No Baby Yet
For Some Personal Reasons
I have a friend who almost constantly encourages people to “smile” and “rejoice.” I hate it. I think to myself, “some of these people are hurting, so shut up!” Maybe I’m just picky.
Anyway, Brennan Manning made me think a little differently this morning, but not completely differently. Just part of the conversation. Quoth Mr. Manning:
“The joyful Christian is one who has retained a sense of awe and wonder before God, one who has existentially experienced membership in a redeemed community. She has a lively faith-appreciation of this great gift. She has opened up to the truth that everything she has is from God, that she is completely dependent on Christ, that “Jesus saves.” Of course, on a given day she may come to worship more depressed than anything else. In this vale of tears no Christian life is an unbroken, upward spiral to the mountaintop. Yet the Christian’s basic orientation is one of joy and gratitude. Such is the legacy of the paschal mystery, the death and resurrection of Jesus. We are God’s children not by our merit but by God’s mercy.”
Brennan Manning in The Importance of Being Foolish
Think About It
On TV: “World’s First Braille Coin Revealed!”
Colbert Hurts His Face, Won’t Tell How
CNN: “Colbert has claimed it could have happened by smashing watermelons with his head or by ‘practicing for a walk-on role in Cirque du Soleil and overestimating the number of French Canadians my forehead would support.’”
A Little Less LOST
For some reason while I was trying to be really productive, I started thinking about LOST. Let me know what you think of this theory.