Comments on: 7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 15)

By: Abigail

Abigail — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Funniest Tale about a PREGNANT mom kicking a rocking horse box across a Toys R Us floor in central Texas. Thanks for making me laugh!

By: Lana

Lana — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:06:00 +0000

thanks for taking the time to link to that one, Jen. I had missed it. insightful and thought-provoking, as usual.

By: SearchingWellness

SearchingWellness — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:36:00 +0000

You have such a good blog. I am looking forward to reading more of it.

By: Blair

Blair — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:46:00 +0000

left my link! i’m lol about the horse…i do things like that, esp around christmas and birthdays

By: Mominapocket

Mominapocket — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Enjoy your blog- hope that I linked to your site properly. Appreciate the honesty of your writings. Nancy

By: abroadermark

abroadermark — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:41:00 +0000

I enjoy your blog – and 7 Quick Takes Friday. Thanks for sharing!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:38:00 +0000

I noticed Seven Storey Mountain. I need to read that, too – badly. My cousin introduced me to Merton through his “Secular Journal.” He has this entry about Kirkegaard and Abraham (THE Abraham) that blew me away: Basically, that it’s noble to die as a hero or a martyr, but at least you’re honored if you do that; someone like Abraham was called to (and willing to do) something so outrageous (killing his son) that it wouldn’t even be considered noble or heroic. Kirkegaard (and Merton) conclude that Abraham’s is the more noble act of faith. Pretty intense stuff.

Oh yeah, I introduced your blog to my largely computer illiterate mom, and she wrote the website down on a napkin (her version of “bookmarks”) because she liked it so much.

- Joe.

By: Shannon, Mommy to six

Shannon, Mommy to six — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:46:00 +0000

#4–I had this same sort of experience this year except it was a little tool bench for my 2 year old son. Honestly, I got the last one at the only Toys R Us in the state–an hour away–and they also would not hold the thing long enough for me to get there! By the time I got it in my hands I felt like a raving lunatic!

Fortunately, he played with it for more than 30 seconds!

Warm regards,
Shannon

By: Jennifer @ Conversion Diary

Jennifer @ Conversion Diary — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:35:00 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments!

#6. my husband has recently been more in the atheist camp than the Catholic one and is also into astronomy all of a sudden.
probably sounds like a weird question, but do you think there's a connection there?

I've noticed that there often is a connection there. I can kind of see where it comes from. I wrote about it some here if you have any interest.

Happy New Year, all!

By: Lana

Lana — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:18:00 +0000

#6. my husband has recently been more in the atheist camp than the Catholic one and is also into astronomy all of a sudden.
probably sounds like a weird question, but do you think there’s a connection there? he’s convinced that there are more worlds like ours out there, so we must not be as special as we think we are (that’s a VERY rough summary of his views, btw, but pretty accurate nonetheless).