Every Friday, the gals over at RevGalBlogPals post a five-part meme. This week's question is: Name five things you have enjoyed this week.

That is fairly simple. Even when you've had a rocky week. So, here goes:

1) Susan Olson's essay on clergy blogging in the Christian Century (the article itself does not seem to be available as free online content at the moment), which introduced me to the RGBPs and their signature t-shirt, "Does this pulpit make my butt look big?"

2) This sentence: "Ooh, our son's going to marry the president?" Steve ROCKS.

2.5) Extra bonus enjoyment sentence from another brilliant McMullen, circa the middle of last month: "...most people don't want to really ever HEAR the word "ovulate" much less know that you know when it last happened to you." Laura ROCKS too. So they make a good couple. And the baby is going to ROCK(-a-bye).

3) Sam Wells' sermon on scholarship and discipleship at GCF this evening. I have heard many, many good sermons in my life, but "enjoy" still isn't usually the word I would pick to describe the homiletic experience. (I enjoy preaching, yes, but I have an awfully short attention span for other people's preaching -- even other people's excellent preaching.) I was so engaged by this particular exposition and exhortation, though, that it really was a joy to hear.

4) Wandering around Whole Foods just before dinnertime taking in the free samples. (I even ended up buying some of the products I sampled -- I don't know if I've ever done that before.)

5) Having walked. (Unfortunately, I didn't particularly enjoy the walking itself. The fact that I was depressed and it was pouring rain probably had something to do with it. But I did feel better for having walked.)