Wow. Turns out people really feel a way about newspaper endorsements. — I must say, I’m a little shocked. I’ve never looked at them or paid them any mind. I didn’t realize it was a thing people cared about. 🤷♂️
Going to early vote this afternoon. Looking at my sample ballot and it’s pretty sad. Just to stick to a few basic Christian principles I have to do a write-in for president, leave US senate, US house, and TN house blank, and then vote for a local transportation initiative.
I watched my daughter’s ballet class yesterday and was really struck by the beauty and discipline. There’s something to be written about ballet’s connection to virtue and Christian holiness.
Tracking is out of control. Good advice here from ArsTechnica to make sure you stay out of the databases as much as you can.
I’m starting to get a little worried that my Global Entry application hasn’t moved forward yet. Trip is in May and I really need to update my passport, too.
Finished reading: Ember’s End by S. D. Smith 📚
So, I’m #BF9E00 which is a “lovely” greenish orange.
Wir sind fast da! 🇩🇪 🇦🇹🇨🇭 🇱🇮
Finished reading: Ember Rising by Sam Smith Smith 📚
Hospitality is more than a fancy meal. It’s opening our lives to those less fortunate and letting them in. It’s not a one evening thing, but a lifestyle change.
Gendered Worlds: Our Need for Belonging and Usefulness
https://readwise.io/reader/shared/01j9xm1j26qwrg29rda2nddqp3/
St. Andrew, ora pro nobis.
This, my friends, is why you don’t let politicians select Bibles. No Bible includes the American founding documents. The Bible can — but shouldn’t — be printed along side those documents. And it can — God have mercy — be bound together with those documents. But, it never contains them. — Religion Clause: O... microblog.marmanold.com https://microblog.marmanold.com/2024/10/05/this-my-friends.html
I’ve noticed (at least here in Nashville) that progressive clergy from denominations that traditionally haven’t worn clericals are suddenly wearing them. — I have a very strong “it’s a culture not a costume” reaction.
You can be a Christian and vote for any (or none) of these candidates. 🇺🇸
Our chickens aren’t smart (just now figuring out how to mostly get in the coop at night) and they don’t lay eggs. But, they have started attacking the squirrels that enter the yard and, for that, we are friends.
I let the boy do a little widdling with my old pocket knife this weekend. Nerve-racking for me, but a huge confidence builder for him. He had a blast. And, really, the worst that could have happened was a cut on the arm or hand. A reminder to this millennial to step back from safety-ism.
"Next time you need to vent, he hopes you might decide to tell the bots instead. They’ll be there for you."
They won’t be, though. The bots can never replace a real person. — Social AI Bots - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/24255887/social-ai-bots-social-network-chatgpt-vergecast
Why do we homeschool? This. This was done unprompted by our daughter in her free time as a craft. Above all other benefits, our children are surroundeded by God’s Word daily. It is written upon their hearts. This is more important than anything.
A beautiful discussion on Christianity. — 359 - John Vervaeke and Jordan Hall - Why Christianity? — The Symbolic World