6 posts tagged “faith”

I've read a bucket load of books whose titles I've forgotten to track here. I wish the library had an "already read" view of my account.

Last night I finished The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Loved it. Highly recommend it.

Before that I finished The Year of Living Biblically. It's probably not for everyone because it can be irreverent, but wow did I learn a lot. I'm definitely going to move on to some of the books he used to determine how to live for the year.

I had dinner with an old friend tonight. We've always been forthright with each other. We talk openly about depression and faith and other topics I wouldn't dare so deeply venture into with anyone else.

Tonight he shared a piece of his past with me. A private, painful part of his life. In that moment all the puzzle pieces snapped together and everything about him made perfect sense.

I thanked him for telling me.  I'm honored that my friendship is worthy of his trust.

Show us a photo of somewhere you want to go.

Church

Last week, one of my friends was in an accident. Actually, she flipped her car. The kind of accident we've all seen and passed by thinking, "How in the world did they do that?"

Today I drove by that place. I saw the remainder of some sand barrels she took out. It made me instinctively bring my hand to my mouth. In horror. Kind of the way I felt when I saw the picture of the car. Upside down. In the middle lane of the highway. Facing the wrong way.

When I saw the picture of the car, I knew it was only by the grace of God that she walked away with just a few scratches and bruises. Just a few more inches and her head . . .

I did today what I wanted to do when I saw the picture. I cried.

See, she's putting on a brave front. And so the rest of us are too. But I almost lost one of my very best friends last week. One of "my people" as they call each other on Grey's Anatomy.

I don't know what I would've done. And I thank God that I didn't have to find out.

Jesus Camp

I watched this movie tonight.

I consider myself a Christian, but that there is some scary shit.