I finished listening to two books in the last couple of days, The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, both of which I highly recommend. I’m really into figuring out structure of books lately and thinking about the ways that authors assemble their thoughts, especially in nonfiction, and the image thatContinueContinue reading “April in Books and Birds”
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Easter Poems – Last Words
Copyright 2010, Matt Durbinmattdurbinart.comFor the next week, poems I wrote in response to the last seven things Jesus is recorded as saying are being shared as part of Jody Thomae’s Create-a-Day Virtual Art-Walk. These poems, for me, were entrance into verses in Scripture that for me began to feel worn down by ritual and repetition.ContinueContinue reading “Easter Poems – Last Words”
War and Peace and Devotion and David and Goliath
At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read 12 books in 2015. That’s one a month – totally reasonable, I figured. I like to read.That was before I discovered audiobooks.I finished two books yesterday – Devotion by Dani Shapiro and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. I’ve always wanted to readContinueContinue reading “War and Peace and Devotion and David and Goliath”
That Time of the Month
There have been a grand total of about 36 months of my adult life (let’s say, after 17 or so) that I have not worried about, wondered if, hoped for, stressed over, prayed for or prayed against being pregnant. My reproductive history is such that I get pregnant when I don’t want to be pregnant,ContinueContinue reading “That Time of the Month”
Writers, Just Do It
Since switching jobs this fall, I’ve thought a lot about the writing life and how you go about making time to write. Writers bemoan the lack of time they have to dedicate to their craft more than any other group of people aspiring to something. There are dozens of articles written– by writers who apparentlyContinueContinue reading “Writers, Just Do It”
Reading the Bible with My Kids
We started reading the first book of the Bible, Genesis, with our kids this month. Up until now, besides praying with them and the occasional aside about God’s love and being kind and other such directives throughout the day, we’ve left the Bible up to their Sunday school classes. Illustrated pictures and crafts are easierContinueContinue reading “Reading the Bible with My Kids”
The Book of Knowledge and Wonder
When Steven Harvey was in his thirties, his grandmother gave him letters his own mother had written between 1945 and 1960. It wasn’t until Steve turned 61 that he began to read the letters of his mother, who had committed suicide April 6, 1961, when Steve was eleven.Most of Steve’s memories of his mother wereContinueContinue reading “The Book of Knowledge and Wonder”
You Better Watch Out
You know that Christmas song, “I’m getting nuttin’ for Christmas?” My son had one of those days today. It’s like the part of his brain that is designed to say “This is kind of a dumb idea” got unplugged so the part of his brain that is designed to say “I wonder what will happenContinueContinue reading “You Better Watch Out”
Be Who You Are
This is my son, Henry:https://www.youtube.com/v/qMkh6cicxyo?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdataMy son, Henry, participated in his first Christmas program at his preschool on Tuesday:https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/m03dO2CM7xU&source=udsMy son, Henry. https://www.youtube.com/v/09aXM52HzVU?version=3&f=user_uploads&c=google-webdrive-0&app=youtube_gdata“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ― Ralph Waldo EmersonBack When:2013: Sharing the ‘Good News,’ with a little excerpt from Walk the LineContinueContinue reading “Be Who You Are”
Praise God from whom all shopping bags flow…?
I stood in line for an hour and a half without a cart carrying a basket full of stuff and two boxes full of more stuff for $160 worth of merchandise today. There was much sighing. I kept telling myself, this might be the only day you have free child care and can actually goContinueContinue reading “Praise God from whom all shopping bags flow…?”
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