Good morning. Hopefully, your weather is warmer than ours. We can use more snow for insulation on the ground. The lawn still shows green through the small bit of snow. I need to get some Christmas decorations out before heading to a music gig with the musician.
It’s a busy day in the community. Our street is being torn up, fot starters. And all the happenings at Emory related to the passing of Rosalyn Carter. The middle school in our neighbothood is connected to the high school on the Emory campus so the news said bussing for both schools would be affected.
So, I try the highlighting and different color fonts and all I get is black and white. So much for the formatting, other than the strike through and bold/italics. Do subscript and superscript work? We’ll see.
It is cold and snow is not melting much. The county decided our residential roads will not be plowed unless there is over 6 inches of snow…then they will consider it! It’s their way of getting back at the taxpayers for not giving more money to the government…we are taxed to death!!! They have the budget but they don’t want to use it…they want more…
For those living in the forested areas that will mean our roads will be icy until next June! Nj
haven’t logged in in years. Morning all, looking to get up to 60 today. I called yesterday for a propane fill up. They last delivered in June. Will be a shock
Janice – Your name would appear in red even before this latest change to the blog. That’s because it is a link, and clicking on your name leads to this: https://janicegarey.com/
The word black gets capitalized (probably by autocorrect) because of wokeness. It’s due to BLM forcing the media to capitalize their race. I notice they don’t capitalize white because Caucasians don’t matter to them.
Now that we’ve all had our fun trying different colors, etc., how about this: If you’re not logged in, could you please remember to put your ID in he comment like mumsee, dj and a couple of others do? Then I know who’s posting.
Muchas gracias. (So much easier for italics and bold without having to type the HTML codes.)
We decided to not do the white elephant gifts this year for my staff party. I can say it’s nice to not have to worry about that. I DO need to find a gift to wrap a hundred times for a game we’d like to play. I’m thinking a small Lego set and a Toblerone bar – something everyone loves (we have an age range of 2 – 58)
___________Written by Maltbie Davenport Babcock, an American Presbyterian minister, and published posthumously in 1901, “This is My Father’s World” packs a theological punch. …
… The opening line, “This is my Father’s world,” sets the tone for the entire hymn. It is a declaration that everything in the world ultimately belongs to God. In the beginning, God called forth something from nothing and then, in a successive series of moments, shaped that something into the awe-inspiring world which we now inhabit.
Thus, Babcock’s hymn makes a profound statement about the natural world as a signal of God’s goodness and beauty. As the Psalmist declared, the heavens “declare the glory of God” (Ps 19:1). As the apostle Paul wrote, the natural world teaches humanity that God exists and should be worshiped (Rom 1:18-22). Indeed, the world’s majesty and beauty point us to God’s magnificence and glory.
The hymn continues, “I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; His hand the wonders wrought,” emphasizing that the tangible aspects of God’s creation should be seen and cherished for what they are—gifts from God. Notice that Babcock isn’t longing for God to take him away from this world; he is expressing gratitude that he gets to live in this world.
The hymn also addresses the oft-misunderstood relationship between Creation, Fall, and Redemption: “O let me ne’er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.” In other words, Satan doesn’t have the power to make bad what God has made good. God’s created world remains structurally good even though the Evil One twists and misdirects it toward bad ends.
Babcock’s original four-stanza song of praise ends with a reaffirmation of God’s kingship. “The Lord is King; let the heavens ring! God reigns; let the earth be glad!” Thus, the hymn comes full circle. … … This world—every square inch of it—belongs to our Father. In the midst of the present darkness, therefore, we must shine the light of Truth into the dark corners of our world. We must do so through our words and our deeds. And we must do so in every sphere of culture, not only from the church pulpit, but also in the workplace, the community, and the public square. Let us never forget that “though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet.”__________________________________-djhttps://gospelreformation.net/this-is-my-fathers-world/
I saw what I thought would be a hilarious gift for a white elephant. It is a light you put in the toilet bowl to light it up. It turns different colors. It was a tad less than 10 dollars. It just made me laugh. Not that I have anywhere to bring a white elephant gift.
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Good morning. Hopefully, your weather is warmer than ours. We can use more snow for insulation on the ground. The lawn still shows green through the small bit of snow. I need to get some Christmas decorations out before heading to a music gig with the musician.
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Good morning, Wanderers!
It’s a busy day in the community. Our street is being torn up, fot starters. And all the happenings at Emory related to the passing of Rosalyn Carter. The middle school in our neighbothood is connected to the high school on the Emory campus so the news said bussing for both schools would be affected.
It’s cold and a good day to stay inside!
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I see WordPress added formatting to comments.Cool!Oh what fun we’ll have with this!
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So, I try the highlighting and different color fonts and all I get is black and white. So much for the formatting, other than the
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Nope.
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Morning all!! I don’t see a color option!
It is cold and snow is not melting much. The county decided our residential roads will not be plowed unless there is over 6 inches of snow…then they will consider it! It’s their way of getting back at the taxpayers for not giving more money to the government…we are taxed to death!!! They have the budget but they don’t want to use it…they want more…
For those living in the forested areas that will mean our roads will be icy until next June! Nj
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The way I changed my name to red was to do highlight background color to red and press the / key that somehow put the color in that block I assume
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good morning, all. A beautiful frosty day here, about twenty degrees with no snow on the ground.
what I have found:
bold
italic
color does not work though it might work here but does not transfer.
subscript2 works at home but does not transfer
superscript3 is the same
mumsee (color: push the down arrow and select highlights and then your color). This portion is currently red but won’t make the jump.
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mumsee
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I tried the background with no success. I wonder if people who are logged in do better?
mumsee
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haven’t logged in in years. Morning all, looking to get up to 60 today. I called yesterday for a propane fill up. They last delivered in June. Will be a shock
jo
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I, newspaper girl, am embracing the black type with white background. -dj
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Yes, the login probably helps some.
it’s 48° now after being 36° earlier.
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I found the color choice feature… I have a sneaking feeling this will be Black and white 😊
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why did you capitalize black but not white?
mumsee
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Interesting thoughts about announcemrnts in church. My church has a pretty set limit on them. https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/bptoolbox/why-your-church-needs-more-announcements-in-the-morning-worship-service/
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I was logged in when I did all my experiments yesterday. Color would not work for me. See?
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When I hit the Reply button, “See?” was red. But when I refreshed the screen it was back to black, which is what I suspect everyone else sees.
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Janice – Your name would appear in red even before this latest change to the blog. That’s because it is a link, and clicking on your name leads to this: https://janicegarey.com/
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Thanks, Kizzie. I never even knew that😀
It feels like winter today. I went to Publix and then Chick-fil-A, and I felt frozen while outside.
I give Art the lettuce and tomato from my grilled chicken sandwiches. He has two slices of bacon to add for a BLT.He will be happy with that.
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i need to buy two white elephant gifts for a party. Any suggestions?
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I didn’t capitalize it…this thing has a mind of it’s own!!! It won’t play nice with colors either!!😂
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The word black gets capitalized (probably by autocorrect) because of wokeness. It’s due to BLM forcing the media to capitalize their race. I notice they don’t capitalize white because Caucasians don’t matter to them.
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Now that we’ve all had our fun trying different colors, etc., how about this: If you’re not logged in, could you please remember to put your ID in he comment like mumsee, dj and a couple of others do? Then I know who’s posting.
Muchas gracias. (So much easier for italics and bold without having to type the HTML codes.)
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We decided to not do the white elephant gifts this year for my staff party. I can say it’s nice to not have to worry about that. I DO need to find a gift to wrap a hundred times for a game we’d like to play. I’m thinking a small Lego set and a Toblerone bar – something everyone loves (we have an age range of 2 – 58)
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Good piece on a hymn I’ve always loved.
___________Written by Maltbie Davenport Babcock, an American Presbyterian minister, and published posthumously in 1901, “This is My Father’s World” packs a theological punch. …
… The opening line, “This is my Father’s world,” sets the tone for the entire hymn. It is a declaration that everything in the world ultimately belongs to God. In the beginning, God called forth something from nothing and then, in a successive series of moments, shaped that something into the awe-inspiring world which we now inhabit.
Thus, Babcock’s hymn makes a profound statement about the natural world as a signal of God’s goodness and beauty. As the Psalmist declared, the heavens “declare the glory of God” (Ps 19:1). As the apostle Paul wrote, the natural world teaches humanity that God exists and should be worshiped (Rom 1:18-22). Indeed, the world’s majesty and beauty point us to God’s magnificence and glory.
The hymn continues, “I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; His hand the wonders wrought,” emphasizing that the tangible aspects of God’s creation should be seen and cherished for what they are—gifts from God. Notice that Babcock isn’t longing for God to take him away from this world; he is expressing gratitude that he gets to live in this world.
The hymn also addresses the oft-misunderstood relationship between Creation, Fall, and Redemption: “O let me ne’er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.” In other words, Satan doesn’t have the power to make bad what God has made good. God’s created world remains structurally good even though the Evil One twists and misdirects it toward bad ends.
Babcock’s original four-stanza song of praise ends with a reaffirmation of God’s kingship. “The Lord is King; let the heavens ring! God reigns; let the earth be glad!” Thus, the hymn comes full circle. … … This world—every square inch of it—belongs to our Father. In the midst of the present darkness, therefore, we must shine the light of Truth into the dark corners of our world. We must do so through our words and our deeds. And we must do so in every sphere of culture, not only from the church pulpit, but also in the workplace, the community, and the public square. Let us never forget that “though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet.”__________________________________-djhttps://gospelreformation.net/this-is-my-fathers-world/
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That is my husband’s favorite hymn.
I saw what I thought would be a hilarious gift for a white elephant. It is a light you put in the toilet bowl to light it up. It turns different colors. It was a tad less than 10 dollars. It just made me laugh. Not that I have anywhere to bring a white elephant gift.
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