第57节:SUMMER夏(26) Townsend, Kathleen. Failing America ’s Faithful : How Today’s Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing their Way. New York: HBGU, 2007 Wigg-Stenvenson, Tyler. “ Jesus is Not a Brand : Why it is Dangerous to Make Evangelism Another Form marketing.” Christianity Today Jan ’ 09:20+ Gogo Wang (毕业典礼上Pettit女士关于作者的演讲) Astudent is to admire the wisdom of her teacher. But in my situation, it was I who admired the wisdom of my student. Tonight I am honored to recognize a young woman who I look up to for a couple of reasons. When I think of Gogo Wang, I think of joy. Whether wearing a man’ s suit and a mustache to impersonate a character from a play, creating a school newspaper, or planning her roller skating birthday party, Gogo radiates joy. After packaging meals for “ Meals from the Heartland,” some of the seniors came back to my house for lunch. A group of girls was sitting in my dining room. I happened to be joining them. I am not sure if my presence caused a lull in the conversation, but Gogo was ready to liven up the party. She said, Let ’s create a funny story together by going around the table. These girls and my eight year old had fun creating a non-sensible story that got everyone smiling and laughing. This is typical of the air surrounding Gogo- the air of joy. Gogo possesses something else that I admire, and that is being a great thinker. I enjoyed taking Gogo to the bus stop this winter. After I had wrapped up my time at ICA, I headed to Grand View and Gogo headed to Central Academy. We had many nice conversations during these short drives, but one in particular stays with me. While we were studying poetry, she too was studying poetry at Central. A poem that she read at both schools was William Carlos Williams ’ The Red Wheelbarrow. It goes like this: So much depends Upon A red wheel Barrow Glazed with rain Water Beside the white Chickens Now, to be honest, it is one of those poems that is put in just about every literature anthology, and it never has made much sense to me. Unlike her teacher who could not make much sense out of it, except that it contained strong imagery, Gogo had a strong interpretation. She said, “ It is of course about the disappointment people feel when faced with reality.” Hmm. Sounded good. I think I’ll use her interpretation next year with the juniors.