{"id":6663,"date":"2013-10-02T05:59:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T12:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2013-10-02T06:05:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T13:05:51","slug":"what-im-into-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/2013\/10\/what-im-into-september-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Into: September 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I\u2019m interrupting our regularly scheduled <em>One Good Phrase<\/em> to bring you my Sometimes-Monthly-Wrap-Up of all (not really <em>all<\/em>, thank goodness. More like s<em>ome<\/em>) that I wrote\/thought\/ watched\/ read in the month of September.<\/p>\n<p>I know. BORING. Self-obsess much, Micha? I hear you. Feel free to move on to another blog ASAP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>Okay. You\u2019re still here? Wow. Thank you so much. Like, seriously. You are a really nice person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what I was into this month:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I finished writing a book and then jumped on my couch with crazy eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>Then I went to Guatemala and met the little girl I sponsor with World Vision.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Then I came home and wore leggings every day for two weeks and thought about Guatemala while trying to figure out what to name my book.<\/p>\n<p>The great thing about September in San Francisco is that the fog suddenly disappears and the sun shines bright and we all pull out our shorts and play outside. The seasons are a little off from the rest of the country and the leaves don\u2019t change color. But it\u2019s still lovely and we\u2019re all so happy to feel the sunshine on our faces.<\/p>\n<p>During the first half of the month, I didn\u2019t read much. I just wrote and revised and slept a few hours and revised some more. And, sometimes, I cried about my kid being old enough to go to Kindergarten. And then I turned in my book and read other books that weren\u2019t from my own brain! Ahhhh, reading! I heart you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what I read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Addie Zierman\u2019s soon to be released book:\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1601425457?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1601425457&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=mammon-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Actually, if I\u2019m being honest here, I read this while I was still working on the book. I couldn\u2019t stop, even though I needed to sleep, not read. Y\u2019all, this book is phenomenal. So beautifully written. And Addie is just telling my story, maybe yours too. I can\u2019t wait to give you a real review. But, trust me. Her book releases in two weeks. Go to Amazon now and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1601425457?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1601425457&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=mammon-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pre-order<\/a>. I promise it\u2019s worth it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the only book I finished this month. I\u2019m crushed. You\u2019re crushed. Seriously, you guys.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><strong>Here\u2019s what I\u2019m still reading:<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m almost finished with Karen Swallow Prior\u2019s little gem of a book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0692014543?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=0692014543&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=mammon-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me<\/a>. It\u2019s part memoir, part Lit professor talking lovingly about all the classics that have shaped her life. And for book nerds like me, it\u2019s pretty fantastic.<\/li>\n<li>Also I\u2019m working through Dave Harrity\u2019s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/store.seedbed.com\/products\/making-manifest-by-dave-harrity\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Making Manifest<\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s a beautiful devotional\/daily writing prompt. For all you writers of faith out there, this is something special too.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m starting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590303482?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1590303482&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=mammon-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing<\/em><\/a> and Dan Allender\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1578563917?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1578563917&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;tag=mammon-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Healing Path<\/a> for the counseling course I\u2019m taking at my church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>What I\u2019m watching:<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Not a ton. I\u2019m loving my New Girl. And Nashville and Parenthood finally started back last week! Woot. Since I don\u2019t have cable, I\u2019m a day behind the world in my viewing. So Monday and Tuesday nights are slow for me. So I\u2019ve been watching old episodes of Parks and Recreation on Netflix while I do the dishes.<\/li>\n<li>All that to say, my TV viewing is NOT THAT EXCITING.<\/li>\n<li>Movies? You say. Ummmm. Well, I was writing this book and I didn\u2019t do anything fun for a while. I did start a good movie that I fell asleep part way through. Does that count?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>My Favorite Mama Monk Posts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Most of what I wrote this month had to do with my time in Guatemala with World Vision. My favorites were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/2013\/09\/lets-be-ordinary-lets-be-extravagant\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Let\u2019s Be Ordinary, Let\u2019s Be Extravagant<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/2013\/09\/the-song-in-the-story\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Song in the Story<\/a>.\u201d I also wrote a reflection on being home from Guatemala for Deeper Church called, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/deeperstory.com\/the-weight-of-not-enough-a-liturgy-some-questions\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Weight of Not Enough: A Litany, Some Questions<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>I loved my brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/2013\/09\/one-good-phrase-brooks-boyett-their-stories-arent-written-yet\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Brooks\u2019 One Good Phrase<\/a> about the hope he holds for the kids his works with despite his discouragement in ministry.<\/li>\n<li>And I was a fan of Monday\u2019s post \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/michaboyett\/2013\/09\/god-comes-so-close-to-us-and-we-come-so-close-to-god\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">God comes so close to us and we come so close to God<\/a>\u201d even though it was a really weird mix of children\u2019s Sunday School and therapy. It worked, I think.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Thanks for hanging out with me this month. I\u2019m excited to be back in the blogging scene. I\u2019ve missed you people!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>Linking up with Leigh and her super-fun <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leighkramer.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/what-im-into-september-2013-edition.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What I\u2019m Into Monthly L<\/a>ink-Up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m interrupting our regularly scheduled One Good Phrase to bring you my Sometimes-Monthly-Wrap-Up of all (not really all, thank goodness. More like some) that I wrote\/thought\/ watched\/ read in the month of September. I know. BORING. Self-obsess much, Micha? I hear you. Feel free to move on to another blog ASAP. Okay. You\u2019re still here? 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