One of the things I love about Twitter (and pingbacks, and Google searches) is that you can find out who’s been writing about things you’ve written or things you’ve done.
Jon M. Reid is a writer, a musician, and a Christianity-focused blogger who has been doing a series of posts that deconstructed the segment I did on “This American Life” called “This I Used to Believe.”
The first two segments are linked at the bottom of his third post, which focuses entirely on the radio story, but I encourage all of you to read the entire thing anyway because yes, this is a whole and full story.
I’m also going to be writing about my responses to these pieces, but first I know I have to tell you about my recent vacation to Texas and the three friends I have who are in various stages of grief.
The One and Only Trisha Lynn 
May 29, 2009 at 13:12
You understand I’m just waiting to hear your reaction to what he wrote.
A friend of mine converted to a strain of Buddhism and then had what was as much a fall into depression as it was any existential question. I’ll grant you we had a lot of trouble communicating because of our vocabularies and general world view.
In the end, often, the best you can do is shut up and listen.
May 29, 2009 at 23:10
Heh, I am smiling at your introduction of me as a writer and a musician. Musician, maybe sometimes. By way of introduction:
I’m a 47-year-old geek living in Silicon Valley, but for some reason like hanging around with the 20’s and 30’s crowd. I normally work as a code monkey but am currently unemployed. My wife and I are both missionary kids from Japan, and we’ve been married for nearly 23 years now. We have three children: two teenagers and one wannabe. :-)
Anyway, thank you for linking my article, and I look forward to your reaction. Sometime I’d also like to hear another part of the story: How in the world did you get onto This American Life?
May 30, 2009 at 01:08
Oh! Never mind, I’m still catching up on your earlier posts.