What’s Cookin’? 111

Highlight(s) of the week: (1) Thanksgiving! A time for giving thanks. It was nice spending time with Amanda, who had off from work for a few days. Giselle kept us laughing the whole time. (2) We had our first family pictures taken at Sears. Giselle had a cute holiday outfit from Gap. She’s so stylish. (3) We lit the first Advent candle yesterday, and we started out fast from meat until Christmas day. It’s been one day. I smelled bacon earlier, and I really wanted it; but we are trying to use our distractions from the fast to point us back to remembering Christ’s first and second appearings.

What I’m reading: Relevant Magazine’s November-December issue. Reading very slowly – my friend Derek’s book So You Thinking About Going to Seminary: An Insider’s Guide and The Art of Reading Scripture edited by Ellen Davis and Richard Hays. For class, I’m reading Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Psalms & Wisdom Literature by Ernest C. Lucas and Old Testament Parallels: Laws And Stories from the Ancient Near East by Victor H. Matthews and Don C. Benjamin. The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why by Phyllis Tickle. I decided I can take my time with all of these, except the two for class because I have deadlines.
Listenin’ and lovin’:
  • Podcasts: didn’t really listen to anything notable this past week
  • Really enjoying “Best of You Tube” videocast. Most recently one I enjoyed was called “Wingsuit base jumping” (below).

  • Music: Christmas music. mewithoutyou’s Brother, Sister.

What I’ve been vegetating in front of: (1) It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 3. (2) We’re in full Christmas-mode at our house – Christmas movies such as How The Grinch Stole Christmas (both the original and Jim Carey one), Christmas Vacation, and The Santa Clause

iPhone app I’m happy about: (1) Snaptell, which allows you to take a picture of a DVD, book, or CD, and it provides info on it such as price and where to buy, reviews, etc. Pretty cool.

Something(s) that blew my mind: (1) What Eagles was that on Thanksgiving?! (2) Apparently, my childhood Sunday school teachers told me different authors and dates for some of the wisdom books of the Bible (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs) than what is widely accepted. Maybe I should teach my Sunday school teachers a thing or two? (3) Boca burgers aren’t that bad, especially when they are well-done and have Bar-b-q sauce on them.

Job update: still not much progress. It was Thanksgiving so I was just trying to enjoy family.

Seminary update: had off of class last week. Reading, reading, reading. I am going to write my own Psalm of Lament later. It should be OK.

Looking forward to: (1) Continuing to observe Advent through candles and fasting. (2) Taking Giselle for pictures with Santa. (3) not putting a million tags for these posts.

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