It’s not every day that begins with a procession of scantily clad senior citizens bobbing in the deep end of the pool at seven o’clock in the morning. But that is exactly how my first day of water aerobics started.
About a month ago, I injured one of my legs while training for a half marathon. [...]
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Adventures in Water Aerobics
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Megan’s ’08-’09 Reading List
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I finally did it. Recently, I wrote a post asking for suggestions for the reading list I was compiling for myself for the next twelve months. My intention is to read 25-30 books in that time period. The response to that request was overwhelming, especially from some of my most well-read friends. I received well over 100 titles [...]
A Not-So-Short Reading List
Posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ll start by saying I’m embarrassed it’s taken me so long to put this list up. I’ll also start by saying the list of books to be read is literally endless, not to mention overwhelming – in the best sense. I think that is the explanation for the delay.
It is thrilling to consider the possibilities [...]
Painting Outside the Lines: Highly Under-Rated.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I was sitting in the kitchen, having a stand off with my writer’s block a couple weeks ago, and overhead my mom explaining Paint-By-Numbers to my two nieces, ages 5 and 3. She was pointing to the picture on the package.
“If you want the picture to look like this, you have to stay in the [...]
Heart of the Artist
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.
Isak Dineson
Babette’s Feast
Check these guys out!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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www.dooce.com
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What I learned from the BEST run of my life.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2008 | 13 Comments »
In almost every way, the morning started out differently that it had before. Approximately 20 degrees cooler, the air itself seemed to be filled with confidence. I woke early, around 5am, and proceeded through my usual morning ritual of French-press coffee, email and news.
I was ready to roll. My head was in the game, right [...]
Reading Lists: Not just for Children Anymore
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »
It’s funny how reading can get pushed to the back burner as we get older. At least it often does for me. Don’t get me wrong, I still have 5-10 books stacked on my bedside table at any given time. I just don’t read them with as much intention as I did in college, or [...]
Retooling our perspective
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Our faithfulness will depend on our willingness to go where there is brokenness, loneliness, and human need. If the church has a future it is a future with the poor in whatever form.
- Henri J.M. Nouwen
Sabbatical Journey
New Hope, Indeed.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood…I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will [...]
