Drinks With Divinity

This is a trilogy consisting of three (yes, purposeful redundancy) pieces dealing with the search for faith, acceptance of that faith, and acceptance of one's self. Each piece has a different feel and each was written at a very different time in my life.

"Tea Party With God" is the first piece, written in my Junior year of High School. It was an assignment for AP English, which inspired me to continue the thing. It is introspective and relatively serious and largely unedited from the time I wrote it six years ago.

"Coffee Talk With Christ" is the second, written halfway through college. It is sarcastic and largely defensive as is befitting a sophomore in college. And it is redolent with confusion and digressions. It is within this piece, largely unedited since I wrote it (like the first, to reflect my state of mind while I was writing it), that I first begin to truly figure out what I feel.

"Happy Hour With Satan" is the final, and longest piece, of the trilogy, written some months after my twenty-first birthday and during my final semester as a college student. It is a largely philosophical tract dealing almost entirely with the path I took to come to my faith, but it is also full of self doubt and fear because it was written at a time in my life when I was unsure of what I would do. It is also my favorite of the pieces. And, obviously, the most mature as it was written most recently.

It is obviously allegorical, but it is about more than just religion. It's about growing up, finding one's self, and learning to be a fricken adult already.

Have fun!