A while ago, when I posted about gratitude, my cousin Kristina recommended another book called Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life. She mentioned that she and her husband use its principles each night with their kids. [Thanks, Kristina!] Although the book includes a lot of overlap, it distills beautifully what should be a […]
God as Literary Character – Part 3
I’ve finished the book…meaning the book God: A Biography by Jack Miles. Here are the last of my jumbled-up thoughts for you to ponder on this beautiful, frozen Tuesday. [It’s one of those days where the frost lines each skinny tree limb, giving the illusion that each massive tree could crack into a million pieces.] […]
Movie Recommendations and More of Eve
First, a warning. If you want to blubber like a baby (and I don’t mean that you would choose this; it would just happen), see the movie Precious. Dan and I saw it yesterday afternoon. Claireece Precious Jones is a large black girl who can’t seem to catch a break. The home abuse is heart-wrenching. […]
Listen
There is a Place Beyond Ambition When the flute players couldn’t think of what to say next they laid down their pipes, then they lay down themselves beside the river and just listened. Some of them, after a while, jumped up and disappeared back inside the busy town. But the rest— so quiet, not even […]
Happy Can Mean So Many Things
If you follow this blog, you’ll know I’m an avid fan of Speaking of Faith, a radio broadcast/podcast on MPR. Topics range from Buddhism to Christianity to quantum physics. It’s so intriguing. [Update on 1.5.11: Speaking of Faith‘s name has been changed to Being.] Yesterday, I trekked up to Minneapolis to pick up my sister […]