Friday, August 27, 2010
T.G.I.F.!
We've survived the first week of school! Hope everyone is enjoying returning to a regular routine . . . I know I am!
Way to go HERD on a fantastic football win last night! Annie and the Volleyball team are in a tournament this morning in Seminole! Good luck Annie!
I finished reading The Thirteenth Tale last night and I have to tell you, this is an INCREDIBLE book. I was riveted till the end. There are two copies left lurking in the foyer at church, and the discussion won't be for another 10 days or so. You have time! Grab a book and join the Book Group on Tuesday, September 7th at 7 pm.
I'll be returning to TCU for a week in October to continue working on my doctoral degree, so I began my reading for that class the other day. I came across a powerful passage in Pastor (by William Willimon) and I wanted to share it with you. I had to read it two or three times to let it sink in, but it really caused me to think. Maybe it'll do the same for you:
I'll see you Sunday!
Tracy
Way to go HERD on a fantastic football win last night! Annie and the Volleyball team are in a tournament this morning in Seminole! Good luck Annie!
I finished reading The Thirteenth Tale last night and I have to tell you, this is an INCREDIBLE book. I was riveted till the end. There are two copies left lurking in the foyer at church, and the discussion won't be for another 10 days or so. You have time! Grab a book and join the Book Group on Tuesday, September 7th at 7 pm.
I'll be returning to TCU for a week in October to continue working on my doctoral degree, so I began my reading for that class the other day. I came across a powerful passage in Pastor (by William Willimon) and I wanted to share it with you. I had to read it two or three times to let it sink in, but it really caused me to think. Maybe it'll do the same for you:
We work within a culture of rugged individualists and fragmented communities. We are officially schooled in the notion that we are most fully ourselves when we are liberated, autonomous, on our own. We live under the modern myth that it is possible, even desirable, to live our lives without external, social determination. Ironically, that we think it desirable to live our lives without external, social determination is proof that our lives have been externally, socially determined by the culture of capitalist consumption. I did not on my own come up with the notion that I am a sovereign individual who has no greater purpose in life than to live exclusively for myself. Rather, this culture has formed me to believe that I have no other purpose in life other than the purpose I myself have chosen. The irony is that I did not choose the story that I have no purpose in life other than that which I have chosen.
The issue is not, Shall I be externally determined by some community of interpretation and authorization? The issue is, Which community will have its way with my life? Or perhaps more accurately, Will the community that determines, interprets, and authorizes me be worthy of my life?
I'll see you Sunday!
Tracy
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