At Urbana

Exhibiting at Urbana. Check out Cause 4 Life's new YouTube promo series! Love. Heal. Defend.

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis!

Heading off to St. Louis in two hours to exhibit at the Urbana Mission Conference.

Yes, I packed insulated boots, ethical chocolate, and earrings crafted by disadvantaged Kenyans.

Looking forward to visiting a new state, meeting other exhibitors (although 200 is a swarm), and testing my Patagonia down trench. Cheers.

First World Problems

Thinking a lot during the holidays about "First World Problems" --

How to conjure enough self-control not to scarf the multitude of desserts cropping up at every occasion.

Red and green are automatically "Christmassy" -- what to wear?

What can I possibly find to give my grandma?

Dozens of email ads about holiday sales...

Annoying music playing incessantly...

Trying to focus on Who inspired the holiday...

Wealth manufactures a strange set of "problems," doesn't it?

Name That Tune

National Geographic (Spanish Musician)

a.) Killing Me Softly

b.) El Condor Pasa

c.) Silent Night

d.) Imagine

A Love Poem

J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
(Cantata for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity)

4. Chorale
Zion hears the watchmen sing,
her heart leaps for joy within her,
she wakens and hastily arises.
Her glorious Friend comes from heaven,
strong in mercy, powerful in truth,
her light becomes bright, her star rises.
Now come, precious crown,
Lord Jesus, the Son of God!
Hosannah!
We all follow to the hall of joy
and hold the evening meal together.

5. Recitative
So come in to Me,
you My chosen bride!
I have to you
eternally behtrothed Myself.
I will set you upon My heart,
upon My arm as a seal,
and delight your troubled eye.
Forget, O soul, now
the fear, the pain;
which you have had to suffer
upon My left hand you shall rest, 
and My right hand shall kiss you.

6. Area - Duet (Dialogue - Soul, Jesus)
My Friend is mine,
--and I am yours,--
love will never part us.
I will with You
--you will with Me--
graze among heaven's roses,
where complete pleasure and delight will be.

The view from my desk on Friday