stherman's Xanga

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:38:36 GMT

apparently xanga is no longer nearly as busy as it once was.

Engaged!

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:44:45 GMT

yes, its been a while. hello Xanga world!

Guess what? I am engaged! yup. check her out on facebook...she's a keeper!

Birthday/Pascha!

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:13:16 GMT

So, last week was my birthday, and today I got a great package in the mail. Alanna sent me "A River Runs Through It" both a book with beautiful woodcut illustrations, and a deluxe edition DVD, which I have wanted for many years, but never bought. also, a book called men and fire, about smokejumpers in montana and a specific fire, the Mann Gulch Fire. as well, a heinously bright paisley shirt, its very cool, and very bright. and a t-shirt that says, " I know superwoman, she's my cousin" and its true. I do. she is.

Also, we all are celebrating the resurrecting, eating lots of meat (Farmer Sausage, thank you brother Gabraham-the real saskatchewan deal) and sampling fine ales and malt beverages. the sun is shining too.

I have applied for a job in Victoria, a government position entitled "applied leadership" who knew all the opportunities at TWU might pay off in the end? It is a liason position between a ministry and aboriginal groups around the province, helping them to take over the implementation of children and family services. So that would amazing. Except I would have to leave Langley and my sweet sweet community at St. Herman's.

OH! and my rad sister got her and I tickets for Arcade Fire at Deer Lake Park! SO excited!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:12:57 GMT

its holy week, I am sick, great lake swimmes are tonight, tomorrow is a 'day'
this weekend is pascha, and I am applying for jobs in victoria. government style. one more class to go, facebook is addictive, open house is not happening this week, but next it is, the canucks are going to win the cup, its rainy, better than the snow on monday, I am buying a new bike, the JW's came by today, so I told them I was sick and it wasn't a good day. which was true. but I can't talk to them anymore.

oh, and check our juana molina, such great music. juanamolina.com has free downloads.

je suis tres fatigue

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:28:50 GMT

Yes, it hurt. my car creaks and moans now, it needs some TLC, but there is a plan a brewin' so we'll see. tomorrow is foodsafe day, open house is later on, after the Derek Webb show (yes, he's playing at TWU in langley tomorrow, $5! so cheap)

I also now have a ticket for the Great Lake Swimmers show, which I am stoked for. I like the decemberists too, to answer an earlier question.

Pascha is coming. I am tired. I worked a lot this week. I wonder if workaholism is as sinful as any other addiction. if it keeps us from God and other people and silence, I don't wonder so much, but its really easy to justify, perhaps more than anything else, because good motives are easy to talk about .

I haven't been to weeknight church in forever. Gabe's coming to visit, and things at home are looking just fine.

and, I hung out with my awesome sister, it was so great. I really like it when her and I get to spend time together.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:33:38 GMT

my car hit 400,000 Kilometers today.

Franny and Zooey

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:56:00 GMT

since Corie is such a bigot, at least one more will have to suffice.

today I went to get a shot, but I had to instead get my records from school when I was a young warthog. I still don't know what is up.

I am taking the youth group snowshoeing on saturday, which will be fun. life is in such a strange place. In some ways, I feel like I could just take off to Russia in a few years to teach, or Egypt, or Korea, or Vancouver.
and in some ways I would like to stay here, pay off my debts and dissappear in the bush of British Columbia. why do I need to leave? there is so much land here, so many rivers, so many people, so many different cultural variations here, how could it benefit the world that I spend time and money gallavanting. It would benefit me because I would have awesome blog entries with all sorts of exotic pictures. me holding a parrot, me holding a beer in _(umpteen different countries) and smoking cloves in indonesia. surfing who knows where, fishing in china. I don't know. I could drop names of countries and food and wine and sound educated and like a world traveller. I am, however, reading Franny and Zooey, and it might be curing me of that. its really a good book, and ten times smaller than Brothers. so I feel like I am flying through it. I am half done and I started yesterday.
this mediation thing is ridiculous. but I still do it.

how are you doing? eventually I am going to work up the cojones to shut this thing down for real, and then we will be forced into either talking directly in one way or another, or not at all. for now, It will have to wait.

I love how Franny is ranting about being sick of ego. I am so sick of my own ego, but so attached too. its like an addiction.

is. not is like. is.

HFS

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:47:41 GMT

and Lent hasn't even started yet.

but, its time to go 'under the radar'

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:19:18 GMT

Sunday Afternoon.

today is sunday, aren;t you glad I told you?

I finished the Brothers Karamazov, it is now officially my favourite book. I know I didn't get it all, and that I will have to return, but for now I am basking in the glow of having finished something I started, and the beauty of the book. what an amazing thing, its like living in a beautiful piece of art for months on end. who wouldn't want to do that?

Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translate him the best.

coming up is cheesefare week, so my posts will be cheesy and dwindling.

Biss is here, which is very cool.

Worship Mashups pt 2

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:50:38 GMT

Regarding "Crash Into the Blood Of Jesus" :

well...I think being present for the event allows for interpreting the tone of the work, the form it takes and how it is presented. All of these things give indications for the direction that the piece is meant to mean.

If the content (lyrics) had something to do with the intimate nature of relating to God, or with the mysterious nature of relating to God, it would have made more sense. As it was, It came across as merely a clever trick.

Granted, as many have pointed out, historically that is how many good hymns have come about. However, this hymn was just fine, as was the song 'Crash'.

I think it would be more appropriate to sing Crash, as is, in such a setting as an example of beautiful tender art that helps us see the beauty of intimacy that God gives us in both marriage and our relationship with him. As it was, it came across as haphazard.

I think worship that is meant to lead a various and diverse group of people to a deeper understanding of who God is should not be quite so vague, if it is even that. This may be art, and could be performed, but then it would be bad art (IMNSHO) and disrespectful as well.

I don't know if I mentioned it, but I also must say that I found very beautiful the church's ministry towards people with disabilities. There were many there on that sunday, and not many churches are so specifically focused on people with disabilities, and I think the loose format of the service allows for such things.