chad and the girls are taking the rowboat out today for the first time. we're headed to saganashkee slough (see bottom of first page of this map) with the boat strapped on top of our little honda. hope it floats. don't worry we have life preservers. :)posted by Chaddo 9/07/2002 09:55:11 AM
from Life After God
Doug Coupland
i thought of how every day each of us experiences a few
little moments that have just a bit more resonance than
other moments---
we hear a word that sticks in our mind---
or maybe we have
a small experience that
pulls us out of ourselves, it only briefly---
we share a hotel elevator
with a bride in her veils, say, or a
stranger gives us a piece of bread
to feed to the mallard ducks
in the lagoon; a small child
starts a conversation
with us in a Dairy Queen.............
and if we were to collect these moments
in a notebook and save them
over a certain period of months we would
see certain trends emerge from our collection----
certain voices would emerge......
we would realize that we have been
having another life altogether, one we
didn't even know was going on inside us.
and maybe this other life is more important
than the one we thingk of as being real------
this clunky day-to day world of furniture,
noise and metal.
so just maybe it is these small silent
moments which are the true story-making
events of our lives.
voluble joanE
posted by joanE 9/06/2002 10:43:23 AM
matt, my missionary friend in india, has a new post after 10 days on a project trip...
www.acupofwater.netposted by Chaddo 9/06/2002 08:36:12 AM
thoughts and prayers.
m.j. lost her job today.
her difficulties caught up with
her there......
we pray. wholeness for m.j. Lord.
through and through.
i wonder what
the difference
is between guilt
and shame
shame: deep seated,
illogical,
ill feelings
about oneself.
from mark dupont's teaching.
but doesn't guilt seem like that too?
posted by joanE 9/05/2002 08:10:04 PM
Acts 6:3-10: being like stephen.
Lord, to be filled is an experience that happens at a specific place and time. I love your fillings. But I want to be like Stephen, a man FULL of the Spirit. "A man full" talks about the quality of his life. It was a life which was marked by a fullness of the Spirit of God. I don't want just the fillings Lord, I want the fullness. I want my the quality of my life to be fullness of your Spirit.
God wants me to live in an attitude of plenty and abundance, not want and lack. So much energy is spent and wasted on anxiety towards the future if a life is not lived in an attitude of faith and expectation of what God will do, and so much energy is wasted in spiritual burnout under burdens if a life is not flowing in the river of Gods abundant resources. Stephen had both, he was a man "full of faith" for the future of what God would do (expectation), and full of the Holy Spirit in each moment (abundance), flowing in the river of God's abundant resources in each present situation. Let me be like this oh Lord.posted by Chaddo 9/05/2002 04:43:12 PM
my mom is outblogging me. all i have to offer is this pic of the spine.
posted by Chaddo 9/05/2002 04:35:48 PM
we saw 'west side story' last night at the fox.
opening night, can you imagine?
the musical itself was fun and familiar,
but the biggest blast of all was just
enjoying the last trace of summer in the city.....
gab, gab, gabbing with good friends,
the crowds, the bustle, the thick air,
head banging music pumping from
second city next door, hoofing it along
the sidewalk, the motown skyline from level
5 of the parking ramp......night life!
it rocks!posted by joanE 9/04/2002 01:04:28 PM
wisdom from elizabeth, my librarian pal:
"when reading, never, never skim."
books i am currently skimming:
Against the Odds: Women Pioneers in the First Hundred Years of Photography
by Sandler
Reconcilable Differences: 7 Essential Tips to Remaining Together from a Top Matrimonial Lawyer
by R.S. Cohen
How to Survive Hearing Loss ......C.Himber
Nurture by Nature.....Tieger and Tieger
Digital Video.......F.H. Jones
Perfect Match........Tieger and Tieger
books i found in the basement:
George Eliot Birthday Book 1882
Book of Job 1913
Roman Missal 1910
books i am reading:
Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the
Opening of the American West......Stephen Ambrose
Life After God......Douglas Coupland
pop book that i'm ashamed to say i kind of enjoyed because of pop culture snobbery:
A Short Guide to a Happy Life.......Quindlen
book i read ever single day:
Daily Light for Every Day.......Lotz
posted by joanE 9/03/2002 02:17:19 PM
mom! welcome to blog land... friendbearposted by Chaddo 9/02/2002 10:50:26 PM
sorry it formatted in such a glob.posted by joanE 9/02/2002 10:41:53 PM
i'm joanE......that's my pic on yesterdays blog.
my first day in blog-land. yay!
we celebrated labor day in my favorite way.....wall to wall people......
grilled meats and fish, fresh market corn, harvest salad and lots of chat.
i like to take a holiday and cram it with people.
it didn't look too promising at 7 this morning though. i really really wanted plan A.
but i knew there was a good chance i would have to die to it. i prayed a big prayer.
yes. a small thing compared to world hunger or something, but let Him draw the line
on that, not me. let Him decide yay or nay to me, heavenly Dad.
plan A: i hoped to drive up to lake huron for the day with perry and febe.
i must see a great lake this year at least once.
but mikey had made plans .......so ( i began to plummet a little here but...)
plan B: i called maggie and dave. they like to hang nice and easy....
but mag had lots of work to catch up on....so
plan C: i called nate and amy......i knew they had some plans, but
maybe ? no answer, so........
plan D: i called noreen and bruce. i totally love them
no answer......
so i left this message "noreen what are you doing today girl?
i'm looking for a party"
plan E: more phone calls, yes there were more.
(it can't be just a day devoted to replacing light bulbs
and trimming shrubs. blech)
that was the beginning........then came a cascade of returned phone calls,
and in the end there were ten people at dinner.
o happy day.
thank you gracious heavenly Dad
before i go:
shame=deep seated, illogical, ill feelings about one's self.
Jesus took my shame.
posted by joanE 9/02/2002 10:40:00 PM
my mom will be joining this blog soon as a user so she can post content. here is a photo of her, in case any of you are wondering who she is. she is quite voluble, so look forward to much good reading now that she is a part of the team. she is much more exciting to hear from than me.
posted by Chaddo 9/01/2002 03:59:39 PM
apparently, google deleted the listing of the website i linked to earlier with the "financing global terror" sticker. click here
also, i received an email from my uncle regarding George Bush the Christian. coming from a relatively conservative family, i think it is normally assummed that i would be right wing, although im leaning farther and farther away from the right. when i first read that Bush was a born again believer (before he was elected) i was skeptical, but as his term has progressed i've been more convinced that he is probably a true believer (although only God knows the heart). i did vote for Bush because the alternative was scary. However, i grow more left wing as i get older, not sure if it is because i live in Chicago or because of my darned liberal education at public university. Actually i'm torn between left and right depending on the issue. i'm pro life, pro school voucher , pro environment, pro gun control, pro union (with some reforms necessary obviously), pro socialized health care, etc... Obviously this makes voting time a painful time for me and I am rarely pleased with the person i vote for, simply because i always vote pro life.
anyway, i think GW is doing a pretty good job, although i don't agree with everything he does. Right now i have a real estate agent who is a believer, and a man of God, but i think that there are probably better real estate agents out there who aren't christians. So i wonder, does the fact that he is a christian make him a good real estate agent? Similarly, does the fact that a man is a christian make him good at being president? i am a christian, but i hope you never vote me into office. These are questions i ask myself, because obviously many evangelical christians hint that if i don't like GW it is fairly near impossible to be a christian.posted by Chaddo 9/01/2002 03:42:00 PM
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If I'm wrong, please contact me!
