It is very easy to feel in love with God when you feel in love with a person.
It is not so easy to feel in love with God, or even enormously loved by God, when you feel rejected by a person. Or persons. Or many people. 3 at least.
I have the knowledge that Jesus loves [...]
Archive for the ‘beauty’ Category
Are you there God? It’s me, Mari.
Posted in God, beauty, memory, music, relationships, things that make me sad on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Citizen of the World
Posted in Europe, beauty, food on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This afternoon over Intelligentsia coffee and a raspberry chocolate mousse cup, my friend/spiritual guide Megan informed me that, for those whose hearts are stirred by travel, God either gives a passion for a specific country, or for people.
My heart is for PEOPLE.
I can never decide which culture, which country, is most exciting for me. Megan [...]
And with your soul always green, you’ll grow into a tall tree
Posted in baklava, beauty, poetry on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Upon coming out of my semi-weekly Arabic class, I experience two feelings simultaneously:
a) Intolerable exhaustion–mentally (my mind feels as though someone has lit a match inside and burned up all its contents, completely useless for the rest of the day), physically (my heart beats quickly and unevenly, and my brain literally aches), and emotionally (after verbal [...]
Me Gusta Guatemala, Me Gustas Tu
Posted in beauty on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Everything is set for Guatemala in March. The plane tickets are bought, the school has accepted me, the “garden room” (“with coffee maker and ceiling fan”) has been reserved. Everything is set down to the description of the man who will be picking me up from the airport:
Roberto, 39, 6′1″, 225 lbs, short dark hair, will [...]
Here Comes the Sun
Posted in Beatles, Chicago, French things, beauty, literature, music, solitude on January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…is my favorite Beatles song. Maybe even my favorite song. Its appeal is too visceral for me to describe, but something happens in my soul when I listen to it–something that makes me actually become a better person. I can feel this. It actually makes me truly believe George Harrison, maybe more than I’ve ever believed anyone who [...]
Perhaps I have too many things on the wall above my desk. Perhaps not enough?
Posted in Europe, beauty, self-indulgence, things that make me sad on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. A photograph from 1917 of young blind children petting an elephant, visiting their Chicago school from the Ringling Brothers Circus
2. A beautiful collage wishing me a happy Thanksgiving, from G.G. Flint, sister of my roommate
3. (sticky note):
Josh Ritter
PO Box 9751
Moscow, ID 83843
4. (sticky note):
February 15
(the day I will feel better, and ask if B [...]
My Theology as Formed by Christmas Carols
Posted in God, beauty, music on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Joyful, all ye nations rise; join the triumph of the skies!”
“He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love”
“Come all ye faithful, joyful, and trimphant”
“Long lay the world in sin and error pining til He appeared and the soul felt its [...]
Writing Encouragement
Posted in beauty, literature, memory on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
m: but i’m much more drawn to characters, stories, situations, etc etc
s: and that’s how you reach people
s: don’t let the pomo artist assholes get to you
s: irony and being detached will only get you so far
s: the purpose of drama, acted or written, is to communicate SOUL TO SOUL with your audience
s: political melodrama [...]
