Sunday, September 28, 2008

Ellen Calls Gladys




Just for laughs. : )

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Much Appreciation.

Yesterday I decided to check out Derek Webb's cd "The Ringing Bell" and found that I really liked several of his songs. His music on this cd definitely touches on some controversial topics... mainly peace and justice. I also looked up some reviews of the cd---a lot of which were annoyed that this "great artist in the past" had neglected to continue in that tradition... he's angry and cynical, resorting to and even supporting pacifism.

Gasp. Perhaps that's why I like it.

I also like several of the songs because I appreciated the way Derek explained his thoughts behind these songs and what experiences inspired the songs. Listen to the interview here. (Hopefully the link works.) It's about 40 minutes long, but the interview shows that Derek is not angry---he just believes that a third way (peace) is possible. He also talks about the importance of being peaceful and gracious as you talk about peace vs. violence... otherwise, aren't we just being hypocritical? Agreed.

Check it out.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Re-powering During a Power Outage.

Remnants of Hurricane Ike hit Ohio on Sunday as evidenced by. . .

- shingles flying off of the roof
- young adult men practically falling over while trying to walk forward
- pitch black bathrooms (sort of like using an outhouse in the middle of the night. Except during the day. with a flashlight under the arm.)
- cold showers in the dark
- heading to bed at 8:00 pm because there was nothing to do in the dark and the serotonin was kicking in
- emergency food in a cafeteria with emergency lighting
- no clinicals for two whole days!

Most of all . . .

- a God whose timing is impeccable... we needed that break so much! This power outage meant we had to stop and take some time to relax and recharge.

Now we're up, off and running again!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Who am I?

There's nothing like a Difficult (with a capital D, mind you) test to bring you back to reality and make you realize Who your identity is in.

Thankfully self-imposed standards, whether too tight or too lax, are not the standards used by Him who gets us through each day.

Gotta love those days when your thoughts are trailing in a dozen different directions, and especially those semesters when you hardly even have a chance to breathe. Swimming against the current? The "yes" box is checked because sometimes it seems that way.

Jehovah Jireh. That's all I can say.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

Nothing Much.

It's a little hard to know what to write when life goes racing by and you are just trying to catch your breathe during every free minute. It's been an demanding and sometimes overwhelming amount of work in the last 3 weeks. And, of course I pulled the lucky number to win a battle with a cold that has now settled into hacking coughs. It'd be really nice if that would stop. And, yes, I am getting my vitamin C. I even have a whole bottle of orange juice for tomorrow.

There hasn't been much time for thinking beyond school. Some thoughts, but they're all tangled and jumbled so they wouldn't make much sense.

And, as always, it's interesting to be the purple sheep. . . not red, not blue, but purple amidst a majority conservative population. What should we talk about? . . . Politics?

How 'bout not. Let's not even start.

. . . Well, since it's a night before clinical I need to get all my stuff together and head to bed. It's gotta be an early bedtime because it's gonna be way too early of a morning tomorrow!