We need a suffix in English that means “little.” “-ito/ita” is so useful en español.
I wrote recently about how I am nourished by my church family. I’m pretty sure there’s a better link I could use than that one, but there’s one reference for the moment.
Anyway, it was really cool to be at church yesterday both at First Baptist and First Methodist and hear several mini-sermons from various church members. Judy did her spiel about giving, and Diana Gallop gave her thoughts on the spiritual discipline of Giving. It stuck with me enough to at least make it into my argument at discussion group, which was actually on a totally different topic (seriously? in that group?).
I actually made it into Steve Harris’ “State of the Church Address” at First Baptist (granted, it was an unnamed reference) and I’m not even technically a member of that church. And then there was Adam’s discussion topic, which actually turned into less of a single discussion and more into Danny-and-Adam-start-with-a-topic-and-give-a-series-of-three-speeches-each-that-have-a-tiny-amount-of-connection-while-Jerry-concurs. I actually think we just stumped Jer and I’ll be interested to see both what he eventually comes up with (another internal processor… I think I know one of those already…) and if he flips out at much as me at his name being reduced to three letters just then. And Adam and I, though we were actually agreeing with each other nine out of ten times, actually made some interesting points. I leave judgment on the profundity of my own to him, but he got me thinking.
Just the fact that I’ve been open to that recently and been slammed with the depth of faith of the people around me has been really good. Challenging, yes, but what I asked for as well, and not a bad counter to that spiritual superiority thing that lurks up once in a while (that exact point is the one I’m sure I’ve written about recently and can’t find, and on which I’m expanding).
