random reflections

10 Things

This was a blog challenge listed on 2Peas yesterday.

List 10 things that you couldn't possibly live without.

1. My family (Can’t imagine life without any of them.)
2. My cell phone (More dependent on it than I like to admit, but being able to press one button and talk to my daughter in Atlanta is priceless.)
3. iBook (For work and for pleasure!)
4. Target (What did I do before Target showed up in our area?)
5. Coffee (Love my Starbucks and need one cup in the morning of any kind)
6. My study ( I love having my own space.)
7. My Forrester (Love this car; so dependable and fun to drive.)
8. My cameras (I have two Canons and love them both.)
9. My printer (Got a new Canon Pixma for Christmas. Rely on it for work and for scrapbooking
10. Scrapbooking and stamping supplies (Does this count as one item?)

Understanding Differences

Annually our church shares a weekend of  interfaith dialogue with the congregation of a local synagogue. Today was the dialogue between our pastor and the rabbi and, as always, it was thought provoking. I thought the quote on the cover of the bulletin by Jonathan Sacks from The Dignity of Difference was worth sharing:

"So it is with faith. If we cherish our own, then we will understand the value of others. We may regard ours as a diamond and another faith as a ruby, but we know that both are precious stones. But if faith is a mere burden, not only will we not value ours, neither will we value the faith of someone else. We will see both as equally useless. True tolerance comes not from the absence of faith but from its living presence. Understanding the particularity of what matters to us is the best way of coming to appreciate what matters to others."

Another Challenge

Another blog challenge from 2Peas:

1. Where were you born?
    Hays, Kansas
2. Name something you've always wanted to do.
    Travel extensively--no one place in particular
3. What do you want to be when you grow up?
    A great photographer
4. What's the number one problem we face in the world today?
    Poverty
5. If you could change the world, what would you do?
    Provide meaningful, paying jobs for everyone
6. What's the most dangerous thing you've ever done?
    I’m a chicken. I don’t think I’ve ever done anything particularly
    dangerous.
7. Favorite word?
    Can I have two? Love you. Love saying it; love hearing it.