Heaven
Two days ago I took Pinky, our young cat, in for her second flu shot. She’s eight months old now and nearly full grown, so I can’t really call her a kitten. As I got up to go to the register, I heard the clerk speaking to someone about when …
Author: susiebell
Angry Conversations In Chinese
I was pleasantly surprised a year ago when my agent told me a Chinese publisher wanted to buy the rights to my book in Mandarin. My story feels so American; I didn’t imagine how a Mandarin audience would track with it. But I smiled, said thank you and took the …
Love or Controversy Wins?
In case you’ve been living under an ecclesial rock, last month Rob Bell released a video promoting his upcoming book, Love Wins. He asks, “Do you know if Ghandi is in Hell? Are you sure?” From there, neo-Calvinist John Piper tweeted, “Farewell Rob Bell. ” The twitterverse lit up like …
Fun With Flammables
Well today was fun. I was going to head down to Orange County for the last day of a conference. Larry had just left for the day. I went to the bathroom to shower and primp. I turned on the shower to get the hot water going, used the loo, …
