Why, Of Course!

I was uploading some old photos to FB tonight, and I found this, and it made me laugh out loud. It's me, in Europe, on a backpacking trip the summer after I graduated high school. The logo on the right, Athlete of the Year, with the Sports Illustrated logo was completely unintentional. I had found a disposable camera in my room, and took it with me. When I got back and developed my pictures, I realized that a good quarter of my pictures of European monuments and otherwise were emblazoned with "Athlete of the Year" and "Sports Illustrated." Of course, of course I'm an athlete of the year!

Non-Beige!

The color of my house before...

And, after!

I approve!

Yeah, so, no writing lately...for a few reasons. First, it seems a little superfluous. You can be my friend on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter, so do I really need to add extra here? Not so much, at least not so that you know what's going on in my life. Also, the past few weeks have been, well, a time when I've not really felt much like writing.

But back to the first reason...I had lunch with my boss today, and he mentioned an article that traced the downfall of blogging to the exponential growth of FB and Twitter...it ma
kes sense. The only reason I can think that someone would still need/want a blog is to write...not necessarily read or be read, but to write. So maybe I'll keep this up....we'll see.

So for now...a photo. Me, and new friends from church, Sarah and Michael. Whoo-hoo for friends!

(I look all squinty-eyed because I had been wearing sunglasses all day and took them off for the picture)

Random

I went to church twice this past Sunday, an event more rare since I have joined churches outside of the CRC. I suppose that fact is really irrelevant, but since this post is titled Random...

I went to Covenant Sunday morning, a church I used to call home. And Pastor Herm, someone I think is comfortable with areas of gray, preached on Rahab. And he surprised me. He described Rahab as someone we might dislike because she lies and is deceptive. But my opinion of Rahab couldn't be more opposite. I've always really liked her. I love the idea of a lying prostitute being the one to protect God's spies.

The idea of disliking her never really crossed my mind...if she were perfect, it wouldn't really be so miraculous that she hid Joshua's spies. It would be mundane, boring, and very "Christian." The way it really happened though, I love it...a woman of ill repute, acccomplishing God's purposes regardless of her perhaps selfish intentions. It's what David Plotz calls the messy Bible. Totally messed up, Flannery O'Conner-esque people, working out redemption. What's not to like?

I am short on words tonight, and even shorter on pictures, since my camera fell out in the trunk of my car at the airport. However, Donna put up some pictures of my goddaughter Annabelle's baptism. What a beautiful church and a sweet baby.