everything.must.change.

in light of...Brian McLaren's book "Everything Must Change", which is the textbook for my favorite class this semester. which is International Social Work. but i'm also learning a ton in my TESOL class, and in Historic Christian Belief, and in History and Geography of South and Southeast Asia. plus chapel messages and other random books and articles i stumble across. and there are so many ideas to process. and i don't want to just hear them and not share them or put them into practice.

in light of...the fact that this is the final fall semester of my senior year. i've still got j-term and spring. but still, these months are filled with lots of 'lasts'. and maybe some firsts. and a lot of questions about the future. and a lot of diverse experiences still to surprise me and change me along the way. and i don't want to miss them by not fully living and reflecting on them.

in light of...the ghosts of my past and present, the music that plays in my space and the places and faces that flicker across my computer screensaver in absolute scatterment and randomness: india.thailand.ecuador.bahamas.hungary.greece.amsterdam.wisconsin.pennsylvania.indiana.

in light of...the fact that i'm pretty good at brainstorming and beginning these kinds of creative, contemplative ventures, but not very good at following through with them consistently. but maybe that.must.change.

in light of...faith.
in light of hope.
in light of love.

in light of joy, and in light of suffering and sorrow.
in light of peace. wholeness. completeness. and all the questions of how to be and become...

en la luz de salaam.shanti.shalom.mshvidoba.amaithi.amani.friede.mir.paz.

...hola, blogspot and friends.