God Laughs and Plays

Today was kind of the beginning of the rest of my sabbatical. Up to this point, it's felt like a blessing of a vacation... but now I dive into the rest of the 'plan.' That means a little more reading.

I've started a couple of books I might tell you about later, but I finished a book today, too. The book is called God Laughs and Plays, by David James Duncan. The title is taken from a line by Meister Eckhart. I first fell in love with Duncan's writing when reading The River Why, which I totally recommend.

I'm not as big a fan of this work. His critiques leveled at the political Right, at former President Bush, and at fundamentalists just come across as shrill and angry. Of course some people might like that-but surely someone of his writing caliber who has his particular worldview could push us to think about these things with more whimsy and nuance.

There are moments, just not enough of them.