thimbels

when you don't have anything nice to say, you should say anything at all. it's not been a good week and any post on a subject would just not be a good thing to put on this internet. so some random tidbits.

i commented on don miller's blog and the moderator deleted my comment. what's up with that! it wasn't offensive or anyting. a bit disagreeing but who are they?

art - is following directions to make something art? i do not believe so. i feel that art happens when one uses their mind to create something new, not just copy and follow.

photography - it is really hard to get that sunset shot. either the background is colorless or the foreground is black. it has taken me 10 or so minutes at times to get the right shot.

do all these politicians really hate each other that much? that is what their ads say.

i love 'much ado about nothing'

i am glad that it is turning to fall.

have a great week. i mean that sincerely. i don't know who reads this, but if you are, I really hope that your week is special in an unexpected way.

LOVE - the finale

loves...?
loves his BFA guys
loves Muslims
loves teenagers
loves the weather we've had this week
loves the smell of fresh cut grass
loves that loving makes for positivity rather than negativity
loves air conditioning
loves grace

that finished up my august LOVE experiment. i have to admit. when it was a rough day, it was really hard to come up with something. some of the things were deep, some weren't. they all were true and the thing that most pleasantly surprised me was that by using the word love and not bashing something else led to positive comments. it seems to disarm peoples negativity a bit.

so i am going to keep going. not every day, but at least once a week. although i love many things, i am not love. i know someone who is. whether or not i feel it or believe it all the time, it is true. God is LOVE. it has to be true. there is no point without it. and let me tell you, i don't feel it right now. but i am clinging to it.

so LOVE.

PS.
loves laughing
loves the chance he is getting to change the lives of some wonderful people
loves volleyball
loves homemade cappuccinos on a rainy day
loves fall.

the church's forgotten

i have come to realize that there is a section of the population that is greatly ignored and forgotten about when it comes to churches. i am realizing this due to being in the group. churches love programs. we have programs for everything.

we have the christian ed program that covers kids from nursery to 6th grade. in 6th grade we hand them off to youth ministry where they stay till twelfth. after that they go off to college for four years. churches are very happy to welcome them back into the fold and also others that have moved into the area. if you have married, great they will through you in with some other young marrieds that maybe have very young children. if not, that is okay because you are still young and full of vigor and churches want to help you mature in whatever you mature in.

but realistically, by the time you are 25 to 30, you should be married so it is time to move into family small groups and sunday school where you learn to become a better parent, husband, wife or all around good person. then you are helped when you have kids graduate college and hopefully are in church leadership as you look to retirement. all well and good(well it may not even be good)...

except...

me. i haven't gotten married. i am in my thirties. i need community just like anyone else, but nobody knows what to do with me. there aren't many like me, so maybe we can just be ignored. maybe there is a 'singles' group that has people mostly in their 40s and 50s who have never married or are maybe divorced. i don't fit there so nothing happens.

i am the church's forgotten.