Good Morning!
It’s Friday! 🙂
On this day in 1535 the first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland.
In 1648 the first volunteer fire department was established in New York by Peter Stuyvesant.
In 1881 Edward Leveaux received a patent for the player piano.
In 1927 the first actual work of carving began on Mount Rushmore.
And in 1931 the comic strip “Dick Tracy” made its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror. The strip was created by Chester Gould.
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Quote of the Day
“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.”
Charlton Heston
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Now when I think Charlton Heston, I don’t think Moses, or the NRA…. it’s always one line. You know the one, from Planet of the Apes. But I’d have to break the rules to post it, so you get Moses instead. 🙂
Today is Steve Swallow’s birthday, so here’s a duet with Carla Bley.
That one is pretty low-key, so this one, which was released today in 1943, should liven things up a bit.
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Wandering Views 
Good evening. I was all ready to get the ladder this morning, but turns out it was Friday and the yard meri comes on Friday so I left i for her to do. This afternoon we got a lot of rain and it was a delight to see water pouring into the tanks at the Training Centre. The presenter for our teacher training was Dan Shephard from Indiana Wesleyan University. I was very impressed.
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Chas is on the way to Va. Good Friday evening Jo. Everyone else have a nice Friday.
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Have a safe trip, Chas.
Good evening, Jo. Glad you got all that rain. We got a lot of much-needed rain yesterday, too, and there’s more today.
Off to Bible study. Have a good day, all.
BTW, Mumsee, let us know how it went yesterday.
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Glad to hear that it’s a bit soggy where Jo resides.
Hope Chas has a good trip.
I have a question for anyone who might wish to respond. Since I am writing book reviews for a prison ministry, Christian Library International, with an appeal for the newsletter readers to read and donate the books I review, do you have any suggestions of books you’ve read that you think would be particularly beneficial for the prison population. I would like fiction suggestions, but nonfiction if you don’t have a fiction suggestion. Thanks to any who have ideas on this to enlarge my pool of possibilities.
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So I get here early and Chas has already left. Oh well. The rest of you can enjoy <a href=http://www.worldmag.com/editorialcartoons/The News…Illustrated.
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Oh. I forgot to close the link properly. The News…Illustrated.
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It looks as though the new pope isn’t even Roman Catholic, doctrinally, and most certainly isn’t Christian:
http://oldlife.org/2013/10/new-evangelism-indeed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-evangelism-indeed
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http://www.presidentialprayerteam.com/morality-in-america
I hope this link works to get you to an article about Grand Theft Auto. Really bad content. Who are the people feeding our younger population such garbage?
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Cheryl, your link must be in competition with my link regarding the scare factor and who is influencing culture.
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Chas apparently is traveling incognito.
AJ, another good quote about political correctness.
Cheryl, I’ll have to read that link … The new pope seems to be a man of many words which makes him seem almost cameleon-like, depending on who’s offering the interpretation. But I would agree some of his comments have seemed beyond the borders of (even RC) orthodoxy. I follow a few well-known conservative Catholic bloggers and they’ve been quick to defend him, but … ??
Out here the news of Chuck Smith’s death this week has been widely noted. He founded Calvary Chapel drawing kids from the local beaches in the 1960s & ’70s. Lots of young Christians still get their start there and our CC congregations are quite large. Many move on to other churches as they mature, but some stay there — while there’s much to admire in the church’s evangelism & outreach to what some would view as unlikely converts, the church also (in my opinion) has had some negative impacts in redefining “church.”
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On the interview Cheryl posted:
Holy moly. As one of the article’s commenters noted (it’s back to the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man), this sounds like (unbiblical) liberal Protestantism.
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Nine choices.
“According to the company’s annual employee survey, choosing a sexual identity doesn’t have to be based on a worker’s actual sex, but instead ‘a person’s innate, deeply felt psychological identification.’ ”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2536814#.Uk6zIYji2ao.twitter
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Janice G.: Is the prison population male or female? If it’s female, I’d recommend Anne Lamott’s Traveling Mercies. I know she isn’t orthodox and is very liberal, but, to me, she seems to sometimes express the love of Jesus quite eloquently. I’ve laughed out loud while reading her books, as I, too, came to faith late in life, after being a professed atheist for 14 years. I have a “checkered” past, as they say, and appreciate her realism and honesty about her struggles with her Christian walk. I’ll add others later.
Well, I’ve decided it’s time to pull Becca out of public school. I plan to home school her until other arrangements can be made. She’s being bullied (verbally) and is so sad. She cried last night for over an hour. Yes, she’s at school now, but I’m going to lunch with her and then taking her to the allergist. I’m not sending her back on Monday. I’m composing a letter to take to them Monday morning. My sister, who has successfully home schooled for 13 years, helped me write the letter. I can’t allow this to happen to my kid for one more moment. I don’t think it does build character; I think it simply eats away at the soul, causing a child to question their worth. At least, that happened with me in fourth grade and it seems to be happening to my child, based on her comments and plethora of tears. Anyway…it’s a big decision, but after much prayer, I think it must be done.
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Praying for you, Becca and the transition. Sounds like a right move. Was it you who was checking out the Lutheran school also?
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donna j: Yes. They have a waiting list.
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donna j: Thanks for the prayers. I could definitely use them!!!
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I can’t seem to log in–nothing recognizes any password–so I’ll be anonymous.
We attended Calvary Chapels in three different states over 7 years. We finally shifted over to Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod when I couldn’t bear another Christmas without any mention or Christmas Eve service. I also had trouble with how infrequently they held communion–twice a year?
I realize that coming from a liturgical background, this could be a personal problem, but I just didn’t savor going to church anymore–particularly when we met in gyms and movie theaters (the owner figured out early if he started making popcorn he could sell to the church goers!).
I appreciate their allegiance to Scripture. I grew up in Southern California and the tent in Costa Mesa was a big party in many friends young Christianity–they attended the concerts on Monday night! Chuck Smith was a good man and he saw the need to present our Savior in a creative way. A good and faithful servant, for sure.
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I’m so thankful Janice brought up her ministry to prisons. I’ve given away a couple hundred books this year to my church and I think I would have sent them to her ministry if I’d known about it. My friends were quite surprised to hear about it, too, so get that publicity wagon going, Janice!
Give me something to link to on FB!
In the past, when I’ve given books, I’ve had to have them mailed through the publisher. I guess because the ministry is a third party, they can send used books. Great!
I sent copies of my Christmas Collection and also Francine Rivers’ Mark of the Lion trilogy. Good fiction that challenges thinking about what is fair, could be helpful. Her Redeeming Love would also probably be a terrific choice.
In my case, I was sending books to specific people and so I had insight into their personal needs when I prayed. But I think the Lord can use anything to his purposes–even the book Anything! This looks like a terrific opportunity. Thanks, Janice!
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Praying for you, Ann. I was bullied in school, too, and I wish my parents had taken decisive action to pull me out, but I don’t think they even knew what was happening at school — I was embarrassed to admit what was going on — and homeschooling was virtually unheard of in those days, anyway.
I agree with you that bullying eats away at the soul, and I think it can leave some very long-lasting scars if it continues unabated for a long time.
Praying for Becca, too.
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AnnMS,
You and your husband do what you think is best. After all, the responsibility for her education and well being fall on you two. As her parents, you know what’s best for her. Do what you think is necessary and in her best interests. Your sister sounds like she could be a great resource for you and help you get started. We’ll be praying for all of you. 🙂
And welcome to the club. 🙂
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Good Morning….
Janice, I like the fiction of Robert Whitlow books….he has been described as the Christian version of John Grisham…Of course CS Lewis, Tolkien, and the classics of Dickens would be on my list….
I am looking out my window and I see snow….it is so beautiful and is our first snow of the Fall….the bunnies are quite visible as they dart to and fro…and so is the fox who happens to be chasing them!! It’s cold…33 degrees in the Forest….
Ann, I am praying for you and Becca….how does she feel about the decision….our youngest didn’t want to be home schooled, but, when we pulled our son out to homeschool him during jr high…it was a huge relief to him….
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Thanks for all the words of encouragement. Becca begs me daily to home school her–though I think she has an unrealistic idea of what that would mean! She is also willing to transfer to a smaller, Christian school. That is my long term plan–to home school for the remainder of second grade–which would free up her time for vision therapy–and then put her in a loving, Christian school next year.
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I hope all works out well for your family with homeschooling, Ann. That’s great, too, that there will be more time for Becca’s vision therapy. And if you decide to stay with your plan to put her in Christian school next year, I hope that works out well, also.
Not to scare you, but just for informational purposes, the bullying I encountered was worse in Christian school than public school. I went to Christian school from grades 4-9, and public school before and after that. Some of the problem may just have been that particular age group (middle-schoolish) being meaner than the other grades, but being in a Christian school doesn’t necessarily mean the environment will be better. Every school is made up of children who are sinners, and how the teachers handle bullying and the like will vary.
First Arrow went to Christian school through the end of second grade and had a very good experience. Second Arrow went to the same school only for 4-year-old preschool, and there was one boy in her class that was quite rude, but the teacher was good about addressing those problems to try to make as comfortable an experience for all the children as possible. I volunteered to drive for a lot of field trips and helped in the classroom sometimes, so I could see how she handled disciplinary issues, and I thought she did well.
I hope if Becca does go to Christian school sometime, that she will find a loving environment like what my older children had before we started homeschooling (which was for family reasons, and not because of problems at school), and not an environment like I had in Christian school.
Blessings to you.
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HONEY’S IS GONE!
Honey’s is a restaurant in Durham NC. (Was a restaurant, that is.) We usually plan to eat lunch (or whatever) at Honey’s when we travel toward the northeast.
It happened in 1963 that we started eating there because it’s almost exactly half way between where we were and where we’re going. Also, most of this time, the road between Durham and Petersburg, Va. is a virtual desert. Not true now, there is a Crackerbarrel, and lots of fast food along the way now. But none of them quite fit the bill.
It seems a trivial thing, but we hated to see the place vacant. We started going there before the current waitresses were born.
If you know the way someplace, and GPS tells you to go another, go the way you know. I took her advice because I thought she would help me avoid rush hour traffic. It cost me about thirty frustrating minutes. There was now way to cross the river the way she directed me. So I had to backtrack.
The weather and traffic were good, but Chas is tired.
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That’s quite a title, that song “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t”. Don’t ask me to diagram that. 😉
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I like honey.
Annms, you will find a different child after a few weeks. It will be good. Enjoy.
My little one is in first grade public school so she could have the opportunity to learn more typical behaviors than she gets with her best playmates being moderately to more so autistic. She has learned more typical behaviors but most of them not good ones. She has turned into a very unpleasant person and I regret the decision, though it has given me time to focus on the four most special needs children we have right now. We will bring her home again in a few weeks, I hope, unless she can stabilize and begin to improve. There are only twelve children in her class and several adults, you would think they could keep a lid on the behaviors, but apparently not. She is evidently being treated as a baby and it is showing.
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I won’t make any promises that this video will work, as I haven’t been having much luck posting videos lately — AJ might have to come to the rescue again 😉 — but since the player piano was mentioned in the above “This Day in History” segment, here’s my musical contribution for the day.
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I put a time-sensitive request on the prayer thread, for anyone who may be reading at this hour. Thanks.
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I so appreciate all of the encouragement–y’alls support means a lot. I’m a little nervous about having her home full-time, as she’s a pretty intense kid and knows how to push my buttons–but I can’t continue forcing her to go somewhere for seven hours a day where she is miserable. At least I know I can handle the content! And, she already has a tutor twice a week for anything I miss. We found the tutor about three weeks ago and I honestly feel like he was sent to us directly from God. When she sees him at the door, she screams out, “He’s here! He’s here!” and goes running to the door. Then, she leads him to the kitchen table holding on to his finger, skipping the whole way. He is an older gentleman, a grandfather himself, and has the patience of Job. He makes everything really fun and is super encouraging. I’ve learned a lot from him already (I supervise all the sessions from the living room–it’s an open concept house). In addition to tutoring, he also teaches at the local community college, so he’s quite busy, but never seems the least bit harried. We tried five tutors before finding him and she didn’t like anyone else at all.
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