Well, an eventful few days. Here's some tidbits from around the place.
First, Sufjan Stevens produced an album for a group known as 'Welcome Wagon' which is a husband and wife duo. Go here and listen to one of their songs; leave it playing in the background while you read the rest of my post.
Second, some good news. I got my final piece of work back yesterday, and all my essays received distinctions. Which sounds good, but simply means I didn't stuff anything up!
Thirdly, it snowed again yesterday, but it was magical dreamy snow, the kind of giant, soft flakes that do not fall so much as meander to the earth. With each thermal gust and shift of wind the flakes would rise or fall, swirling sideways in a nonchalant eddy that was in no particular rush to hurry to the earth and its inevitable demise, melting or being trodden under foot. Preston and I took a long walk along the river in the evening, threw snowballs at unsuspecting passersby, sledded down a short hill, and got our feet wet.
Fourthly, a whole bunch of kids from school got together in one of the common rooms and we watched the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Washington had close to 2 million people crowding the mall, and it was a sight to behold. Plus his speech was amazing, and I started to think again about the power of oratory to unify, encourage, and move people. I suppose though, this is where the rubber hits the road, and the real worth of his presidency will be seen in his foreign diplomacy and domestic economic decisions.
Fifthly...I don't think there is a fifthly!
3 comments:
Hi Robert,
Your comment on Obama is interesting in several ways. Firstly, how easily humans are seduced by the velvety smooth words of the honeyed tongue, whether they are significant, truthful, life changing words or not - but gee it sounds good. Secondly, there is a striking dichotomy between mans wisdom and God's wisdom. The world is waiting for Obama to pull the rabbit out of the hat for them, changing the worlds dire economic situation into economic fairy land again without remembering that's mans wisdom (in creating wealth) along with his greed got them into this situation in the first place. Paul's comments on the dichotomy of the world's wisdom and God's wisdom in 1 Cor is something everyone should take great note of. If the worlds wisdom steered us to this destination, how is the worlds wisdom going to steer us in a new direction? It never has and never will. Some DAD thoughts.
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