Monthly Archives: July 2007
For Us
Here’s what I mean. The great command is “to love the Lord Your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.” Forgive me for sounding like a five-year-old, and believe me, I mean no disrespect, but I have to … Continue reading
Filed under Spirituality
Ratatouille
I try to pay attention when I see Pixar films. It’s impossible, of course, because they always manage to nab me, suck me right out of the analytical part of my head and throw me down the rabbit hole of … Continue reading
Filed under Film and Television
God-thoughts
It’s hard to be truthful when telling our stories. It’s hard to understand what the truth of our story is. I live in a world of Christian thought, a world I’ve been wandering in since I was born. After reading … Continue reading
Filed under Faith and Art
Buechner and the Stewardship of Pain
When I was in my middle twenties, I happened across a writer. I’m not sure where I bought that copy of The Magnificent Defeat, but the language I encountered in those pages moved me, spoke to me, describing my own … Continue reading
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The Sabbath
This past Saturday, after working hard to get in the forty hours of writing that I mentioned last week–I got about 33, but that’s another entry–I took a Sabbath. An imperfect, somewhat selfish, utterly amazing Sabbath. It was the first … Continue reading
Filed under Faith and Art
