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Gen 8-11: The Beginning of Nations

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Welcome to day 3 of my attempt to read through and analyze the Bible in one year!  So far, so good.  I’m finding that writing about what I read makes me pay more attention to what is written. Genesis 8-11 is a snapshot of the beginning of Life As We Know It.  We know very little about what the earth was like before the flood, but archeologists have found much in ancient sites that correlate to this early history of life on earth as found in Genesis. I never realized before today that Noah’s sons — Ham, Shem, and Japheth … Continue reading Gen 8-11: The Beginning of Nations

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Singing with my mouth…but not with my soul

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My fingers have been itching to write over the past couple of weeks, but carving out time to do so is just not happening on a regular basis. It’s cold today here, at least by North Texas standards.  My spine hurts, my fingers hurt, my knees hurt, and my hips hurt.  I don’t know if there is a joint in my body that is not aching today.  Maybe the one in my little toe… But I digress.  This cold, dreary weather is an accurate reflection of the inside of me at the moment.  My spiritual temperature is lukewarm.  I feel … Continue reading Singing with my mouth…but not with my soul

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From institutions of learning to daycare

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Four hundred eighth graders in Dallas returned to school over their summer break this week to retake the math portion of the TAKS test. Apparently the state was concerned because too many of the students received a “commended” score. This is another example of a world where up is down and down is up. Too many students do well on a test, and the administration automatically assumes cheating was somehow involved. Only this time, they didn’t implicate the students in the cheating. Well, who else? Did the teachers stay behind and secretly change answers on the answer sheets? Most of … Continue reading From institutions of learning to daycare

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Hiding isn’t just for wimps

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Today I had one of those “Huh?” moments while reading  about the events leading up to the crowning of Israel’s first king, Saul.  God’s people grumbled and complained and kept begging for a king, so God finally said, “Okay.”  It reminds me of the times that my dad gave in and let me have my way.  If I had a fit, his answer was always no.  But I quickly learned that if I gracefully accepted his initial “No,” he usually relented later and would agree to let me do whatever it was that I had asked.  To this day, I … Continue reading Hiding isn’t just for wimps

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Itching Ears Want To Hear

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Texas state Representative Joe Deshotel wants to use taxpayer money to pay kids who make good grades in school.  Not every kid, of course.  Just the ones attending low-performing schools.  He proposed to use stimulus money to shell out $50 per kid per A for the “core” subjects — English, math, science and social studies.  Students who make Bs would get $35 per grade and those who make Cs would get a mere $20.  (see story here).  Hmm.  Maybe I should go back to high school!  What ever happened to earning an education? It’s just another case of the ABCs … Continue reading Itching Ears Want To Hear