Five things friday

I've been waiting all morning to get out and get my 12-mile run in. I should have done it hours ago, but thought I'd avoid the rain if I could. Ugh. I'll spit this post out and then go... (Really makes you want to read it, no?). :) 

1. I know some of you are wondering why I don't talk more about the trump administration (especially all their foibles). You know, on one hand, I feel like the fruit just hangs too low. Like, how can people look at what's happening and NOT know how evil and/or stupid they are? And if they can't, then I don't really know what more to say. It is what it is.
2. This morning (while waiting to run) I read the book of Jonah. It got me to thinking what would happen if people did start to wake up to the maga-lie and repent... And then, would some of us be like Jonah if they did? Grace is a great thing for the right people... right? What about the wrong people? Hmm...
3. Speaking of which: Is heaven really the ultimate destination (or should it be)? Not according to Chad Bird. He says 'I Can't Wait to Get Out of Heaven.' Something about a new heaven and new earth. Innaresting take that I'd not thought of before...
4. Matt Tebbe has been writing spot on for awhile now... and this piece How To Be Angry and Not Sin is fire. "1. Anger is normal, necessary, and totally human. To feel or be angry is not a problem." (or *the* problem).
5. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut
   

• *Bonus: I was thinking about my book this morning (yes, I know, "what book?" you ask... Well, it's in my head. Anyway, I think I may have stumbled onto the title: "Don't Forget to Smile."
• **Double Bonus: I don't know if you can access this NYT article by David Brooks, but it is grand: "How To Have A Passionate Life"

 

Okay, I think I see the sun peaking through. Time to run. Literally. Concert (work) tonight and tomorrow night. Lots of stuffs. I mean, relatively speaking...

Peace