Awakening Hope For Text

Andrew Sullivan on the deep, not-techie roots of the word kindle, shrewdly chosen by Amazon for its revolutionary reading device. While we're at it, there's this, from the Book of Common Prayer:

Lord Jesus Christ, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past. Be our companion in the Way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope that we may know you as you are revealed in scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of your love.