etcetera: January 2004 Archives

after a few essays by martin luther king jr. picqued my interest, i started reading Bearing the Cross, a biography of dr. king, over my christmas break. i don't know why i don't know more about king, but i'm terribly excited with what i've read so far.

i'm entertaining the idea of a class project that will look at king's reconciliation work, which gave me a great excuse to pick up A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.. it just arrived today and i want to dig in right away, but i have to read a whole bunch of stuff about world war one tonight . . .

arrghh. foiled again.

well, we changed the name of the blog so that we can include more of the things we're doing and, hopefully, so that we can be more diligent with our blogging.

i'm hoping to use this space a little more to think out loud about the why and how behind the projects with which we're involved. i may be able to get kirstin to do the same.

and then our blog might get interesting . . .

for about two days, i was glad everything was back to normal after the holidays. i enjoyed the break, but vacations are always still busy, if in a different way from every day.

but suddenly i'm feeling overwhelmed again. there's a 30/10 Tribe event to plan, a new home to move into, bills to pay, merchandise to order, magazine issues to put out, brochures to be designed, church bulletins to be created...tasks that i feel both called and not called to be doing, but must to both fulfill my purpose in life and keep the bill collectors away.

i feel like every day of my life is a massive project that a smart person very well might not take on because it's impossible. time and money are equally needed and lacking, which puts me smack in the middle of a crowd of obligations and unable to move forward or backward.

i said something to rob today about there being a fine line between idealism and stupidity--i'm not sure right now what side we're on.