making choices

A few weeks ago, in honor of Banned Books week, I read several Judy Blume Books. One of her books for an older audience is called "Forever." For those of you who do not know, as I did not until I read the book, it is about a high school senior, Katherine, and her first sexual experiences.  Read More »

Today one of the adult Sunday School classes at my church began using Rob Bell's NOOMA videos. Each week we'll watch one of the ten minute videos and then discuss the video, and whatever semi related topics our conversation spins off into (this class is good at randomly changing topics during our discussions).

Today's video was about being so busy with "good" things that we don't have time for the best things. It compared the busyness of our lives to a little kid picking up broken piece of shell until his hands were so full he didn't have any room to hold the perfect starfish that floated within his reach.  Read More »