I realized this week that I simply must start making smaller buttons. To that end, I have taken a moment to shrink the brain (coral) and offer you an alternative. Here it is:Use whichever size best suits your blog.Now, what kind of memory progress have we made (or not made) this past week? (Post a link in the comments, and I'll copy them in as soon as … [Read more...]
January 2009 MMM Monday Progress Report #2
Part of the appeal of Mega Memory Month (MMM) to me is that it offers some very public accountability to my attempts at memorizing.By signing up at the main MMM page, we've announced our overall intentions.Now you can also check in each Monday with Progress Reports. I'll post the Progress Report pages on Mondays, but you can link up any time. Put your links in the comments … [Read more...]
Hospitality to Oneself
Kathleen Norris and her new book, Acedia & me, must not have a strong Web presence. I presume this because a rambling post I published after hearing Norris speak at the Festival of Faith & Writing last year seemed to gain a lot of hits for people searching "acedia" or "Kathleen Norris acedia." I can't imagine the post was all that informative. Fortunately for … [Read more...]
January 2009 MMM Monday Progress Report #1
To provide a little accountability and encouragement throughout Mega Memory Month, I'm providing weekly checkpoints--Progress Reports--where you can drop in, link in, and check in with others who have taken the same memory challenge. Progress Reports will be on Mondays.This is the first one.It's not even been a full week, so I can't imagine we've made a lot of progress. I … [Read more...]
My Own MMM
Back in October 2008, for the first-ever Mega Memory Month, I attempted to memorize the NIV version of John 14.But I didn't quite make it to the end. And what I did memorize was a little shaky.By gum, I'd like to finish what I started. Thus, my January MMM is to ice the cake...stick the landing...and cross the John 14 finish line!That is to say, my goal is to be able to … [Read more...]
January 2009 is Mega Memory Month
It's back! Just in time to support your New Year's Resolutions!Mega Memory Month (MMM): January EditionHere’s how to participate: Pick something you’d like to memorize. Something long. Something formidable. Something mega. (Mega to you may not be mega to me–simply challenge yourself relative to what you’ve tackled in the past.) Could be poetry, a famous speech, or a … [Read more...]
The Irreparable Past Meets the Irresistible Future
In today's devotional from My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers excerpted from Isaiah 52:12, which reads:But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;for the LORD will go before you,the God of Israel will be your rear guard.Chambers assures us that as we go forth into the coming year, "let it not be in the haste of impetuous, unremembering delight, nor with the … [Read more...]
It's Almost Here: The Return of MMM!
In a very short time, we'll ring in 2009.To help launch the New Year and its accompanying resolutions, I'll be hosting:Mega Memory Month: January EditionThis is not the announcement. This is just a teaser--January 1st is MMM Opening Day!If you're new to Mega Memory Month, you can familiarize yourself by visiting the initial post for the first-ever MMM in October 2008.Each … [Read more...]
Stir Our Minds Thoroughly
An entry in the classic devotional My Utmost for His Highest offers a writerly application. From My Utmost for His Highest (December 15) If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don’t, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself … [Read more...]
Coming Soon to a Blog Near You: The Return of MMM
In October, I hosted the first-ever Mega Memory Month, which was warmly received by many who jumped in to participate -- they shared the intent of committing to memory something longer than they ever before undertook.Each person determined what "mega" meant personally. Some, with more nimble minds offering greater capacity, tackled vast swaths of Scripture; while a few of … [Read more...]
The Mother Letter Project
By now you've surely heard of The Mother Letter Project?In case you haven't, here's the skinny:Inspired by the Advent Conspiracy, husband and wife agree to create presents for each other instead of buying gifts, and donate the difference to help others. The husband, God bless his creative, thoughtful soul, decides to collect a series of “open letters” from mothers, to … [Read more...]
Just Fifteen Minutes a Day: Ready…Set…Read!
Jennifer at Scraps and Snippets posted about Lifelong Learning at her blog, citing a 2006 article by Harvey Mackay packed with statistics to make an autodidact sprint to her bookcase and grab anything within reach: Only 14 percent of adults with a grade-school education read literature in 2002. 51 percent of the American population never reads a book more than 400 … [Read more...]
Tightwad on Tuesday
Not long after the national -- now global -- financial upheaval dominated the news, I conducted an informal interview of friends and neighbors.While chatting with someone at the soccer field or church, I would sometimes inquire, "Have you made any changes as a result of this whole big economic scare?"They all answered, "No."I was surprised, because in these days of … [Read more...]
Mom Recites "The Owl and the Pussycat"
Many thanks to all who participated in Mega Memory Month on any level!Most MMM friends were working on memorizing a passage from the Bible, but a few chose music or poetry.My parents have always impressed me with their lifelong retention of long passages of poetry. We talked about that the other day when they were over for a visit and I was making my little MMM Celebration … [Read more...]
It's Here! The October 2008 MMM Final Celebration!
During the month of October, at least 23 participants have been working on memory challenges as part of Mega Memory Month (MMM).My hope at the start of this blog carnival had been simply to invite a few others willing to join me in this challenge so that I wouldn't be so alone.After so many participants jumped in, I found myself eager to read others' progress reports--the … [Read more...]
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