Having practically inhaled McLaren's book I promptly returned it to the library.  Weird since I really want to go back and visit many parts of it.  Had in mind that I'd order it ASAP then oops, no dolla'.  So, spent time on McLaren's site looking at books he likes, which led to looking at more books and reviews on Amazon.com (addictive) and then to looking for titles I could find at my library. Result: am now almost finished gulping down Phyllis Tickle's The Great Emergence, an amazingly short and satisfyingly meaty "The Church and Western Civilization 101" up to the present.  Really, it makes you feel like you got at least a semester's worth of smart with relatively little effort...and that enjoyable to boot.


And, Small Toddler Person (henceforth to be referred to as STP until I come up with something better) discovered the Connect Four game, which is why I've gotten to read so much and cook dinner, too.

Some VPAs:

• a used copy of McLaren's A New Kind of Christianity 
• stumbling upon (read no long hrs of searching for) something equivalent to The Great Emergence for Middle Eastern history
• an occasional nanny/housekeeper.  I don't care if it's wimpy.  I want one.

Not going to use Havi's complete format yet, with "How this could happen" and "My commitment" sections, tho' I see their benefit.  Just getting stuff out of my head and increasing my comfort with asking.