Tag archive: change
Dreams, and whatnot
I was watching last season’s finale of Glee, when Shuester goes to Broadway to audition for April’s play. Anyway, I was thinking about his circumstances. He could either sing on Broadway (his dream!) or go back to Lima, Ohio, to… continue reading »
Wishing writing could change me
Sometimes I think my writing can change me. And it always can, but only to a certain extent. I want writing to bring me peace about a situation, but it’s only temporary. I think of my smoking poem from last… continue reading »
Grace grows in winter
Grace doesn’t grow in the springtime. Grace grows in the winter, when everything’s dead, when life is the brown sludge beneath your rubber boots. It comes as a surprise. We talk about life as having seasons. In the spring, life… continue reading »
and green and green and green …
II.Late Octoberand the Norway maple hasn’t turnedred or orange or whatever colorNorway maples turn. Todayand tomorrow:an endless cycle of greenand green and greenand green and green. Through the windowthe masochistsslit their wrists,crying but with bliss. — Author’s note: “Things that cause… 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 »
Georgia peach
“We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all. We sleep to time’s hurdy-gurdy; we wake, if we ever wake, to the silence of God.” Annie Dillard — I am supposed to… continue reading »
Child, I don’t remember.
Saturday I felt more human than I had in a really long time. Dr. Smith in World Civ. talks about the importance of having a big view of sin in order to have an even bigger view of Grace. Saturday… continue reading »
Chaos
I … am … blogging in the middle of a crowded hallway. That kind of sounds like a joke or the introduction to an anecdote – but it’s not. It’s just true. I was talking to my friend Molly last… continue reading »
Why do you believe?
I’m debating on what I should talk about. What’s been on my mind lately has been relativism. But I don’t think I’m ready for THAT blog. I have a lot to think about still. Don’t worry, I’ll get back to… continue reading »
nothing wrong with my changing world..
Last September God told me that this season of my life was going to be about change– I believe that was an understatement. I experienced change in about every area of my life since then: a new car, a new… continue reading »