Sunday, March 28, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Spaces
One month to go...
I'm a small glass, and water is spilling over the rim.
So much left to do.
Oh God, help me.
I'm a small glass, and water is spilling over the rim.
So much left to do.
Oh God, help me.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Few Things
1. I'm moving to Africa.
2. Sometimes I'm numb to that fact.
3. I am overwhelmed all the time.
4. The Lord is faithful whether I believe it or not.
2. Sometimes I'm numb to that fact.
3. I am overwhelmed all the time.
4. The Lord is faithful whether I believe it or not.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Academic Epidemic
From an article titled, "The Shaming of Religion" in Liberty magazine:
"In an attempt to avoid offending anyone, America's public schools have incresingly adopted a zero-tolerance attitude toward religious expression. The courts have not helped, allowing schools the discretion to let an offended minority control a cowed majority. Such politically correct thinking has resulted in a host of inane actions, from the Easter Bunny being named 'Peter Rabbit' to the Christmas concerts being dubbed 'Winter' concerts...What school officials and the courts fail to understand is that by agreeing to sanitize the schools of anything remotely related to religion, they will not only be silencing an entire segment of the population, but will also be contributing to a cultural bereft of a rich heritage of Western art, music and literature--all of which, at one time or another, has been greatly influenced by religion" (Whitehead, John W.)
Whether or not true Christianity is a minority of majority may be up for debate, but as a recent college grad I can personally vouch for this unfortunate phenomenon in some of my classes. More often than not, my teachers would briefly mention religious influences in an author's work or merely treat treat the subject matter as archaic.
"In an attempt to avoid offending anyone, America's public schools have incresingly adopted a zero-tolerance attitude toward religious expression. The courts have not helped, allowing schools the discretion to let an offended minority control a cowed majority. Such politically correct thinking has resulted in a host of inane actions, from the Easter Bunny being named 'Peter Rabbit' to the Christmas concerts being dubbed 'Winter' concerts...What school officials and the courts fail to understand is that by agreeing to sanitize the schools of anything remotely related to religion, they will not only be silencing an entire segment of the population, but will also be contributing to a cultural bereft of a rich heritage of Western art, music and literature--all of which, at one time or another, has been greatly influenced by religion" (Whitehead, John W.)
Whether or not true Christianity is a minority of majority may be up for debate, but as a recent college grad I can personally vouch for this unfortunate phenomenon in some of my classes. More often than not, my teachers would briefly mention religious influences in an author's work or merely treat treat the subject matter as archaic.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Valentine Daze
I boarded a plane for the first time on Valentine's Day six years ago with my high-school AP Biology class. Two hours later we were eating Itailian food in New York City. I couldn't shake the small voice of Kevin McCallister from my head: "My family's in Florida...I'm in New York."
To celebrate Valentine's Day 2010, Patty and I attended the special midnight viewing of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It was such a pleasure to view a movie I've loved for a long time on the big screen. Not to mention I got to spend the early hours of V-Day with someone I love very much. :)
I think I'm forgetting how to write. That's why I haven't blogged in awhile. It feels so foreign to form words into coherent sentences. I read an incredibly well-structured sentence in a cooking magazine the other day and almost cried. I'm craving good writing.
To celebrate Valentine's Day 2010, Patty and I attended the special midnight viewing of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It was such a pleasure to view a movie I've loved for a long time on the big screen. Not to mention I got to spend the early hours of V-Day with someone I love very much. :)
I think I'm forgetting how to write. That's why I haven't blogged in awhile. It feels so foreign to form words into coherent sentences. I read an incredibly well-structured sentence in a cooking magazine the other day and almost cried. I'm craving good writing.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tsk, Tsk.
Blog, I've been so neglectful.
I'll return soon and tell you of all the marvelous happenings.
I'll return soon and tell you of all the marvelous happenings.
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