Jenelle

I Remember Singing With Katie, in 10th Grade [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhKJcTgmgI] I remember listening to this 10,000 Maniacs song over and over and over with my best friend Katie, and us trying to get the harmony just right. We loved this song because it was so 1995, and the words are pretty. It reminded us that, well, we were making memories. These are the days, […] One response September 9, 2008
I Remember When They Dreamed For Me, in 2004 Around the days of my twenty-fifth birthday, I was feeling pretty broken. Deep inside my self, a multitude of things were being uprooted and healed and dusted off. And this was exhasuting. I remember saying to my flatmates, Jane and Rachel, “I need you to help me dream again.” I said it through tears, not […] 4 responses September 8, 2008
I Remember My First Favorite Pop Song I was four or five years old. Analyze me however you wish. The video has a long intro. Skip forward to about 0:40 to get to the song, in all of its glory. 2 responses September 7, 2008
I Remember Learning That Prayer Ought Not Be Boring It happened in a tiny room, on the second floor of an office, in 2004. We’d transformed a veritable four-walled cubicle into a cathedral, as we set aside a space for our first 24-7 prayer experiment. And I learned that when a community attempts to cover every hour in prayer–for one full week–that things happen. […] 7 responses September 6, 2008
I Remember Rilke in Rome, in 1999 I remember being nineteen and in Rome, studying art and history. I remember reading a little golden book by Rainer Maria Rilke called Letters to a Young Poet. Kristin was in grad school, and she was a fine mentor to me–giving me careful books to read and hope to push into heart. I remember these […] 2 responses September 5, 2008
I Remember the Sky in Vienna, with Holga No responses September 4, 2008
I Remember São João, Apt. 2 Esquerda I remember listening to this song with you as we ate long meals together, well after 21:00. I remember living much of this song as we spent those days and years of our early middle twenties in Portugal. It was hard, and it was good. And there were others who crowded ’round that table with […] 4 responses September 3, 2008
I Remember the Early 80’s I remember the early 1980s. We lived in Schenectady, New York. I needed my “silkie” blanket to fall asleep, and my thumb pacified me. I was afraid of the sound of sirens. I wasn’t afraid to spell my entire last name (eleven letters and one apostrophe!) to get my first library card. I loved walking […] 2 responses September 2, 2008
September is named “Remember” Each day this month, I will take another rest from normal blogging. After I did the Photo A Day February earlier this year, I decided that every seventh month I would take a rest. And so, each day in September, I will use different mediums to intentionally remember what I have seen God do in […] One response September 1, 2008
Streams: Dear September 8 responses September 1, 2008
@ The LA Human Race 10K Tonight in Los Angeles, Amy G. and I ran in the Nike plus Human race, along with 12,000 Angelinos, and close to a million other runners around the world. That’s us, post-race, and post-Kanye’s show-at-the-coliseum. We came. We saw. We conquered. Well, at least we finished. I managed to run (jog!) the whole way without […] One response August 31, 2008
“We cannot walk alone,” the preacher cried. In case you missed Obama’s speech last night, here is an excerpt from his conclusion–which, incidentally, includes two references to Scripture. I found the speech to be a good mix of inspiration and pragmatism. You can read the whole transcript here, or watch the video here. “…it is that American spirit, that American promise, […] No responses August 29, 2008