Dave Macy - a "hero" of mine in Maine


A few years ago I traveled up to the Island of North Haven ME (in the Penobscot Bay).

(see  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Haven,_Maine)

I was there to preach and to  celebrate the Eucharist at the one and only church on this small and isolated island.

I was a guest of my friends Fred and Diana Emrich who spend half of the year on the island, and the other half on Longboat Key, FL.

It was a lovely weekend.  North Haven ME is a beautiful place.

But I could never live there (or on any small island).

I love the bustle of cities. I am glad to have three supermarkets, two post offices, and four banks within a mile of my home in SRQ.

It’s cool to live a twenty minute drive away from the SRQ airport, and no more than seventy minutes away from a larger airport (TPA in Tampa).

And I am less than a twenty minute drive away from our opera House, our Van Wezel performing arts centre, the fabulous Ringling Museums, and seven theatres.

All of this, and scores of restaurants – many scores!

Here in SRQ we also can listen to the twin public radio stations – WUSF and WSMR.

WUSF is largely talk, with a good supply of news and commentary from the BBC in London, some programming from Canada, and all night jazz.

WSMR is a twenty four hour classical music station.

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‘Tain’t so up on North Haven where there is but one Church, a couple of stores and may two or three restaurants.

The nearest supermarket is on the mainland, and you get there on a 75 minute ferry ride.

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The one Church on North Haven has a fabulous pastor named Dave Macy.  I met Dave and his wife on my visit to the Island.

One of the lifelines on North Haven is the Maine Public Broadcasting Network.  It has offered a rich menu of news, classical music and jazz.

Sadly MPBN has decided to change its format, away from music and towards “talk/prattle/chatter”.

Of this decision Dave Macy wrote:

 “MPBN: Replacing the timeless with the ephemeral since 2012”

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Oh dear David, even from my place of privilege in SRQ I am “with you”.

So much of our culture is obsessed with the ephemeral rather than with the timeless

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So I ask my dear readers:

 “what parts of your lives are rooted in the ephemeral? “,

and

“what parts of your lives rejoice in the timeless?” .

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Please post your responses to this blog, or on Facebook

Location: North Haven, ME, USA

Comments

  1. Anonymous30 November 2012 at 06:21

    When you are young you rejoice in a life that seems timeless but with age comes the understanding that it's ephemeral. Which means the older you get the more cantankerous and impatient you become!

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