Theology with a Tail

This might be an odd post to use to break my one month silence from the blog-world but I saw an article today and it struck a chord within me. It's funny how these things work. This is a story about a book that one man wrote about his dog. It has currently spent 17 weeks on the Bestseller list and is quickly approaching 1 million copies sold, much to the surprise of the publisher who only ordered 50,000 copies printed in the original run. It seems to be connecting with dog-lovers and dog-haters alike (Can anyone really be a dog-hater?). Life is full of irony sometimes as you can tell from reading this article. When you read some of the lessons that this guy learned from his dog it doesn't seem so odd that God would choose to speak through a donkey. He's a quite creative God. Here are a few quotes from the article:

"Before Marley, our life was about career, relationship, and ourselves," said Grogan, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. "He helped us shift from an egocentric life to something more generous."

In the book, Grogan wrote: "Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things -- a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in the shaft of winter sunlight."

"And as he grew old and achy, he taught he about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty."

I'm thinking maybe it's time to get a dog.

The full article can be found here.