Day 1

250 words... Does that include numbers? Oh look, I already typed 10 words... 11... not counting numbers! I hope this will suffice. I am unfortunately horrible with grammar, and I break rules I barely understand constantly but perhaps this is not a blog for people who shy from disorder. If you honestly cannot stand it, pray, look away! You need not suffer for my sake.

Today in class, I was considering the options idea—charis vs. hamartia—and I was thinking how interesting the different views of different faiths are when they are explaining simple concepts. I love creation stories in general, like those of Native Americans, because their stories are beautifully detailed and rich woven narratives that stick in one’s mind for ages after they are told. I still remember one Native American story about the creation of the Earth from the water, with a giant turtle carrying the Earth on its back up from the depths of the water. It was so lovely and I heard it for the first time by an Iroquois storyteller in elementary school who came to visit my classroom and tell us stories. If you have never heard a story told by a Native American storyteller, you are missing out. They use drums and flutes and tambourines and rattles and… well, it’s kind of amazing. I remember being small and wishing I were more Native American so I could be a genuine storyteller like our visitor (I do have some Cherokee and some Oswego but not much). I suppose I never lost that desire—to become a storyteller, that is. That’s why I’m a Literature major, I suppose. ;)

Until tomorrow!

-Sarah