Blog Entries tagged 'Annie Dillard' http://www.rednow.com Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:08:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.rednow.com/blog/strapped-to-the-pews.html It&#39;s Tuesday night and I&#39;m relaxed and pretty content. That&#39;s kind of surprising because a week ago I was freaked out stressed. My boss was in some high level meetings that really looked like they were going to go badly. Really badly. I wastrying to figure out where my next job would be. <br />I&#39;m a Christian so I&#39;m supposed to believe in prayer, so I spent the day praying that things would go well. In my heart though, I really didn&#39;t think anything good was going to happ [...] sherwood prayer faith doubt Annie Dillard http://www.rednow.com/blog/obligated-to-watch-obligated-to-see.html <p><br/><img style="margin: 3px 5px; float: left; width: 120px; height: 178px" src="images/stories/film/jesus_camp.jpg" alt="jesus_camp.jpg" title="jesus_camp.jpg" width="120" height="178" />I watched &#39;Jesus Camp&#39; yesterday. I&#39;ve been avoiding it for months. I knew it would depress me. Both because it&#39;s versions of faith, ministry to kids, interaction with culture and US politics are VERY different than mine AND because these still are &#39;my people&#39;: folks who love Jesus, who [...] sherwood U2 movies grace brokenness Annie Dillard http://www.rednow.com/blog/some-essential-summer-reading.html <p><br/><img style="margin: 4px; width: 100px; height: 168px; float: left" src="images/stories/67/holythefirm.jpg" alt="holythefirm.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" width="100" height="168" />If you&#39;ve never read Annie Dillard you are missing out.  Talk about wonder, this woman&#39;s writing<br/></p><br/>is jut flat out mysteriously beautiful!  She writes most often about creation and the order of things, she describes herself as having a background in theology rather than ecology though.  Her books aren&# [...] matt reading creation Annie Dillard