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Our Daily Thread 3-21-15

Good Morning!

Welcome to the weekend! 🙂

Today’s header is from Cheryl.

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On this day in 1349 more than 3,000 Jews were killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany. 

In 1788 almost the entire city of New Orleans, LA, was destroyed by fire. 856 buildings were destroyed. 

In 1857 an earthquake hit Tokyo killing about 107,000. 

In 1941 the last Italian post in East Libya, North Africa, fell to the British.  

And in 1965 more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began a march from Selma to Montgomery, AL. 

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Quote of the Day

“Live your life and forget your age.”

Jean Paul

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 Today is Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday.

And it’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU1dlxw4920&feature=player_detailpage

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Anyone have a QoD?

66 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 3-21-15”

  2. What? No one has posted yet?
    I don’t have much to offer today. I plan to walk the art show later today. Last year the artists lost a day because of the terrible thunderstorms we had move through. I think everyone is praying for a much better weekend this year although some rain is forecast.

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  3. Good morning. I don’t have a whole lot to say, either. That’s because it is morning. I think I’ve told you before that when I was growing up, my sisters and I all shared a room, and we would get quite chatty at night when we were supposed to be going to sleep.

    My mom would, on several nights, call from her bedroom, “Talk in the morning, girls.”

    And one of us, not always the same person, would invariably call back, “There’s nothing to talk about in the morning!”

    That is my contribution for the day. Have a good one, all. 🙂

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  5. Good Morning…it is a beautiful day with the sun shining and the air so fresh and warm…going to have to take a walk along the trails today….
    Paul is in the office working on taxes…I don’t want to hear it…I think I’m going to make myself scarce…math makes my head hurt…..

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  7. 6 Arrows, when I was growing up, my younger brother and sister were much closer to each other than either was to me. But “after lights out” my sister and I shared a room and my brother wasn’t in it. So we would often play with our dolls or otherwise talk quietly. Often one of us would say, “Good night” and the other would reply in kind, and then a few seconds later one or the other would start talking again. Eventually one of us would say, “Good night. I mean it this time,” and the other would respect that and the talking would cease.

    Often our parents (usually our dad) would hush us. I don’t think we were ever loud, but they had a sense that once you were in bed you were supposed to be quiet and go to sleep, so we’d have to talk quietly and stay under the radar.

    Years later, in our early thirties, my sister and I were at a family reunion. My sister was sharing a room with her husband, me with our mom (now widowed). My mom and I were talking, and my sister’s voice came from out in the hall: “Quiet down, girls.” We laughed and kept talking, and a few minutes later came my sister’s voice again, with a stern, “Do I have to come in there and spank?”

    My sister and I set off in peals of laughter and my mom looked at me puzzled, “Did I used to say that?”

    “No–Dad.”

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  9. BTW, the bird is a sandhill crane. I was taking photos of a pair of Canada geese, and my husband alerted me to a pair of sandhill cranes. Later, he had moved on, and I heard an amazing amount of bird calling going on, and watched a pair of sandhill cranes come in for a landing some distance away. I could hear them calling, so I walked around the corner to find them and see if I could see them, but I couldn’t. (The grass was too tall.) The birds are about the size of great blue herons, by the way.

    Most of you probably have some concept of how loud Canada geese can be. Well, the calls were loud like that, or more so, really carrying. Impressive. I went to where my husband was and asked, “Do you hear that?” (He was quite some distance from the birds.) He said, “I can’t help but hear it,” and I realized he thought he was overhearing the ever-present Canada geese. So I said, “That isn’t geese.” He asked, “What is it?” and I told him it was the cranes. So we went to track them down. Unfortunately I just couldn’t see them–he is nine inches taller than I, and standing on a log he could see four birds, and there might have been more.

    But we did see another pair, quite clearly, as we were leaving the park later. They were behind the swans whose photos appeared two days ago, in the grasses behind the pond. I tried to get a photo of all four birds, but couldn’t get a good one, since the cranes were so well camouflaged and they were constantly disappearing behind grass stalks. But I did manage to get some decent photos of individual cranes and some good ones of the pair. Later the two of them started calling, too, but my camera couldn’t manage to get them in focus fast enough, so I didn’t get a good photo of that.

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  14. I am anxiously awaiting the sandhill cranes – they nest in our nearby fields and when they’re flying high, high, high up in the sky in their giant V formations you can still hear them calling. It is a sure sign of spring for me 🙂 Sometimes they’re so high you can’t see them, but you can still hear them. I should send AJ a pic or two of them doing their mating dance!

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  15. Yep, Donna, no question he’s a red-head. 🙂 As the year goes by he’ll be more brown than gray, as he gets stained by mud. And the youngsters out of the nest look just like the adults except they don’t have the red. But really, the only way to find them in that grass was to look for the flash of red and zoom in.

    Kare, I’d love to see their mating dance sometime. Indiana is a good place to see the birds in large numbers, but we’ve never gone to the places where they hang out, except for this state park where in a couple dozen visits we’ve seen them twice. But we’ve heard that there are places you can see the birds thousands strong during migration.

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  16. I am back. I did you miss me?
    Mr P and I wanted the festival today. He got a “chair” it fits together sort of like the seat you buy for a kayak. He can adjust it to give his back support when he is at a stadium or actually we bought it because he can put it in his truck to give him more support when he drives. The guy selling them said his wife makes them and he used them when he was a long distance truck driver.
    I looked for something for Tiny Baby Girl’s first Easter, but didn’t get anything. The grands nor I got anything this year. 😦

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  17. I hear lawnmowers in my neighborhood making me feel guilty, but not That guilty. The only news is that a wasp of the reddish winged sort got in the house and did battle with Miss Bosley. Poor Boz experienced her first sting around her mouth. Wasp won round one. I got the swatter and knocked wasp down but it buzzed through the count. I think I still hear it and Miss Bosley is down for a long nap. I expect more Live Atlanta Wraslin’ later. We aren’t into gambling, but if I had to bet, Miss Bosley will be the final winner.

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  21. Kare, I don’t, but a quick google search would make me wary

    http://www.redding.com/news/bethels-signs-and-wonders-include-angel-feathers

    From that 2010 article: Those who examine the practices of Bethel identify it as being part of a larger movement known as the Word of Faith movement. Connected to prominent revivalists and prophets including Todd Bentley, Patricia King, Bob Jones, and the leadership of the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, the Word of Faith doctrine teaches that faith is a force through which anything can be done, said John Wolf, founder of the Church Education Resource Ministries. …. On his Web site, http://www.cerm.info, Wolf said the Word of Faith movement, which is closely intertwined with the Third Wave movement, blends mysticism and teachings from metaphysical cults. Mysticism is the pursuit of a divine connection with God through direct experiences and usually revolves around a practice to encourage and facilitate the experiences. “The Bible does not teach that you alone have the power to do things,” he said. “The Bible teaches that God is the one who does things.”

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  22. Kare, it is part of the New Apostolic Reformation. The pastor says that he is one of the new apostles and has certain authority. You can look up on Wikipedia for more info. Our elders had to deal with someone involved with that church.

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  23. Thanks, everyone. I did Google it and what I read makes me worry for a young friend who thinks God might be leading her to attend that school. I will be praying for her that she is not mislead. I’ll also be praying that I will know when to speak and what to say. Please pray for me as well.

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  24. So much to be watchful of out there — I also have some FB friends who love Joel Osteen and another who follows some Christian “personalities” I would have real concerns about.

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  25. Cheryl (12:02), LOL! 😀

    Your talking about you and your sister saying goodnight, then one or the other of you starting to talk again reminds me of phone conversations I’ve had. A couple of my sisters-in-law and I are like that: after a while, we say, “Well, I should let you go now,” or something like that, and then immediately say, “Oh, I forgot…you know what?…” and then our conversation goes another several minutes, and we might say “goodbye” a few times before the actual “goodbye”s that end the phone call. 😉

    Very easy to get up to or beyond the one-hour mark! Especially when no one is telling us it’s time to go to sleep now. 😉

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  26. Praying, Kare. (Forgot to say that before.)

    Well, no talking on the phone for me tonight, or even staying up late. It’s not even 10:00 here, and already I feel tired (I usually go to bed around 11:00), despite having fallen asleep riding home from visiting my father-in-law today. (That was around 4:00. Usually a nap that late in the day messes up my nighttime sleep, but I feel more tired than ever.)

    Hope you all have a good night tonight.

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  27. Peter (10:08 a.m.), went, Wildcats! We watched a good part of it, and it was a great game.

    My husband just wants to make sure somebody, pretty much anybody, stops Kentucky. He (1) doesn’t like the way they do their program (taking kids in for one year as a step to the NBA, not really college ball) and (2) doesn’t want to see them take over from IU as the team with the most recent perfect season (and one with more games). But he (and I) would be happy enough to see the Wildcats win it all, but not Kentucky.

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  29. Good morning everyone. It rained this morning but looks like it has cleared up for the artists for the last day of the festival. I think today I will go visit Mama Ruth. Get a better look at the facilities so I can finish planning the party.
    Have a good day all.

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  30. Hi Kim. We went to FBCMB this morning. At home we would just be getting out of SS,
    It is raining and dreary here. We won’t be going to Brookgreen Gardens. They will miss us and I will miss getting some real shrimp & grits. This is the only place I know you can get the real thing without onions.

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  32. ‘The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more child-like will be our faith.’ – J. Gresham Machen

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  37. It surely has been quiet this afternoon. We’ve been out & about.

    Ducks & geese around here are obstinate critters. They have known since they were eggs that no one was going to hurt them.

    Bring your dog Donna, Kim. That’ll stir them up.
    😆

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  39. I went to see Mama Ruth today. So sad. Since I was close by, I called my Aunt V and went to have coffee with her. Since I was in Mobile, I decided to go to J Jill to see if they had a sweater I wanted to replace. I saw a few things I liked but not enough to actually buy them, so I sent to Talbots, meh, nothing much there. So I came back across the Bay and went to Loft. I saw another shirt, but didn’t even try it on, so I went next door to Chicos. They had several things I did try on, but not in my size or too long for my 5’4″ frame so I didn’t buy anything there. I went next do to the other Talbots. Nothing that wasn’t at the first one. I came home and told Mr P that he was a lucky man and I was an UNlucky woman. 😉
    Have I ever mentioned before how much I HATE to shop?

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  40. Mumsee: 😥

    Kim: 😦

    Chas & Elvera 🙂
    she went to the Gay Dolphin, as is her want. But didn’t buy much.
    I think the Gay Dolphin is a humongous junk shop. She finds lots of treasures there.
    I wandered around at one of the many game places. They took a quarter of mind and didn’t give me anything. So I quit and wandered around the boardwalk in a drizzle. It wasn’t bad.
    We had a nice lunch at Sea Captain’s, according to custom.

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  41. The geese in our local park are ornery. When I walk my dogs there, we avoid them as best we can. The strut around like they own the place and will actually start advancing on you and your dogs if it looks like you’re coming their way.

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  42. Amos and I took a walk this afternoon. My phone told we we walked almost 4000 steps. He was quite the tired pup when we got home. Lulabelle –who isn’t very well leash trained–got her puppy dog feelings hurt and has pouted all afternoon. Perhaps I will take her in the morning before she properly wakes and is frisky.

    I did straighten my closet and put together “outfits” for next week. I have them lined up and accessories chosen. That should give Miss Lu and me time to walk. Sounds good this afternoon anyway.

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  43. When I see all the false teaching and wolves in sheep’s clothing, I wonder how much more patience the Lord will have. Is it time soon for the church age to come to an end? Is the salt no longer good? How difficult for those looking for the truth! OTOH, Paul spoke about wolves already being in the church and distorting doctrine. How gracious God is to help us find our way!

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  45. Sixth Arrow and her sense of humor:

    Hubby was going to go to the store a while ago. Sometimes he’ll take one or more of the children with him.

    I saw Fifth Arrow getting ready to go, but it didn’t look like anyone else was making an effort to prepare to head out the door.

    So I asked hubby, “Is just [5th Arrow] going?”

    Sixth Arrow immediately responds, ha-ha-ha-ing (knowing full well what I meant), “He’s not old enough to drive himself!” 😀

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  50. We had to read Up From Slavery in junior high. I remember putting off reading the book, and maybe finding the beginning rather slow, but, once I got to a certain point in it (I’m not sure what was going on in the story right then), it turned into a page-turner for me.

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  51. 6 Arrows, in the 50 Best Books, I have only read two, Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (wonderful book, wonderful writer), and The Double Helix, by James D. Watson (rather unfortunate that Watson didn’t hold to his high intellectual potential in recent years). I have read about the first volume and a half of Churchill’s history of the WWII. It is an excellent primary source work, but all those original telegrams and messages on diplomatic and military manoeuvres make for some heavy reading, though his personal descriptions in between are very interesting. However, both Arnold Toynbee and Reinhold Niebuhr’s theories of history were taught in the history course I recently took (yes, even though both of them were religious/Christian intellectuals and it was a secular course – Toynbee is apparently quite popular in Canadian historian circles). Niebuhr was also quoted in a book I just read, The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers – which I highly recommend. Elements of Style was used by one of my siblings in a university course.

    Not read any of the books on the worst list. My mother remembers the age of Dewey, as she was teaching school at the time some of his theories were being implement (that was during the 1970s and he wrote it in 1916 – that’s quite the response gap). One of her motivations for home schooling, I believe. However bad his theories were, his decimal system revolutionized libraries for the better 🙂 I have heard about the thorough debunking of Coming of Age in Samoa so didn’t think it worth my while – they should have included Silent Spring in the list. I read some of Keynes’ writing while doing research for one of my history essays – he was pretty bang on the mark in his predictions of what would happen in Germany after WWI. I think sometimes Keynes’ ideas have become blown out of proportion in recent economic debates. There certainly are a lot of books from the American perspective.

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  53. I’ve read two on the best, none on the worst.
    And I don’t agree with his list.
    Nothing by Tolkien, 1984 and Brave New World aren’t on the list.. Nothing by CS Lewis. Maybe not the best, but definitely in top fifty.
    Churchill does belong there.

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  55. Roscuro, I’d heard of Coming of Age in Samoa, too, and its debunking, but I’d never heard of Silent Spring. For what reason would you include it on the list?

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  56. Donna, I might have gotten the links from you, I don’t remember. A couple of years ago I read that some areas, entrepreneurs are helping people with their goose problem by renting out border collies. Seems that Canada geese see border collies’ herding move as a hunting move, and after being hunted a few times, they move out of wherever it is they have set up camp. Not sure what the dog-to-goose ratio is, and obviously that would be an unleashed dog that is free to do its thing and not have its moves hampered by a leash.

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  57. Re the book lists: none of the worst (and I agree with Roscuro on those two) and I’m not sure on the best. About four, possibly as many as six. I have others on my “wish list.” Not sure I really agree with the list, but it’s a fairly good one.

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  59. 6 Arrows, Silent Spring inspired the environmental movement and the formation of the EPA. Need I say more. Its opening fable of a town without birds in order to gain its point, helped set the tone for all future discussions of environment and development, with the end result that opposing views cannot have a civil or constructive discussion on the topic.

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  61. Thanks, Roscuro. I can see now why that should have been on the 50 worst list.

    Kare, I read a lot more non-fiction than fiction. But Michelle’s books are helping me get some more fiction back into my reading life. 😉

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  63. Busy day around here…church, then home to having lunch with daughter’s family….three rambunctious grandchildren who make my heart sing and sweet conversation with my daughter while son in law goes for a 15mile run with Paul….love family time ❤
    Charles having fun in Myrtle Beach…we do need to visit sometime soon…I have a book on Brookgreen Gardens and enjoy so much looking over the photos of the statues and gardens we once enjoyed so much with our young children…and at the mention of FBCMB I wonder if Miss Anne and Miss Debbie are still there teaching the children in Tinkerbell Kindergarten…35 years later…I sort of doubt it 🙂

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  64. 4– Strunks, the Right Stuff ( liked it), autobiography of Malcolm X (while standing in line at UCLA to sell it back for my roommate), The Seven Story Mountain. I’d heard of a lot of these books but didn’t want to read any of the,. Modern Times is supposed to be good, but I can’t read 1000 page books anymore.

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  65. 4 on worst list– Malcolm X again, Soul on Ice (he’d become a Christian, we needed to encourage him), Our Bodies (some helpful information if you were ignorant of biology. I tore out the chapter on abortion from my copy), Scoundrel Time. Didn’t everyone have Profiles in Courage pushed at you when you were in grade school?

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