This is the week without end.

I've been reading That Hideous Strength by CS Lewis. Holy cow.

This is from chapter 7. These passages almost made  me cry.

"Pain come and went in his face: sudden jabs of sickening and burning pain. But as lightening goes through the darkness and the darkness closes up again ans shows no trace, so the tranquility of his countenance swallowed up ( Read more... )

September is like an overture...it's full of the anticipation of good things to come

I was just reading old entries from years ago. One thing that strikes me is that change and uncertainty about the future do not drive me nearly as crazy as they used to. Another thing is that I have somewhere along the line between then and now forgotten how to be honest about my struggles ( Read more... )

This is me: 8-i

The glasses indicates that I am studying. And that I really am wearing glasses. The not-incredibly-thrilled expression indicates that I am studying. During the summer. And that I'm a couple hundred miles away from my mountains and fam.

This is Chris: [<*:D ( Read more... )

Sometimes my faith is so weak that I can't believe on my own. There are two people whose lives are evidence enough for me to believe. Or rather, God holds onto me and encourages me by giving me tangible examples of his work through the lives of: my mom and Keith Green. (CS Lewis, too, I guess). If you don't know about Keith Green, get a hold of ( Read more... )

I hate it when people cut me off when I'm in the middle of saying something or don't acknowledge what I'm saying to them. Or when I start to say something and they don't hear me and talk on top of me. Yes, it's partly my fault because sometimes I'm too quiet. But it isn't always. There's my rant about me me me and this post is purely a selfish ( Read more... )

When I Hear the Praises Start ( Read more... )

I'm going to move to Odyssey and take Katrina's place at Holstein's Books. A welcome change, I think, for me and for Odyssey.

me(referring to a paper i was sending her to check): hey give me just a minute
it's coming
Sent at 10:16 PM on Wednesday
Rachel: how did I get this message?

:)