{"id":3287,"date":"2008-01-27T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/tag-im-it.html"},"modified":"2008-01-27T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T23:55:00","slug":"tag-im-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/tag-im-it.html","title":{"rendered":"Tag. I’m it."},"content":{"rendered":"

My favorite gal in a wimple<\/a> has just notified me that I’ve been “meme’d”, which I think is a good thing. <\/p>\n

The meme is this<\/a>: <\/p>\n

1. Pick up the nearest book ( of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay. I glanced over to the shelf next to my desk and the first book that caught my eye is The Intimate Merton<\/a>, a compendium of his journals. <\/p>\n

Following the instructions, this is what I found, his remembrance of a dream, from a journal entry in 1958: <\/p>\n

I ask her her name and she says her name is Proverb. I tell her that is a beautiful and significant name, but she does not appear to like it — perhaps the others have mocked her for it. When I awake, I rationalize it complacently.<\/i> <\/p>\n

Well. There you have it. Now I need to think of five people to tag and pass it on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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