This poem is about the incident described in “Pearls Before Breakfast,” the story of Joshua Bell, the world-famous violinist who played unnoticed in a Washington train station. But it was inspired by “Ignoring Beauty,” the Desiring God blog entry posted in response to the incident. I wrote it a few months ago for my Creative Writing class. If [...]
Filed under: Books/Writing, Christianity on August 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I stay up too late almost every night.
And I have insomnia.
Not very smart. Morning comes all too quickly.
Filed under: My Life on August 29th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
All the way my Savior leads me
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy
Who through life has been my guide?
I know that many times in life, when I ask for something, God withholds it. And He’s allowed me to see that part of the reason He does that may be to redirect [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Personal Reflection, Struggles on August 28th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
First, a quick technical note: my domain name isn’t working. So I’m back to annakristine.wordpress.com for the time being. Sorry for the confusion; I’ll let you know when it’s working again. It will only cause problems if you’re reading in RSS. Otherwise, don’t worry about it.
I have two classes down and one to go for [...]
Filed under: Career/Education, My Life on August 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This was my last true “summer vacation” - as long as I pass all of my classes this year, of course.
It went by so quickly! I know that’s cliche to say, but it really did.
May I worked and went to Nick and Jamie’s wedding. It never really seems like summer is beginning until
June anyway. [...]
Filed under: My Life on August 24th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s time for some input. I sort of understand RSS - Real Simple Syndication, right? It means that I can use Bloglines to subscribe to people’s feeds and read them all in one place. I understand that concept.
What I don’t understand is the difference between types of feeds. RSS? Atom? XML? Feedburner? Why do people [...]
Filed under: Blogging on August 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
I reread “Giving Your Heart Away” yesterday after getting another great comment on the entry, so when I was listening to Bethany Dillon tonight, a song of hers struck a chord with that thought process. She has a great little guitar ballad on her new album Waking Up. It’s called “Are You Sure?” and to [...]
Filed under: Marriage/Family, Singleness/Dating on August 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Anna: Say something funny.
Kayla: You wanna know a funny thing? A sure-fire laugh-getter? Record people without them knowing it. I tried that, but I didn’t get anything that good. No no no no no. After you record people, cut the tape into clips. Then, by asking the right questions, you can make them say whatever [...]
Filed under: Miscellaneous on August 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
Through Sovereign Grace and New Attitude, as well as the ministries of Josh Harris and C.J. Mahaney, I’ve become aware of this new (?) title of being a “reformed charismatic.” I understand what being reformed means. I would definitely call myself reformed. And I have a dim understanding of what being charismatic means, mostly in connection with [...]
Filed under: Christianity on August 19th, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I love going back to school. I always have. It’s one of my favorite times of year, the return to studying and schedules and homework. And the return of one of my favorite seasons, autumn (it’s right up there with spring, summer, and winter!). I just love the feel of it, the crispness in the [...]
Filed under: Career/Education, My Life, Personal Reflection on August 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
