I THINK WordPress might throw me a party for getting up to a tenth post here.

Well, not really.  But they do count down for you, for your first ten at least.  And so here it is.  If you’re reading this and you know me, it’s because I decided to share this site with others once I hit number ten.  So here you go.

It takes me days to detox from the end of a quarter.  It’s Wednesday afternoon.  My grades were done this morning.  I’ve been spending mornings in quiet and reading before getting school work done.  I introduced a new rule to myself: the 9-to-9 Rule.  What does it forbid? Having the television on after 9 pm and before 9 am.  I quite like the rule.  I’ve also been trying to detox food-wise: no colas, no coffees since Sunday.  It’s a matter of trying to break or at least restructure some habits.

I’m knee-deep in NT Wright’s newest book, How God Became King.  I’m inching my way into a study of the book of Revelation for Sunday school.  I’ve got three issues of Lucky Peach to read through (and an issue of The Believer to boot).  I’ve got a sermon to write and some other thoughts to get down.  But right now I want to share a song with you.

The Normals will go down as my favorite CCM band of all time.  True, they had only three albums, but their second (Coming to Life) was one of the most real and moving collections my Texas-living in 2001 self had ever heard.  The song below is a clip of my favorite song from that album.  Some will call it wordy and pretension.  I call it achingly beautiful.  It’s a long clip, so be sure to stay around for the extra piece that Andrew Osenga and crew tied in to the end. “Cinderella’s slipper fits us perfectly” indeed.

And happy tenth entry to me!