Long time, no update!

Well, I see I haven't been real good about keeping up with this project. 

I did spend some time this afternoon expanding the resource list.  Check it out if you're interested.  There's a few blog posts and online encyclopedia articles that might be worth a look, as well as a bunch of books that I've recorded so I can look at them later, but have not yet acquired.  Time for a library visit or 6, I'd guess.

Beyond that, I'd mention that one of the blog posts talks about "chosenness" in a way that I find very attractive.  It cites the example of the parent "choosing" a child to clean up a room.  I tend to think of it more in terms of Dr. Seuss's The Cat In the Hat Comes Back: 

When our mother went 
Down to the town for the day, 

She said, “Somebody has to 
Clean all this away. 

Somebody, somebody 
Has to, you see.” 

Then she picked out two Somebodies. 
Sally and me. 

But obviously there's a lot more to process on the subject, and the fact that I like this interpretation doesn't mean I've defended my position.  But it's a start!