It's that time again, another Formica Friday, a treasure trove of hodgepodge, random tidbits, and a bit of this and that. In particular, it is the place where I can celebrate the best posts I read this past week and want to share with you.
A quote:
"We look at the world through a theological lens--it may or may not make us unemployable."
-- the sensational Caroline Barta
Two Memes
- There was a girl, for a short time, and I shared with some of you that it was possibility. We have since realized, for the best, that we are best as friends. Then and now.
- I've taken up a little project: I'm putting together an eBook for Advent with devotional readings for each day. Look for it November 23, more details to come ...
A list, in which I describe what I am thankful for:
- the violent breaking in of grace
- Monday dinner
- lazy afternoons of shared being, pained nights of the same
- sharing stories, fiction and otherwise, outside the coffeehouse in the cold evening
- Skype chats, exorcisms, and laughter
- the joy of emptying yourself and the rest that follows
- hope, for there must be good in all
Posts, websites, trinkets, and the Internet week in review revue (after the jump):
- for loving the words, resting in rhythm, and hallowing the common, Margaret with "Et expecto"
- for quiet grace, open hands, and reminding me of the sudden, beautiful surprise of change, Hilary with "when you realize something is happening to you"
- for imprinting my heart with a watermark of grace and a haunting question of willingness, Mandy with "Sharing the Hallelujah"
- for making my soul a puddle of ached yes, for all the times I ignored Holy Ghost, Sarah with "In which I had the chance to do something amazing - and I didn't"
- for reminding me to wind the clock to return to Center, for reflecting in the wild fields of belief, Micha with "{Practicing Benedict} Nothing More Important"
- for being where I am, though across an ocean, for speaking bold and full, for saying single is beauty too, Anna with "the travails of my single mindedness"
- for recalling me to daily thanks, for gentle whispers, for praise, Stephanie with "How are Litanies Shape Us"
- for calling out the defamation of the holy, for revealing the beautiful in spite, and for demanding better of us all, David with "Forget the problem of feminisation of worship songs – we should be more worried about the masculinization of preaching"
And, as always, an old post from me:
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