One of the blogs I scan is Chuck Warnock’s.  He had a post today about YouTube video featuring a singer named Susan Boyle who was a recent guest on “Britain’s Got Talent” which is their version of “American Idol”  (BTW – I like the title much better).   In spite of the many other things I could have been doing (and should have been doing) I clicked over to watch the video.  You can watch it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

American Idol and its clones are not on my list of shows to watch for any number of reasons.  One of them being the way in which so much is based on preconceived ideas of what talent is, and more specifically, what talent looks like.  I had an advantage over the audience sitting there that night because the fact that it was posted on YouTube and Warnock’s brief comments changed my expectations.   I knew to expect a surprising and powerful performance.

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Like many of us I enjoy the practice of napping. Sunday afternoons between services are one of my most cherished times. But, naps don’t always go the way that they are supposed to. My daughters are getting older and no longer need naps. On occasion, they will want to lay down next to daddy for a nap. Unfortunately, their idea of a nap and mine are sometimes very different. Mine always involves sleep. Theirs does not. And so, my naps sometimes consist of story-telling, peek-a-boo and the itsy-bitsy spider. On occasions I am surprised that though I have not slept, I am rested – and that seems strange.

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