The Monday brief

November 10th, 2008 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

Highlight of the week: I had a lot of fun this weekend with my students at Church Youth Fest. We even busted out an old skit from my mime days to do at the talent show.

Book(s) I’m reading: I finished The White Tiger on Friday night. Turns out it’s #32 on Amazon’s Best Books of 2008 list, which is a merited accolade in my opinion. The novel is a dark comedy told from the perspective of a servant in modern-day India which manages to both tell a great story and give a glimpse into Indian society. Anyway, I’m about 30 pages into Chuck Klosterman’s first novel, Downtown Owl (#80 on Amazon’s list).

Music I’m digging: Jon Foreman’s Limbs and Branches (link opens in iTunes). The song “Instead of A Show” literally stopped me in the middle of what I was doing at work one day last week. Amos 5:18-25 never sounded so good.

Something(s) that blew my mind: Obama.

Ministry update: The beginning of BLITZ was good and Church Youth Fest was a blast. The few pictures that were taken last weekend are here. Arista starts this week. For our devotionals, I’ll be using a combination of Phyllis Tickle’s The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime and Luther’s Day by Day We Magnify You.

Seminary/ordination update: Luther Seminary’s admissions committee meets tomorrow.

Looking forward to: Finding out whether or not I’ve been accepted to Luther Seminary.

That’s it for the Monday brief. Feel free to leave a comment, and if you’re feeling extra frisky, check out the Monday brief archives.