Posted in Reading on Oct 20th, 2009
Easily one of the best books I’ve read this year, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian tells the story of Arnold “Junior” Spirit’s freshman year in high school.
I know. Sounds fascinating, huh? (This is perhaps why my queries are getting rejected: I can make even a great book sound boring…)
Well, despite [...]
I’m preaching at my church on Sunday. The delightfully narrowed topic which my pastor assigned to me was “Sabbath.” When I asked him for a Scripture passage, he helpfully informed me that I got to choose which passage to preach on.
Now, I am highly J on the Myers-Briggs. I do NOT like lots of options. [...]
Posted in Writing on Oct 13th, 2009
On Sunday after church, a woman came up and introduced herself to me. Her name was Ellen, which, she said, means light.
“You’re kidding!” I exclaimed, my hands flying to my cheeks. “Ellen means light?”
She looked confused (and who can blame her?). Yes, she said, her name means light.
“That is so cool!” I practically jumped up [...]