New things to be thankful for

I taught Benjamin how to finger-knit today.  He spent many hours making pieces that would be sewn together to make a blanket for his bunny.  He's finally doing something worthwhile with the rainbow yarn he bought at the thrift store this summer (money very well spent).  Oh children are full of endless delights!  Praise Jesus!

I most definitely had

PECAN PIE at lunch in the caf today. I feel quite satisfied with my lunch. St. Olaf students are so spoiled.

Apple season is over...

Remember how delicious it was!

The Law

I read the readings for daily mass every morning and they've always got psalms about loving "the law of the Lord"- I've been thinking more and more about it lately though

"The law of your mouth is to me more precious than thousands of gold and silver pieces" Ps 119:72

"I gasp with open mouth in my yearning for your commands" Ps 119:131

This was one of those things that I always read but never got- not that I didn't understand that the law of the Lord was right, but that's all it was to me the "right thing". The law of the Lord is such a wonderful freeing thing though- I never realized how much you can actually love the law. If you think about it though, it's part of you- it's part of loving yourself, loving the way you were made. The law of the Lord is written on your heart, it's unhealthy to reject it. Everyone who strays from the law gets hurt. You need to take care of yourself physically, spiritually and emotionally and loving the law is part of that. It's not just loving the law because it's right- it's loving the law because it's part of you- it's just like self discovery, obeying the law lets you be yourself completely without inhibitions. Oh how I weep for those who see the law as a restraint- if I thought like that it would suck my soul.

Isn't funny then that we still sin? Stupid. It's just like when people don't exercise, they know it's right and good but they don't love taking care of their bodies so they don't exercise. There is something so holy about exercise. It makes us closer to what we will be like in heaven. If your body is in order, it will obey your soul better. You will be better able to carry out the good you want to do and pay little attention to the evil you do not want to do.

"Yours, O Lord, are grandeur and power,

majesty, splendor, and glory.

For all in heaven and on earth is yours" 1Chr 29:11

This Week at St. Olaf

There's some good music at St. Olaf this week- I would recommend making the drive.

Tuesday 7:00 PM: Brass Night

Thursday 8:15 PM: **PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT**
also: Taiko Concert 9:00PM

Friday 8:15 PM: Jazz I Concert

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

When one finds a worthy wife,
her value is far beyond pearls.
Her husband, entrusting his heart to her,
has an unfailing prize.
She brings him good, and not evil,
all the days of her life.
She obtains wool and flax
and works with loving hands.
She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her fingers ply the spindle.
She reaches out her hands to the poor,
and extends her arms to the needy.
Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting;
the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Give her a reward for her labors,
and let her works praise her at the city gates.

Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31


Praise the Lord in your daily work- be a dutiful and worthy wife to him!

Unleash Your Doggy Diva!

This is what else they're playing on Saturday morning cartoons... it's like bratz- but for dogs. Prepare to barf.



I most definitely prefer watching Brahms bust through the kitchen wall.