Before I really get going, here is the audio of my talk, which, I found, is actually sort of very different feeling than what is on the page. You can hear my arms flailing and some strange misspeaking, like when I called myself a minority. GAK. Now, on to more important matters. A life saving luncheon often requires, in the order of a week, that I concoct more than one dish at a time. And by that I mean that... Read more
I have a loud snoring five year old pressed against my arm so it’s kind of hard to think about anything expect how much I hope I don’t get her cold. She, like so many, is pathetic in her sickness. Yesterday, whilst holding a crisp, bright, ten dollar bill her her moist fist, she let forth an incredible wail and kept on wailing, with tears, so that it devolved into true, from the depths of her soul, weeping. Whence the... Read more
From my talk at BU IV: I have been given to understand that this semester you are talking about Cultural Engagement and Identity in Christ. This is a topic very close to my heart. As I always like to say, although it is less and less believable, I’m not from here. I am what they call a Missionary Kid, or, its more modern name, A Third Culture Kid. A kid no longer, sadly, the third cultural part is still very... Read more
I’m trying to get the audio on my talk from Friday loaded, which means, sadly, me learning how to do something new with a computer. Also, I was going back through it trying to see if what was on the page is what I really said, and I was distracting myself at the same time, and so found this tragic piece over at the Washington Post. I didn’t say anything about it in the talk, but the whole time I... Read more
I’m over at Makes You Mom today with a little piece about Luncheon. Most of the time, as you know, I wildly fling words at the Internet and send up a prayer that I haven’t committed terrible errors of heresy and grammar. But Today is a special treat because Makes You Mom is not about garbaging up the Internet, it’s about lovely and helpful writing. Now, I know, to go over there you’ll have to click the link, and that... Read more
And the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety. And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those... Read more
In doing All the School this week I neglected to gather links to myself of interesting and helpful articles. So, out of both friendship and laziness, here are the blogs of all my cyber community and friends, as well as some people I know in physical proximity. You probably know them already but maybe you lost one or two along the way. Consider it the right hand of Valentine Friendliness. Jessica Kyra Cat Jenny Amy Rebecca Kit Liz Summer Laura... Read more
This has been a crazy week. Time for some quick takes because speed is of the essence. One I haven’t been sleeping well because of the puppy who has turned into actually a kind of big (relatively) dog. He sleeps on one side of me and the other dog, Ash, sleeps on the other, both of them leaning solidly in so that I am pinned to my place. When I try to move they grumble and so I lie awake,... Read more
So I guess I inadvertently came out as a cessationist last week. Everyone has to have their moment of shame, apparently. But also, in the guessing game of life, I’m going to swing out there wildly and say that I just don’t get it. I don’t get all the great, to me unfathomable, need for the Holy Spirit to say a lot of stuff to me as an individual person. Now, I know, more than anyone, that reading the bible... Read more
I posted Sunday evening on Facebook that Matt had preached “the best sermon ever“, which I am apt to say every now and then. He keeps topping himself. And I keep being a sinner. So it’s a perfect felicity. So what is the substance of a good sermon, and why does that matter on Ash Wednesday? The first element is the person sitting back in her pew, burdened with stuff–not just an overflowing church basket filled with bits of stale... Read more
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