Aaaahh! Hurdles Right Out of the Starting Gate

First of all, it was a great weekend, with a wonderful anniversary meal at Le Pichet (we ordered the chicken--put in your order right away, it takes 1 hour--served delectably with Cantal fritters and lovely green beans). Saturday we did grocery shopping and then took Michael to his first zoo visit. He was face-to-face with an orangutan who was pressing against the glass--hilarious. Yesterday was church (more below), food preparation, and more Michael hilarity--holding the phone and talking into it, putting it down on the floor, picking it up again. He also does this with the remote control. Very funny.

Yesterday continued our Fresh Start class at church and the second sermon in a series on money. It's hard having only 45 minutes to go over some of these big issues--we barely got off the ground before the time was up, and we ended with "why didn't God knock off Lucifer right after he rebelled?" A doozy. The sermon covered giving, which has me totally questioning my possessions and really, desperately wanting to get rid of my credit card debt, in even a more desperate way than before. So, this morning I take a quick Google-break with "Christianity debt" as keywords and get this site: Adult Christianity. What they are saying about Christianity is not necessarily off the mark and reinforces why All Saints calls people who follow Christ "Christ-followers" instead of Christians. As a result of another conversation with my friend Vern about Jesus and Mary Magdalene, I find myself doing a library search on the gnostic gospels, apocrypha, etc., and wonder if I'm just asking for trouble--shaking the faith before it's even taken root. Even so, I want to follow this path with my brain as well as my heart and rest of self. If anyone wants to assist in tilling my soil, please contact me.