This is, supposedly, what Orin might have looked like had he graduated in 1976, courtesy of yearbookyourself.com. Feel free to email us any of your own attempts…
Year: 2008
catholicism, odd
Miss Sister 2008
‘Miss Sister 2008’: Priest organizes beauty contest for nunsThe Associated Press ROME – An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour. The “Miss Sister 2008” contest…
GIA, video
"My Name is I AM" Video
So, Oddwalk has this youth minister friend in Sydney, Australia we’ve never met – Paul Skippen is his name. He bought our CD “Walk Away Different” when he saw it online at GIA’s site (not having heard of us nor a note of our music before then). He’s been using some of the music, and…
odd
The drunk driving the drunk
A blind journalist was given a month’s suspended jail sentence and fined 500 euros (750 dollars) by a French court Friday for driving while drunk and without a license. The owner of the car, who was also drunk as he sat next to the blind man when he drove the vehicle, was given the same…
family, ministry, video
McKendree Campus Ministries Video
Orin’s wife is the Catholic campus minister at McKendree University in Lebanon, IL. She works in the Methodist campus ministry office (MU is a Methodist School) with Tim Harrison. Here’s a youtube video they put together highlighting how the office serves the student community. They use a “WePhone” (I assume it’s not a WiiPhone) as their image, with…
liturgy
Emphasis
For those of you coming here to find a strange joke or a curious bit of news, I (Orin) apologize, but I couldn’t think of where else to share these liturgical thoughts and questions. You may know the Vatican recently gave its approval to a revised English translation of the mass, though we likely won’t be…
friends, music
"A Brushfire Movement"
The National Catholic Reporter has an interesting article out right now about contemporary Catholic music, where it comes from, how it’s used, false dichotomies in liturgical music, etc. While largely about Matt Maher (pictured), it briefly mentions several other artists, including Oddwalk friend and fellow GIA artist Paul Melley. Check it out!
announcements, GIA
A couple more projects
Hey all, Just to let you know, keeping looking back here or our main page over the next few months for a couple other new, exciting announcements about Oddwalk and GIA. We won’t spill the beans just yet, but the graphic below is a hint on one of the bits of news. In fact, we…