Thoughts while Traveling
9.30.2004
Back in black! du-du-dun, du-du-dun
Ok, I'm not wearing black... but I'm back. Can't really tell you why I haven't written in so long... don't know that I had much to say. Don't really know who "you" are, or if you know I've been gone or that I exist. Either way, I'm back.
Watching the pres. debates... hmmm lots of thoughts. Times like this make me wish I were... too young to vote, too young to care. But I'm getting older by the day, and dash-it-all if I can't help but care either. So many thoughts, not really sure how to express them. I know many people I know would say "You're a Christian, what question is there... Bush is IT!" First of all... that's more than a little naive. It's not that easy. I just wish Al Franken were running. I would vote for him.
Started reading my first Bonhoeffer work: ETHICS.
All I can say is WOW!! I encourage everyone to read it. Well, no, I retract that statement. I think everyone should know about it, God will probably let you know when to start it. God has done that to us twice in the past two months. He let us know about a book that we haven't read that would change our lives, and brought it into our lives at the right moment.
The first was The Dream Giver. What a book! Someone told Anna about it, she told me about it, she bought it, but she did not start reading it until the exact moment she needed it... the moment we both needed it.
A friend of mine at work told me about Ethics. Then the other day I found myself with nothing to do while I was waiting for my wife to get out of class- so off I went to the library. I really love the Regent library. Found Bonhoeffer quite easily thanks to the handy dewey decimal system... and BAM! God opened up the floodgates! I especially enjoyed the Stations on the way to Freedom. Great stuff.
"Make up your mind and come out into the tempest of living." Holy SMOKES that's awesome!
It's amazing, and yet should not be all that surprising, when Jesus sends us something right when we need it- like our little trip up to New York. Man, I needed that! I don't know if I knew how much I needed that trip. Very short, didn't see much, but just what the Great Doctor ordered. I was reminded of a goal... a vision... my home... a passion for a city, for an industry, for a nation... and of course, the greatest baseball team ever! Seriously, it was a much-needed reminder and inspiration to take on the first station on the way to Freedom: self-discipline. Really need to tackle that one. Sounds easy enough, right? It will be once I decide to do it. Therein lies the rub. Sometimes I feel like it takes self-discipline to decide to be self-disciplined. Yet I am still learning. Therin lies the hope.
And with that, I shall retire.
Watching the pres. debates... hmmm lots of thoughts. Times like this make me wish I were... too young to vote, too young to care. But I'm getting older by the day, and dash-it-all if I can't help but care either. So many thoughts, not really sure how to express them. I know many people I know would say "You're a Christian, what question is there... Bush is IT!" First of all... that's more than a little naive. It's not that easy. I just wish Al Franken were running. I would vote for him.
Started reading my first Bonhoeffer work: ETHICS.
All I can say is WOW!! I encourage everyone to read it. Well, no, I retract that statement. I think everyone should know about it, God will probably let you know when to start it. God has done that to us twice in the past two months. He let us know about a book that we haven't read that would change our lives, and brought it into our lives at the right moment.
The first was The Dream Giver. What a book! Someone told Anna about it, she told me about it, she bought it, but she did not start reading it until the exact moment she needed it... the moment we both needed it.
A friend of mine at work told me about Ethics. Then the other day I found myself with nothing to do while I was waiting for my wife to get out of class- so off I went to the library. I really love the Regent library. Found Bonhoeffer quite easily thanks to the handy dewey decimal system... and BAM! God opened up the floodgates! I especially enjoyed the Stations on the way to Freedom. Great stuff.
"Make up your mind and come out into the tempest of living." Holy SMOKES that's awesome!
It's amazing, and yet should not be all that surprising, when Jesus sends us something right when we need it- like our little trip up to New York. Man, I needed that! I don't know if I knew how much I needed that trip. Very short, didn't see much, but just what the Great Doctor ordered. I was reminded of a goal... a vision... my home... a passion for a city, for an industry, for a nation... and of course, the greatest baseball team ever! Seriously, it was a much-needed reminder and inspiration to take on the first station on the way to Freedom: self-discipline. Really need to tackle that one. Sounds easy enough, right? It will be once I decide to do it. Therein lies the rub. Sometimes I feel like it takes self-discipline to decide to be self-disciplined. Yet I am still learning. Therin lies the hope.
And with that, I shall retire.
2 Comments:
1 - you are the only person i know who wants to vote for al franken
2 - i haven't heard the words "dewey decimal system" since i was in fifth grade. i do believe i had forgotton it existed.
3 - God does, indeed, bring things into our lives at exactly the right moments....books, people, changes....i wonder how come we are always so surprised when we look back and see God's hand.
4 - ny rocked. although you did neglect to mention that you were fortunate enough to spend time with your lovely sister-in-law, who continues to enlighten you and expand your mind with her wisdom.
5 - yankees suck.
well, man, this won't be the first time we've disagreed :), but please tell me that Al Franken comment was a joke.
Admittedly, his SNL skits have had me rolling more than a few times, but President? Please...
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