On Wednesday of this week, I met with The Authors Club. For a few minutes we spent some time working with three thoughts the group called out and I wrote on the board: home, I love you, and crash and burn. They all make sense when you think of who is saying them and where they are.
Then we brainstormed for attendant words. "I love you" produced tranquility, euphoria, passion, safety and even cliche; "home" produced freedom, ready, children, love, heart, food; "crash and burn" produced assault, aspire, fire, scary, depression, failure.
Then the women wrote for about 15 minutes and shared what they had written. In this issue of our bi-monthly blog you can read some of the results. The theme of crashing and burning had the most results.
And this certainly has been a week for dealing with crashing and burning: London and the riots, the Dougherty Trio, the Navy Seals lost in Afghanistan coming home.
We've also seen leaders step up to the bat, speaking to young people with a firm calm, a mother's prayers answered: although her children may spend many years in prison, they didn't kill anyone, and incredible stories of belief in freedom and being willing to lay down your life for it.
It's all working together towards some kind of good.
That's what faith is all about.
