"Bible Scholar on an Airplane"

[Kushana]

I'm not a bible scholar, but I earn my living in a way that a lot of people disapprove of. I have been scorned, let me tell you.

Which is odd -- by all reports, Jesus was alright with that kind of thing.

Not long after 9/11 I sat next to a young turbaned man who was reading a book (in English) about Sufi Islam.

(You don't know how much I've wanted to hand out the poems of Rumi, these past 6 years: no religion is ever and always just one thing.)

I asked him why he took the chance of talking Islam to ME, with the hysteria extant at the time and he said, "You have wise eyes" which I have always treasured as one of the loveliest things anyone ever said to me.

How sweet and wonderful! I am sure it is true.

Yours,
Kushana
P.S. Anthriel, I will try. (Must learn to say "cheese" in several extinct languages, first...)

[Jnyusa]

But I think nearly every other profession can do the Jedi-handwave and say, "This topic us utterly boring to you."

Certainly true in my case. I never get asked for anything except stock tips.

Jn