Bloggy CPR

0. Well hello.
1.  I’ve made the trek from Los Angeles to DC for the holidays.
2. Virgin America is the bomb dot com because they gave me free WIFI on the plane.
3. Since this is one of my first posts since turning 30, I played with the “shadow” editing on iPhoto to exaggerate my awesome silver [...]

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 [...]