Geek Week

I am on retreat this week. A spiritual retreat is when you take time away to pray, meditate, recharge, and listen to God. It is a good practice to take a retreat once a year.

I am hanging out at St. Mary's retreat center in Sewanee, Tennessee. I basically tossed my Prayer Book, Bible, and a stack of books in my car and I'm reading and praying a bunch. I realized this morning that my retreat is definitely geek oriented when I looked at the stack of books I brought:

• Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community


• Introduction to Old Testament Theology by Walter Brueggemann


• The Winners Manual by Jim Tressel (Head Coach of THE Ohio State Buckeyes)


• Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton


• Contemplative Prayer also by Thomas Merton


• A Collection of writings by the Greek Playwright Aeschylus

I don't think I could think of a geekier list of books. Who else would seek inspiration from a football coach, a monk, and ancient Greek playwright all in one week. I'm strange.