Here’s the video and transcript from my little speech at Commencement last Saturday: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as yourself (Luke 10:27). “Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and …
Being at seminary can tend to lend itself to a certain cynicism, fueled by intellectual detachment from the realities of life, a dispassion built upon having to dissect, critique and deconstruct everything. Combined with an enervation resulting from trying to balance too many hours of school, too many hours of work, and too many other …
Of all the words I’ve ever read in all of the books I’ve ever read, this remains one of my favorite passages: I think love is a bit of heaven. When I was in love I thought about that girl so much I felt like I was going to die and it was beautiful, and …
Here’s the Brehm Center preview of this Thursday’s gig, featuring Carrie G. and me.
[from the White House Flickr feed] I love this pic. *** On a separate note, here’s an interesting article in the Economist, about heightened creativity in those who have lived or are living abroad.