Where has Matt been?

For the few who check this blog on a regular basis, or just drop in from time to time, you may have noticed less entries than usual. That has to do with my lack of computer access as of late. I spent the last 9 days in San Francisco with 16 high school students. We worked with CSM doing urban missions, which was a great opportunity for them and eye-opening for myself as I continue to wonder what God might have in store for me in the years to come.

Also, I am leaving this coming Thursday for a much needed vacation and won't be back until late August! Of all places I am going to Texas... but it is a secluded, beautiful part of the strange state to the south. I will be spending my mornings with 100's of deer and cheap coffee, the daytime sitting in a deep, slow moving river with a Corona in hand, and the nights sitting on the front porch reading books. How blissful is that picture?

On a nerdier note, I did manage to recently read Nietzsche's Twighlight of the Idols, as well as a book called Nietzsche in 90 Minutes. I got a library card yesterday and put it to use with the latter book. While I'm away I plan to listen to David Guterson's Our Lady of the Forest (which I checked-out in audio books from the library). I read his wonderful story Snow Falling on Cedars nine years ago and am hoping this one is as great. Also, I'm bringing Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose (also from the library) and Aldous Huxley's Eyeless in Gaza (thrift store, not library). I also borrowed A Consumer's Republic from a friend, but can't seem to find it so I may not be reading it. In other words, I have chosen some non-theological reading for my vacation, even though Amazon just pulled through with some amazing books for me in the last two weeks... Okay, I'm a total nerd. Have a great week and a half and I'll hopefully be up and posting more randomness in the coming weeks!

Peace,
Matt