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(v. vûrj) 1. to approach the nature or condition of something specified
2. to be in the process of change or transition into something else

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Poem of the moment:

A Reverie (October 1861)

One noonday, at my window in the town,
I saw a sight-saddest that eyes can see-
Young soldiers marching lustily
Unto the wars,
With fifes, and flags in motted pagentry;
While all the porches, walks, and doors
Were rich with ladies cheering royally.

They moved like Juny morning on the wave,
Their hearts were fresh as clover in its prime
(It was the breezy summer time),
Life throbbed so strong,
How should they dream that Death in rosy clime
Would come to thin their shining throng?
Youth Feels immortal, like the gods sublime.

Weeks passed; and at my window, leaving bed,
By night I mused, of easeful sleep bereft,
On those brave boys (Ah War! thy theft);
Some marching feet
Found pause at last by cliffs Potomac cleft;
Wakeful I mused, while in the street
Far footfalls died away till none were left.

—Herman Melville

Capitalist Poem #5

I was at the 7-11.
I ate a burrito.
I drank a Slurpee.
I was tired.
It was late, after work—washing dishes.
The burrito was good.
I had another.

I did it every day for a week.
I did it every day for a month.

To cook a burrito you tear off the plastic wrapper.
You push button #3 on the microwave.
Burritos are large, small, or medium.
Red or green chili peppers.
Beef or bean or both.
There are 7-11's all across the nation.

On the way out I bought a quart of beer for $1.39.
I was aware of the social injustice

in only the vaguest possible way.

—Campbell McGrath
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
The First Kindergartener
Yesterday was Zachary's first day of Kindergarten. He did awesome--his mom and I did OK, too. "Don't sweat it, Mom and Dad," he said, the cool five-year old reassuring his worried parents. We walked him to the bus and he got on with the bigger kids like he's done it a thousand times. Between Erica's third birthday on Friday and Zach's first day of school, I feel like I'm getting old. It seems like only yesterday since my first day of school. I remember getting on the bus with my brothers by my side. That was twenty-eight years ago. It's times like these that I question what I've been doing with my life. What have I accomplished? Whereas in the past I would have dwelled upon these thoughts for days, now I only allow myself a short time for contemplation--not about the past, but about the present. Because I know it doesn't matter how you measure-up to society's expectations, but how you are living-up to God's. Am I being the person God has called me to be? What am I doing now to live-out God's love here, today?

A couple of days ago I saw The Last Samurai--a great movie. The highlight of the film for me was the interplay between
Captain Woodrow Algren (Tom Cruise's character) and the Samurai Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe, the Japanese actor's character). During one of their extended "conversations," as Katsumoto called them, Algren describes his take on his present set of circumstances: "each man does what he can until he finds his destiny." There's a lot of truth in that. We all do what we can until we find our own path. The difficult part is the "until" part--what we do in the meantime. Do we succumb to the pressures of society or do we do the best we can? Should I worry about my son going off on his own in the "big wide world," as one of our friends called it, or should I be content with knowing I've done the best I can to prepare him? "Don't sweat it," Zachary says. Words of wisdom from a five-year old samurai. Posted by Hello

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What I'm reading...

Jeffrey D. Sachs: The End to Poverty

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Books I've read lately...

Friedrich Schweitzer: The Postmodern Life Cycle

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Joseph Campbell: The Power of Myth

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Philip Gourevitch: We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories From Rwanda

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Lary James Peacock: Openings: A Daybook of Saints, Psalms, and Prayers

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Mark C. Ross: Dangerous Beauty: Life and Death in Africa

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Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference

Marcus Borg: Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Marcus Borg: The God We Never Knew

Marcus Borg and N.T. Wright: The Meaning of Jesus

Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christian

Brian McLaren: The Story We Find Ourselves In

Richard Cimino and Don Lattin: Shopping for Faith

Dan Kimball: The Emerging Church

Dan Kimabll: Emerging Worship

Miroslav Volf and Dorthy C. Bass, editors: Practicing Theology

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