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 ‘music’ 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 »
Dream Job
Posted in music, self-indulgence, work on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I recently received a letter from a friend with enough faith in me to believe I’d promptly respond. She asked me, in light of my then impending graduation, which talent I would choose if I could have any in the world. It did not take me a second to conclude: I would love to be [...]
Musica de la Primavera
Posted in memory, music on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Good thing I have new music. The two most intense catalysts for nostalgia in my life are MUSIC and WEATHER. These two entities will bring back so many memories in one instant that I’m surprised my brain doesn’t pop whenever I put on Rosie Thomas or walk through the first snow of the season.
For instance, [...]
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 [...]
A Meditation on St. Arbucks
Posted in coffee, music, relationships, romance, work on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Prescript: Lately, the evenings seem to make me depressed and ergo write very long and boring posts about all the things above my desks, with an occasional self-pitying detail thrown in. There is no one who is remotely interested in this nonsense. I guess I am still operating in the mode of a week ago, [...]
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 [...]
Proust Questionnaire
Posted in literature, music, self-indulgence on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the back of “Vanity Fair” every month, a well-known person is interviewed in the style of two questionnaires Marcel Proust filled out during his 13th and 20th years, respectively. One of my dreams of life is to become well-known enough that someone would actually want to read my answers to these questions.
What is your [...]
