Fall Friday Photos
by Wendy on November 20, 2009
in Uncategorized
I have to post all these fall photos before Thanksgiving and snow come and I don’t want to see anything orange anymore.
Shall we caption them?
“Senior Sweetheart”
“Benchwarmer”
“Dutch in Michigan” “Who cares?”
(Just teasing, Dutch friends. Although I did shake my head in amusement during seminary orientation at the assumption that we would all find a detailed history of the life and ministry of Albertus Van Raalte both fascinating and in any way relevant to life outside this eight block radius. Having just come from unchurched Oregon I was feeling like wow, there’s white privilege/bias, then there’s being Dutch-o-centric, then there’s a level of suburban West Michigan Dutch Reformed Christian-educated navel-gazing that can just seem like a whole ‘nother world.)
those pics are to stinkin’ cute!
Cute pictures but love that last paragragh. Growing up in little ionia was similar — you’d think the whole world was like that. That’s why i live in GR and Carol in Detroit — we so prefer a world with color and diversity and opportunity.
Just to be clear…I have nothing against pride in one’s heritage, Dutch or otherwise, and I think a little history about where you live is a good thing. “A sense of place” is an excellent thing. But assuming outsiders will/should feel connected to your history without giving them connections to see why they should…can be kind of like assuming everyone wants to see your vacation slides. Maybe they’re cool, but they’re not necessarily something we all have in common.