Random Thoughts in July

One of the best parts of having the summer off is being able to catch up on some of the reading I never get to do during the school year. Whether it's professional reading designed to get me excited and enthused about teaching math to seventh graders, (and believe me--I've read three books so far, and several blogs and I'm actually started to feel excited and enthused) or scriptures and other religious readings designed to get me off my spiritual butt, and start acting like a follower of Christ, I have really been elevated by the things I've read. Even the many magazines to which we subscribe have provided fodder for increased contemplative musings, (although I may need to index the articles I want to quote from, so that I know which magazine and which author I'm quoting).

Anyway, despite all that (and please don't analyze that last paragraph for sentence structure or length), nothing surprised me quite as pleasantly as a cute little blog titled, "Flunking Sainthood". I don't remember the blogger's name other than Jana, but she is an LDS writer who shares some of her own (sometimes unorthodox) ideas about faith. I found her ideas interesting and yes, refreshing, and was a little jealous that she was able to express ideas so much better than I. So, I will provide the email address (my last link attempt was a disaster), and you can check it out for yourselves. Her first name is Jana--can't remember her last name, but she lives in Cincinnati, and has a non-member spouse.

http://blog.beliefnet.com/flunkingsainthood

I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions, even if they're different from mine (REALLY!)

Love you all, Claudia