"Why do you keep coming back?" Sandra asked as we walked to the chapel."To the Festival?" "Yes, why do you come back time after time?"I said something about the content, maybe. I actually don't remember what I told Sandra, but I kept thinking about her question. … [Read more...]
Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: Friday Highlights
The Festival is over. I've returned home to laundry and lunches. I've also typed e-mails with numerous typos due to the blur of fatigue. Dare I continue the story even though the fun is fading into quotidian reality? I'll try...let's see how it goes.After Eugene Peterson's talk on Friday, my anonymous friend headed off to visit a friend while Leslie Leyland Fields and I … [Read more...]
Festival of Faith & Writing: Festival Fun
Some random documentation of my trip to the Festival of Faith & Writing begins with this evidence of my crossing the state line.Calvin College's campus is colorful.Ran into my friend Stacy Morgan the very first thing. I registered, slipped my name tag on, set my bag down next to a chair, flipped through the packet, looked up and saw Stacy sitting on the couch next to … [Read more...]