Whenever I go to an art gallery I always get lost in the flow of creativity. All those masterpieces, glowing and glittering around me. How could I not feel inspired? My dad was a painter. Every Spring cleaning we find another Michelangelo book or a compilation of prints he forgot in an old sketchbook or [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Mr. Young and His Shack
September 16, 2009 – 10:47 am
“If anything matters than everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will ever be the [...]
Anne Sexton and me
September 13, 2009 – 12:42 pm
“The great theme is not Romeo and Juliet… The great theme we all share is that of becoming ourselves, of overcoming our father and mother, of assuming our identities somehow.” -from Anne’s early introduction for “The Double Image” I’m reading Anne Sexton’s biography which is really a compilation of letters she wrote to people and [...]
CHURCHed
September 13, 2009 – 5:47 am
I think I love church so much because of all the strange characters that gather there. I sit somewhat to the back and when its time for people to get vocal about the good and the bad that happened during their week I get all excited. I know they are not all there to entertain [...]
What I Wish About Religion (part 2)
September 10, 2009 – 6:14 pm
That conversation with Jennifer got me thinking. What is Adventism to me? If it drives me crazy, why do I still claim the faith? I mean (however young) I’m an adult now. I have options! When I was younger I think I accepted it because it was the culture of my family. In the many [...]
What I Wish about Religion (part 1)
September 9, 2009 – 8:41 am
My friends mom is what I like to call a Super Adventist. I mean she breathes the faith and eats the yeast flakes. One day I interviewed her on why she was an Adventist. From my understanding she had tried a couple religions before she landed on ours. As I sat across from Jennifer, listening [...]
