CH. 3-The Sanity of Little Black Dots
I sit at a desk that is not mine, typing on a computer that is not mine. I am exhausted after several days of opening the store at 4:45 am. My mind has been in dark places these past few days, but Christ is bringing me new light. Holst is blaring in the background (screaming quietly at the moment) and I am content. Music continues to be one of the driving forces of life for me, a constant source of renewal, excitement, and challenge. God give me the grace and determination to continue in it.
After work today I fixed myself a full breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and orange juice. Mmmm mmm mmmm. It was delectable. For the rest of the day I plan to (finally) read some. I'm currently in the midst of many books (Othodoxy by Chesterton, The Poe Shadow by Pearl, Neil T. Anderson's Victory over the Darkness, and Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer) but getting bogged down. A Starbucks customer gave me the new "God's Man" series book called "Risk." After reading the first chapter and skimming the rest of the book, I have come to the conclusion that all "men" in the author's mind read in a puffed up, machismo-driven way. Or at least that's the way it was written. I'm no longer reading it. Not that it didn't have good points, but I got tired of reading "dude" and "blam" and "awesome." I mean, give me a break. Yes, we're men, but does that really mean grunting and acting like we don't have the brain cells to read and write intelligently? I think not. I'm sure it'll reach a certain demographic, but not this one (hyper-sensitive, intelligent, white, 20-something?).
Speaking of masculine stereotypes, I've been watching the Rocky movies over the past few weeks, and I was surprised to find how good they actually were. Yes, Stallone's voice and manner of speech in the films can get old, but the message behind the whole thing is really quite remarkable. If you haven't seen them, or have and judged them as meat-head material, go back and watch them in light of life in the Kingdom of God...some pretty cool parallels. I think out of all of them, II and V are my favorites. But they're all pretty amazing...and patriotic (IV was quite funny to watch...all the Cold War stuff).
Thank you Lord for another day to discover you and love others. May I use the hours for your glory.
After work today I fixed myself a full breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and orange juice. Mmmm mmm mmmm. It was delectable. For the rest of the day I plan to (finally) read some. I'm currently in the midst of many books (Othodoxy by Chesterton, The Poe Shadow by Pearl, Neil T. Anderson's Victory over the Darkness, and Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer) but getting bogged down. A Starbucks customer gave me the new "God's Man" series book called "Risk." After reading the first chapter and skimming the rest of the book, I have come to the conclusion that all "men" in the author's mind read in a puffed up, machismo-driven way. Or at least that's the way it was written. I'm no longer reading it. Not that it didn't have good points, but I got tired of reading "dude" and "blam" and "awesome." I mean, give me a break. Yes, we're men, but does that really mean grunting and acting like we don't have the brain cells to read and write intelligently? I think not. I'm sure it'll reach a certain demographic, but not this one (hyper-sensitive, intelligent, white, 20-something?).
Speaking of masculine stereotypes, I've been watching the Rocky movies over the past few weeks, and I was surprised to find how good they actually were. Yes, Stallone's voice and manner of speech in the films can get old, but the message behind the whole thing is really quite remarkable. If you haven't seen them, or have and judged them as meat-head material, go back and watch them in light of life in the Kingdom of God...some pretty cool parallels. I think out of all of them, II and V are my favorites. But they're all pretty amazing...and patriotic (IV was quite funny to watch...all the Cold War stuff).
Thank you Lord for another day to discover you and love others. May I use the hours for your glory.
posted by Andrew Straight | 9:37 AM
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