February 2012
4 posts
It must be February
And then there are the nights when you just want to cry, so you do. Because you secretly suspect that you have bed bugs, and there is a big test tomorrow, and you have nothing but a doughnut to eat for breakfast. And the art history text book you so enjoy talked about Byzantine art and showed pictures of home, but most of the class declared that they didn’t think the icon was all that...
Abide With Me
This is one of my favorite hymns…I think the words are so quietly beautiful.
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, abide with me.
Thou on my head in early youth didst smile; And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile, Thou hast not left me though I oft left Thee! On to the...
Themes
I always did like English lit. Leading people who have known me for forever to scratch their heads in confusion when they discover that I am getting a Bachelor of Science rather than a Bachelor of Art. I always liked immersing myself in the beauty of words and seeing the minute elements of a work weave themselves together into something whole and rich. I always liked themes.
The Lord seems to...