That quote up there is worth pondering. Art is a uniquely human endeavor and I think an expression of Imago Dei. So Lincoln's thought has some theological connection. And his statement is perhaps most true in musical art. As I type this I'm listening to the "Mass in D" by John Knowles Paine and though unfamiliar to me I'm finding it pretty good listening.
(OK, it just got weird and screamy.)
My class is reading in John and today's reading includes the raising of Lazarus. In their daily "Look Out" email (sent at 1:35 a.m.) I included this link to the Queen of Soul singing "Mary Don't You Cry." OK, so she may not have been the most devout but she could bring it when it comes to gospel music.
Recommended reading: "All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes" by Ken Myers. Easy reading and very thought-provoking. It's about art from a Christian perspective.
Odd night. I didn't take my usual 20 minute nap after lunch because I was too worked up. I didn't go to bed until almost 10 p.m., well past my normal turn-in time. But I was still wide awake at 1:30 and up doing some work. It's now 5 a.m. and in a few minutes I'll go fix myself some breakfast. By the time I get to lunch I should me more than ready for the official Sunday afternoon nap.
I finished prep for the first of two weeks of teaching I'll do in Brazil next month and sent off all the material to Joe for translating into Portuguese. His wife Michelle actually does that work and does it very well. She's got about 250 Power Point slides and a 12 page handout to translate. All that work and she'll still be a most gracious host when I show up at their door.
Tomorrow I'll start on week two with the goal to have it sent to them by the last week of this month.
Heffe decided today was the day to debut his crow. It's not the most magnificent crow I've ever heard, but he's small compared to the Rhode Island Reds we've had before so I suppose it's OK if he's a tenor. It's still fun to hear a rooster suddenly full of himself.
It's now a little after 7 p.m., we've had dinner, and are now watching "60 Minutes." After this we'll probably watch a recorded BBC drama from PBS and then call it a day. We both have a busy week ahead so I'm not going to feel guilty about starting slow and ramping up as circumstances require.
Tomorrow's work will start at 6:30 a.m. with a key conversation over coffee and end at 8:30 when we get home from small group. Yeah, it keeps up like that pretty much all week.
How many states have a city named Portland? There were violent protests in one of them this weekend that made the national news but the headlines I've read don't specify the state. Oregon? Michigan? Maine?
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