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 sheer story and heart. Here I am halfway through the film, thoroughly enjoying the ride, …
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 The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, I spent some time trying very hard to imagine …
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 experience of life and God in ways that I could not. It's impact was profound. …
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 time I'd ever done an intentional Sabbath in that way, trying to cease from working, …
Forty Hours
Part of my response to Henry Cloud's book Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality has been to look my work habits square in the eye. I am now keeping a log of what I actually do with my time from day to day. It's been eye-opening, to say the least. From reading …
JEFF BERRYMAN 