So I am one of those people who secretly loves to listen to music at 800 decibles in their car. I try not to do this frequently, because generally it's not good for your ears. Because I do it so seldom, I really enjoy it when I do! With the radio blasting in my car, I can sing with reckless abandon - at the top of my lungs. Even if it's just one song between ND's campus and Martin's Grocery store, it's usually enough to lift my voice and my spirits.
My station of choice these days is WFRN - A Christian station that plays contemporary music. Today I heard one of Matt Maher's newest songs: "I'm Alive Again" - I don't know why, but this song really makes me sing! I think that this fall I've experienced a re-awakening- I've come to experience a fullness of life that I have not had in perhaps my entire life. So this song really speaks to me - at least for the present moment. So singing it at the top of my lungs in praise to our great God - gives me great joy!
Hopefully the people outside of my car can't hear me ;)
"Alive Again" by Matt Maher
I woke up in darkness
surrounded by silence
oh where, where have I gone?
I woke to reality
losing its grip on me
oh where, where have I gone?
Cause I can see the light
before I see the sunrise
You called and you shouted
broke through my deafness
now I’m breathing in
and breathing out
I’m alive again!
You shattered my darkness
washed away my blindness
now I’m breathing in
and breathing out
I’m alive again!
Late have I loved you,
you waited for me,
I searched for you…
what took me so long?
I was looking outside
as if love would ever want to hide
I’m finding I was wrong
Cause I can feel the wind
before it hits my skin
Chorus
Cause I want you!
Yes, I want you,
I need you
And I’ll do what ever I have to
Just to get through
cause I love you
Yeah, I love you!
Chorus
Friday, November 13, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Broomball Success!
Team "We Grade Your Papers" won its first match tonight 2-1. It was awesome! I forgot how much I love running around on ice in sneakers with a stick with a hard rubber triangle attached to the end of it chasing a squishy ball the size of a grapefruit trying to hit it between two traffic cones placed roughly four feet apart. (Welcome to Broomball!)
A note on our team name: We're a team made up entirely of graduate students, which is somewhat unusual in intramurals because most doctoral / graduate students are usually too busy writing papers to do things like intramurals. However, we like a little bit of fun (or exercise, or excuses to put off doing papers) in our lives. We primarily play against undergraduates, and some of them are actually students of our team-members. (Most grad students TA - although I don't have to as an MDiv). Needless to say, it's great to threaten them with F's if they beat us. We wear red shirts to remind them of the color of the ink we will use to write that big F on their papers.
A little intimdation goes a long way.
A note on our team name: We're a team made up entirely of graduate students, which is somewhat unusual in intramurals because most doctoral / graduate students are usually too busy writing papers to do things like intramurals. However, we like a little bit of fun (or exercise, or excuses to put off doing papers) in our lives. We primarily play against undergraduates, and some of them are actually students of our team-members. (Most grad students TA - although I don't have to as an MDiv). Needless to say, it's great to threaten them with F's if they beat us. We wear red shirts to remind them of the color of the ink we will use to write that big F on their papers.
A little intimdation goes a long way.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Godincidence? Daydreaming Part II...
So I just checked my email and was reading through Vatican news (courtesy of ZENIT) which I get in my mailbox every day. Guess what I found?
Culture and Religion: Together for EducationBenedict XVI Speaks of Paul VI as Teacher
BRESCIA, Italy, NOV. 8, 2009 (Zenit.org).- There should be complete harmony between the cultural and religious dimensions of education, so that young people are truly prepared to meet modernity, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope affirmed this connection when he inaugurated today the new premises of the Paul VI Institute. The Holy Father was visiting Brescia, the birthplace of Paul VI, for a one-day apostolic visit.
“We live in times in which a real ‘educational crisis’ is evident,” he said, observing that "it is necessary to transmit to future generations something valid, solid rules for comportment, to indicate lofty objectives toward which one should decisively order one’s life."
"The demand for an education capable of meeting the expectations of young people grows," the Pontiff observed, "an education that is first of all witness and, for the Christian educator, witness of faith.”
(to read whole article visit: http://www.zenit.org/article-27489?l=english )
Seems like quite an appropriate article!
Culture and Religion: Together for EducationBenedict XVI Speaks of Paul VI as Teacher
BRESCIA, Italy, NOV. 8, 2009 (Zenit.org).- There should be complete harmony between the cultural and religious dimensions of education, so that young people are truly prepared to meet modernity, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope affirmed this connection when he inaugurated today the new premises of the Paul VI Institute. The Holy Father was visiting Brescia, the birthplace of Paul VI, for a one-day apostolic visit.
“We live in times in which a real ‘educational crisis’ is evident,” he said, observing that "it is necessary to transmit to future generations something valid, solid rules for comportment, to indicate lofty objectives toward which one should decisively order one’s life."
"The demand for an education capable of meeting the expectations of young people grows," the Pontiff observed, "an education that is first of all witness and, for the Christian educator, witness of faith.”
(to read whole article visit: http://www.zenit.org/article-27489?l=english )
Seems like quite an appropriate article!
Babysitting FUN!
So I babysat my classmate's kids yesterday (3 girls, ages 5, 8, and 10) and it was such a blast! We watched The Grinch, then had dinner, then they danced around the living room while I played an Irish jig on the piano I learned way back when, then, we watched another movie (Totoro - Japanese movie -really cute! Not sure I spelled that right!), followed by a game of Scrabble Junior - Dora The Explorer Version; then read three books to the littlest one and put her to bed. Then I stayed up and played this cool puzzle game with other two and got them to bed just shortly before their parents came home!
It was lots of fun - I'm so glad that my friend has invited me into her family! More and more I realize how much of a GREAT mother she is, and how beautiful her family is. They have me over for dinner at least a few times a semester, and I genuinely like spending time in a family environment / playing with her super-fun kids.
On previous visits, I've done Origami with the girls - (butterflies, frogs, cranes, etc.). Here's what I'd like to do for fun next time I go (I thought about doing this this time, but I didn't have a chance to get to the store to get the supplies!)
Clay Critters
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/clay-crafts/clay-critters-709050/
It was lots of fun - I'm so glad that my friend has invited me into her family! More and more I realize how much of a GREAT mother she is, and how beautiful her family is. They have me over for dinner at least a few times a semester, and I genuinely like spending time in a family environment / playing with her super-fun kids.
On previous visits, I've done Origami with the girls - (butterflies, frogs, cranes, etc.). Here's what I'd like to do for fun next time I go (I thought about doing this this time, but I didn't have a chance to get to the store to get the supplies!)
Clay Critters
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/clay-crafts/clay-critters-709050/
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