“A book is a hand stretched forth in the dark passage of life to see if there is another hand to meet if.” Leonard Sweet offers this Harriet Beecher Stowe metaphor for why authors write in his Acknowledgments for 11: Indispensable Relationships You Can’t Be Without and if you haven’t reached out your hand to [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Leonard Sweet on Relationships
Posted in Book Reviews, friends, relationships on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How Jesus Christ Superstar, the Movie, Influenced my Theology
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, my 15 year old daughter expressed an interest in renting the movie, “Jesus Christ Superstar.” She first showed an interest in the music after the Andrew Lloyd Webber week on American Idol with Carly Smithson singing Superstar and then her school choir started learning a medley from the Rock Opera. Since she was interested [...]
Memorial Day
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have been having some different thoughts this year about Memorial Day. I am having a hard time feeling good about all the people who have died in wars for America. While I honor those who have chosen to defend our freedom, I am not feeling as much proud as I am sad there have [...]
S#*! Happens
Posted in technology on May 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My computer is precious to me. I wanted a laptop for a very long time. I finally got one, then another, then another. I think I’ve put on at least 15 pounds since I got a laptop. It’s so easy to just sit around and surf the web, read blogs, do school work, keep in [...]
Did I miss my calling?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past week I had the amazingly fun time being in a play of Prince Caspian at my local church. We had about 1200 people come to see it over the 5 shows. I had a very small part, actually two small parts, but my favorite part was the part of the hag. I was [...]