In the chapter I’m reading for my American Theological Liberalism class right now, I’ve discovered a theologian from the 1930s (and forward), Bernard Meland. He wrote a book in 1939, called Write Your Own Ten Commandments.
Several things fascinate me about this. First, reading through his commandments, they seem very right-now. It’s hard to imagine that [...]
Archive for March, 2009
_Write Your Own Ten Commandments_
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged God, Religion, School, theology on March 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s not just me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, God, presence, School on March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A few weeks ago, I had some drama here at school. I’m a co-chair of our student senate (like student body president, but there are two of us). Another member of student leadership was in disagreement with the rest of us, and it got more and more difficult to work together. After a great deal [...]
I saw him steal a pineapple.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, moral dilemmas, the City on March 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
And some tangerines.
There’s a very fancy grocery store near where I work. In Missouri, the regular grocery stores usually have a section, near the produce but before you get to the cheese, that has fancy foods, the kind of food you grab if you’re giving a dinner party and want to pick up one or [...]
Tiptoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pain, The body on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The first time I went to physical therapy, the therapist asked me, among other things, if I could stand up against the wall, and stand up on my toes.
My mind immediately said, “Yes, of course, I know exactly what that is.”
How many times in 31 years have I made that action? Stood on my toes [...]
Airbrushing = whoa
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, cool, vanity on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is really unbelievable– I actually gasped out loud.
Once you click the link, you’ll see a gorgeous, typical photo of a swimsuit model. The directions let you move your mouse over the image to see what it looked like before any photoshopping/airbrushing took place. I was amazed, and then mortified. I mean, I know that [...]
CS Lewis breaks my heart
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anxiety, God, inspiration, reading on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In a good way, very good.
I was just perusing some CS Lewis quotes for my wedding blog, and saw two I’d never seen before:
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.“
His, “my God” there really nails for me the humanity I feel in him when I read his apologetics. [...]
