I have any number of ideas swimming around, as always. Lately, I've been reading books by Franky Schaeffer, son of Francis and Edith Schaeffer. I finished a short piece about Christian mediocrity in art, and now I'm taking on his autobiography. Fascinating stuff. He's somewhat of an apostate from his father's heritage; Franky is now a member of the Greek Orthodox Church. He castigates himself for helping to form the conservative religious right and tying it to politics.

I don't know what I think about the current state of American Christianity - its good points, its flaws, and where it lies on the overall continuum of church history. I do know that I believe the Bible because I must, because its principles are the one and only thing that make sense of life. I also know that I will always be at least partially wrong, just like everyone else, which is why it is so essential to stay in community with fellow Christians.

I created a short film in the first week of April and entered it in the online Reel Dreams Film Fest. It makes fun of the super-melodrama in which my generation of twenty-somethings likes to indulge.

As a sidenote, the more I read about our quarter-life crises, the more I realize that we are indeed quite spoiled. We are a generation (speaking generally) that had everything - except parental involvement. I was very blessed, despite the shortcomings of my childhood. It truly was idyllic compared to 99.9% of the experiences of the world's populace.  ¶ 1:09 PM