Tag archive: books
A Brennan Manning prayer
Jesus, Son of the living God, anoint us with fire this day. Let your Word not shine in our hearts, but let it burn. Let there be no division, compromise, or holding back. Separate the mystics from the romantics, and… continue reading »
If I am / In God’s will, / The lives of others / Will be helped
I’ve read half of Jayber Crow four times. The most recent three times I’ve had this poem/prayer as my bookmark, courtesy of Caitie Merz. I carried this poem with me to Iraq; I read it and ponder it often. (Underlines… continue reading »
Jayber Crow, p. 133
I am a pilgrim, but my pilgrimage has been wandering and unmarked. Often what has looked like a straight line to me has been a circle or a doubling back. I have been in the Dark Wood of Error any… continue reading »
Hi, Heart.
I hesitate to blog anymore because my audience has grown so much. I don’t mean that to sound like bragging, but since I went overseas and got a boyfriend, more people have been interested in what I say. That scares… continue reading »
Life updates, August 2010
I haven’t blogged to just blog in a while. I’ve written a lot about PLC; I’ve written a few creative pieces, but I haven’t just blogged. Granted, most of the time I blog I have some muse to inspire me.… continue reading »
The Phantom Tollbooth, pp. 118-119
“No one paid attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began… continue reading »
To be human
people are just peoplethey shouldn’t make you nervousthe world is everlasting, it’s coming and it’s going — People are just people. I read in George Orwell’s “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius” that people are not… continue reading »
Goforth
Hi, friends, from Sulaymaniyah. As you know from my last two posts, I started my Preemptive Love Coalition internship a few days late. (Thanks, Delta.) Tuesday was my first day; Wednesday was my first day in the office. I love… continue reading »
"Why I Write" by George Orwell
Two observations: 1. I like George Orwell’s thoughts on writing more than I like his writing.2. I may own every book on writing ever printed. — I’ve noticed that I have a really hard time blogging when there’s nothing to… continue reading »
The Elements of Style, p. 120
“Style takes its final shape more from attitudes of mind than from principles of composition, for, as an elderly practitioner once remarked, ‘Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.’ This moral observation would have no place in a… continue reading »