First of all, apologies for disappearing for two weeks. I ended up going on a last minute trip, and will be posting some pictures in an upcoming post!(Here's a hint, in case you want to play Where in the World was Michael: October 4th and Top 5. Any guesses?)
In the meantime, Christopher tagged me with the Honest Scrap award and I will fulfill my obligation in this post. Christopher's blog, Sanctus Christopher, is a nice mix of wit, photos, and religious commentary. I always enjoy stopping by. (And thanks for tagging me Christopher.)
Without further ado, here are "Ten Honest Facts About Myself". And since there don't appear to be any guidelines about topics, I will share 5 religious facts and 5 non-religious facts.
Non-Religious
1) I really don't like talking about myself. Jesus, yes. Peter and Paul, yes. Myself, not so much.
2) Stealing a topic from Christopher ... I sing Sinatra in the shower. With over 300 singles to choose from, I take really long showers.
3) Speaking of which, I have always wished I could sing. Maybe even make it my profession. (But since this is an Honest Fact post, I must admit I could shatter windows.)
4) You don't believe me? In 2nd grade we put on a singing concert for all the parents. After the third rehearsal, the teacher pulled me aside and said that instead of singing, I would be playing the triangle. Said it was a very important role that only I could perform. I believed her.
5) I am an optimist. About life, and about people.
Religious
6) I listen to the bible every morning in the car. (Thank you Daily Audio Bible)
7) I have never been to the Holy Land, but would love to go someday. I can't even imagine how spiritually moving it must be stand where Jesus and His Apostles stood.
8) I think Ave Maria is the most beautiful song in the world.
9) Embarrassingly enough, for a good part of my life, I thought Mark and Luke were Apostles.
10) And to show you that I still have a long way to go, I just tried to name the 12 original Apostles off the top of my head and I missed one. (Sorry, Thaddeus!)
Ok, Christopher, I believe this fulfills my duties. For the rest of you, I am sorry you had to sit through this!
God Bless all of you.
4 comments:
Thanks Michael, and again, I apologize. But I'm glad you did it.
"With over 300 singles to choose from, I take really long showers." Classic line!
I'm on board with Ave Maria. I'm pretty sure I catch nyself singing, whistling, humming it every day. Maria Callas I think broke the mold when she did it.
Thadeus? LOL Almost got me there, fortunately I'm looking at a picture of Jude right now. lol
Oh, I'm forever thinking Luke is an apostle too.
It's that Gospel writer's chant - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John I memorized as a child. Followed by some sort of reasoning - if they wrote the Gospels, they really should be Apostles, right?
So much for reasoning.
Good evening Michael, It was nice to learn some things about you. I was suprised and sad to learn of your second grade school experience because I was asked to leave my high school choir class. I have never heard of that happening to any one else. I was crushed at the time, cried for days, but it's never stopped me from singing even though I can't carry a tune :>)
I think it's very telling, spiritually speaking, that you were given a triangle, and you believed. :) Thanks for visiting my blogs, Michael, because "I don't get out much", and it's really the only way I ever find great blogs like yours!
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