tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post6528743695439746731..comments2023-10-06T06:24:23.622-04:00Comments on don't eat alone: advent journal: nothing newUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20010538.post-61920002708288099362009-12-03T10:17:43.020-05:002009-12-03T10:17:43.020-05:00Milt, I just want you to know that you're havi...Milt, I just want you to know that you're having a profound effect on a bunch of friends in Minnesota. Last night, we met at my home for our "small church" (the big one really rankles us lately). I opened our evening with the usual question: How do you come? Two were happy. One was perplexed. One was anxious. One was harried. One was questioning. We were not "of a mind" when we gathered, and that's never the point. Next, we took turns reading your post yesterday ("Walkin' After Midnight), aloud, to one another. Some got stuck on the star names in the passages about Orion, but it was worth the struggle. All were awed -- by your writing, certainly, but even more by the concept of the light year. Not something that comes to mind daily, but one of the most amazing facts of the universe. We linked to Patsy and Nancy, and by the time we got around to listening to our segment of Fr. Richard Rohr's "The Path of Descent," we were ready to see the big picture, and we were ready to see the minutiae. <br /><br />So I'm writing to thank you for the extreme effort it must be to prepare the way by writing Big Things and Small Things every day during this dear season. There is no more special time of year -- Lent is lovely, but Advent is so -- germinal. It's just a lovely time to be quiet. Snowfalls help. Stars help. Unmanageable, unconscionable chaos creates a feeling of helplessness, or dependence on Someone Else -- that helps. And you help. So thank you.<br /><br />Maureen from Minnesota<br /><br />ps. And you mentioned Glee. Best thing to happen to tv in a long time.Maureen Naleznynoreply@blogger.com