Beneath the Wraps

          I started watching clips of the Bible Project when I was teaching Valiants in primary.   I never shared the illustrations with the class though I am fascinated by the short videos.   The book of Judges ( here ) is referred to as disturbing – which it is – as we explore in this week’s reading of “Come Follow Me”.   As we are limited on time and to spare all the gore (and there is A LOT of it) it has been suggested to study only certain scriptures (which still contain gore, stupidity, arrogance, violence, murders, and so forth) https://meetinggodinthemargin.com/2017/06/02/first- reading-of-judges-11-12-jephthah-his-daughter/         Chapter one gives us the account of the land of the twelve tribes – a recap if you will.   Where mortal corruption and child sacrifice is acceptable.   Chapter two gives the account of the cycle that each generation experiences starting with sin, oppression, repentance, deliverance...

                Jenna required reading for her online English class has been focusing on an international high school in New York.   For each chapter Jenna is required to pull out a quote, comment on the theme of the chapter and turn in a short essay.   She has gotten in the habit of reading things out loud as it helps her better to think.   She seems to be even more focused if she can find someone else to read it out loud to her.   Often she has asked for my opinion about what I think the theme is or what I think is a good quote.    Usually the quote is directly attached to whichever student the chapter focuses on.   However I remember one quote that stood out which was not related to the student.   It was actually a description of snow he had seen in Connecticut.   It was white and beautiful.    The quote continued with a less than attractive image of snow that had been yellowed...

        On July 27, 2012 I had created this post comparing my husband, his children and I to the personalities of the 100 acre wood and had dubbed myself as Rabbit because he is always so uptight.   He may have mellowed a bit from Walt Disney's animation to computerized animation used in the 2018 movie "Christopher Robin".   But as the focus was not about Rabbit but only made a brief appearance along with Owl, Kanga and Roo, it's hard to say.           I, on the other hand, am a lot more mellow.   I haven't been uptight since moving to Oregon.   I feel free.   I don't feel trapped.   The wonders of breathing clean air.   I'm not as organized as Rabbit - though I would like to be. I still don't care for gardening - though I do eating produce fresh from the garden.   We failed at having a garden in 2018, but should be back on track this year.     ...