Goodbye Whidbey

As I’m waving goodbye to Seattle and Whidbey Island, there are a couple of things I’ve learned on this trip.
1. It is a whole ‘nother world riding bicycles around practically deserted islands.
2. Running around the city with a Holga and another friend with a Holga is absolutely delightful.
3. Hiking through the Cascades is lovely, but [...]

And Unwind

Well now.  My sanity is now somewhat restored.
1. I turned in over 45 pages of papers at 4:51pm yesterday, thus fulfilling all requirements for this insane quarter at Fuller Theological Seminary.
2. Dear Elise drove down from Santa Barbara to insistently celebrate #1 with me.  She picked me up in the old Volvo and brought me [...]

MLK’s Rule of Life for the Civil Rights Movement

I just thought I’d share this, since in reading it tonight I immediately started to cry.
Once upon a time Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a non-violent movement that changed the world.  These were his “rules” that all Birmingham demonstrators had to agree to, in order to join him:

From Marjorie Thompson’s Soul Feast.

How to Survive Finals

Step one. Headphones and loud music.

Step Two.  Potent coffee in a ceramic mug.

Step Three.  A mental cocktail of slight-delirium, oh help me Jesus-type prayer, and dorky excitement for learning.

It also helps to have a Zeppe the puppy calendar on your wall.
Wednesday night update: 12 pages of 47 written and 1 other mini-project half-done.  The clock [...]

Retrospecting

In retrospect, the last week or so has been above average in its interesting quotient.
1.  Last Thursday night I caught up with Rachel C. (aka “The Only Living Girl in NYC”) for the first time in 2 years and continued to wonder if she and I should just try to switch lives for a few [...]