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Monthly Archives: May 2009
About Ezekiel
I’ve progressed into Ezekiel in my Bible-reading. These prophetic books frustrate any attempt by my analytical or “literary” mind to file them neatly away, but there are passages of great beauty and power. This morning I reached chapter 10, and found it very moving. It culminates with Ezekiel seeing the same complex and awesome vision … Continue reading
Poetry potpourri
Anyone else hear this story on NPR this morning? It discusses the state of poets and poetry in a suffering economy, and includes a link to its Planet Money blog, where readers have contributed original recession haiku. It’s worth a visit! In addition, I discovered through Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky that Mr. Berry has … Continue reading
Rededicated homeschooling
We’re going to continue homeschooling if at all possible. I even have my curriculum wish list made for next year. Every year, I face questions. At the start of this year I rededicated myself to the homeschooling endeavor with the renewed realization that much of it depended on me. Now I’m rededicating myself again, having … Continue reading
Girl Meets God
Girl Meets God is Lauren Winner’s spiritual memoir, subtitled On the Path to a Spiritual Life. I found myself contrasting it often to Blue Like Jazz, in which Donald Miller traces a similarly young and modern spiritual journey. But I found Girl Meets God far more satisfying. I really liked the first half, or maybe … Continue reading
Tired of the fence
My husband is a perpetually hopeful person. He sees an ideal, commits himself to it, and neither hell nor high water can shake him from it. I tend to be more of an equivocater. I see the pros and cons, and perpetually evaluate: is it going well? Or not? It’s a mix that makes for … Continue reading
