom it?
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Never again!”

[I think it might have been the eighth word from the cross, but there’s no record that He said it.]

D. Blog: What’s Up With That Word?

Hootenanny

[Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Hootenanny was used in the early twentieth century America to refer to things whose names were forgotten or unknown. In this usage it was synonymous with thingamajig or whatchamacallit, as in "hand me that hootenanny." Hootenanny was also an old country word for "party". Now, most commonly, it refers to a folk-music party.

According to Pete Seeger, in various interviews, he first heard the word hootenanny in Seattle, Washington in the late 1930s. It was used by Hugh Delancey’s New Deal political club to describe their monthly music fund raisers. After some debate the club voted in the word hootenanny, which narrowly beat out the word wingding. Seeger, Woody Guthrie and other members of the Almanac Singers later used the word in New York City to describe their weekly rent parties, which featured many notable folksingers of the time. Joan Baez made the analogy that a hootenanny is to folk singing what a jam session is to jazz.

… [One of several more recent application of the word is the one below]

Started in April of 2000, The Hootenanny is the name of a growing annual ski and snowboard event that typically takes place on the first weekend of March in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Often referred to as "The Hoot", it is comprised of 4 days of snow sports and socializing and draws people from all around Canada, the US, and overseas. Its essence is captured in its motto: "The Hootenanny...where friends are found, reputations made, and lives forever altered".