Yes yes yes. We have a perpetual spread of art supplies on our dining room table right now and it’s kind of annoying but also I can’t bring myself to put them away…
The sister reunion video is hilarious. And I’ve been thinking about reading LOTR w my kids too! I’m feeling inspired after reading The Mythmakers by John Hendrix - highly recommend.
To piggy back/ improv riff on this wonderful essay...these thoughts... (thank you very much for them)
"Let it be Lovely" is a cry of the heart to be in union with Love.
It is a loveliness that heals, holds, and binds up all the ugly and broken pieces of our world and our inner spaces. It is a telos that is worthy for us.
Yes to all of this. I am preaching on Phil 4 this week. The image of "Let it Be Lovely" reminds me of verse 8. Also, recently finished The Lost Bookshop - absolutely magical! Have you read Before the Coffee Gets Cold? It's a little book by Toshikazu Kawaguchi about a time traveling seat in a very special coffee shop. There are others he has written in that same 'universe' which I haven't read yet. Basic premise is the question "What would you change if you could travel back in your life for a brief moment?"
Ooh, no I haven’t read Before the Coffee Gets Cold! I’ll have to check that one out! And I don’t know for sure but the song “Let it be lovely” must be based on Phil 4. I love her interpretation of those verses!
Yes yes yes. We have a perpetual spread of art supplies on our dining room table right now and it’s kind of annoying but also I can’t bring myself to put them away…
The sister reunion video is hilarious. And I’ve been thinking about reading LOTR w my kids too! I’m feeling inspired after reading The Mythmakers by John Hendrix - highly recommend.
I’ll have to check out The Mythmakers! Thanks for the recommendation!
To piggy back/ improv riff on this wonderful essay...these thoughts... (thank you very much for them)
"Let it be Lovely" is a cry of the heart to be in union with Love.
It is a loveliness that heals, holds, and binds up all the ugly and broken pieces of our world and our inner spaces. It is a telos that is worthy for us.
❤️
well said, friend
Love those thoughts. Loveliness contains multitudes!
Yes to all of this. I am preaching on Phil 4 this week. The image of "Let it Be Lovely" reminds me of verse 8. Also, recently finished The Lost Bookshop - absolutely magical! Have you read Before the Coffee Gets Cold? It's a little book by Toshikazu Kawaguchi about a time traveling seat in a very special coffee shop. There are others he has written in that same 'universe' which I haven't read yet. Basic premise is the question "What would you change if you could travel back in your life for a brief moment?"
Ooh, no I haven’t read Before the Coffee Gets Cold! I’ll have to check that one out! And I don’t know for sure but the song “Let it be lovely” must be based on Phil 4. I love her interpretation of those verses!
And I think I need to be listening to that song this week! 😊