As some of you may have noticed, I haven’t written anything for a few weeks. It wasn’t just that I needed a rest——though the rest was nice. It was more that I don’t believe in speaking when I don’t feel I have anything to say. At least not something of value. The trouble is thatContinue reading “Silent Retreat”
Category Archives: A student of faith
Healed by song
Advent is a time of truth-telling and so I will tell you this: I have a horrible singing voice. But I love to sing—Christmas carols in their season— and throughout the year, the chants of Taize. I know that I feel more human, and more free of the burden of being human, after belting outContinue reading “Healed by song”
Good. Clean. Fun.
I must begin this post with a confession: I’m not a shopper. I don’t keep up with fashion trends. I have two pair of adult high heels, one of which I got for my rehearsal dinner 26 years ago. If I do find myself in a gift store, I can’t summon a single name ofContinue reading “Good. Clean. Fun.”
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sometimes we just need to laugh at ourselves. This video should help. It’s a classic dinner table scene from the comic satire I HEART Huckabees. I think you’ll recognize a lot of the faces. As we gather around the table this week, let’s remember to be thankful for all the different points of view thatContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”
Don’t believe everything you hear on TV
A friend posted a wonderful article this week on what she calls the 1% media spin on Christians. If we are to believe what we hear on TV (or in the blogsphere), Christians are essentially an angry, self-righteous, narrow, finger-wagging mob that seems oddly concerned with amassing money for themselves while withholding it from theContinue reading “Don’t believe everything you hear on TV”
Heather Choate Davis 