Incandescence

Ok, maybe I won't burst into song. But on rainy days, I sometimes think of the movie Singing in The Rain, I love the main song from that movie, some day I might go out on a rainy night and dance on the street like the character does. Often my first reaction to rain is to moan about how inconvenient it is--its cold, you get wet, everything is darker, more dreary, etc. I'm sure you can think of a few drawbacks of rain too. But here are a few of my favorite things about rain: the fresh, clean smell in the air, bright umbrellas, polka-dotted rainboots, curling up with a good book and a mug of mint tea.

As you might have guessed, this post is about chapel. Again. I guess lately the chapels have been really impacting me. More specifically--today's chapel. Today we were blessed to have Children of the World Choir in chapel. Those fifteen children with their beautiful smiles and winningly childish ways had me in tears through most of the chapel hour. These children (and more) are sponsored, much like Compassion, by people through Worldhelp.net. What makes me feel guilty is watching videos of these children who have (had) practically nothing before being sponsored, and learning about the villages that have tainted drinking water, and feeling compassion for them, but at the same time wondering what the lunch is at the school cafeteria. I take so much for granted. Like being able to scan my ID card and walk into a cafeteria where there are so many choices I should never complain about the food. I take for granted the fresh, cold water that I have access to by just pushing a button or...

I like the fact that I am, in fact, cliche within the title of this post. As you can see, I am trying to resurrect my blog. I decided to take a break from it over the summer, but now that I am back at school I am starting to get some of my motivation back. This time around I'm hoping to do some posts that are a little more interesting than me just updating you about my mundane life. The life of a college senior is not terribly exciting, I'm afraid! We'll see how this goes. I think I'm going to have to think about this a bit before I really begin, see where I want this blog to go, what direction I'm going to take it in. In the past it's been a place where I post different writing pieces, and I'd like to continue to do that. Palmer Chinchen spoke in chapel today. He is the author of True Religion . He's the kind of speaker that challenges you to look beyond yourself and your comfort. How does this play out, you might wonder...well, today on campus we are ...