For those of you have asked about Hunting Grace, the follow-up to Leaving Ruin, I can only tell you that it is languishing on my shelf at the moment, a big sprawling book that is complete, but not even close to right. The writing process is strange. Leaving Ruin tumbled out quickly, in less than …
A Fan of Cats
Years ago, I listened to a musical on cassette tape that I just thought was very cool. I never saw that musical live until last night. Never saw the Broadway production, or the touring company, although I have seen the filmed version of the Broadway show. So last night, as I walked with friends down …
Shining Forth
A few thoughts from the morning meditation. "The Son is the radiance of God's glory..." Hebrews 1:3 Reminds me of the Christ's encouragement to let our lights shine, from Matthew 5. I'm into verbs these days--the tension between being and doing notwithstanding--so I'm thinking, "to radiate." Merriam Webster online has it like this: "to send …
Body and Spirit
After watching The Diving Bell and The Butterfly a couple of weeks ago with my Wednesday film group, some questions came up that produced surprisingly vigorous discussion. If you don't know the film, it's the story of a major European magazine editor who has a cataclysmic brain event that leaves him paralyzed but for eye …
Focusing on…?
Focus isn't easy. Brain science is telling us that effective multi-tasking is a bit of a myth. Not that we can't get multiple things done at the same time, but we're beginning to learn that it decreases effectiveness across the board. But we live in a world with a thousand sparkling possibilities, and to say …
JEFF BERRYMAN 