A sunset and a jet engine.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Suspicion
I Timothy 5:24-25 says something about sins that suprises us. In essence Paul is telling Timothy that he is to withold judgment concerning the men in his congregation, especially those who he would have to be elders, both as to their innocence and to their guilt. He encourages suspicion-- a Godly suspicion. Timothy is to be as suspicious of others as he is of himself, and as suspicious of himself as he ought to be. Timothy is to have his eyes open, and wait for time to prove God's judgment. "Every man's way seems right in his own eyes, but God judges the heart." and "Seach me and see if there is any hidden fault."
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
A book I found:
I found this book online yesterday and ordered it. I'll let you know how it is. Looks very interesting.
www.knowledge.co.uk/ xxx/cat/sweeney/
www.knowledge.co.uk/ xxx/cat/sweeney/
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Monday, August 09, 2004
Speaking of Children
Here's an interesting series of references:
3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
And then:
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
1 ¶ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
And then:
¶ And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
And then:
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
And then:
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
1 ¶ When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
And then:
¶ And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
And then:
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Friday, August 06, 2004
Out of the mouths of babes
Claire's first post. I will be adding, I expect, snippets of parental musings, as parental musing is mostly what I do. These thoughts will be short enough to be completed between one diaper change and the next, which means please don't hold me responsible for introductions and the like. I'll biff on here, add half a thought, find out that there's a diaper waiting to be changed, and exit stage left. In token of which, here's something.
There is a very interesting (Darwinian) book by one Steven Pinker called The LanguageInstinct, and part of it is about the innate knowledge humans seem to have (exampled by very young children, remote societies, speakers of pidgin English, and others) about sentence structure. How, for instance, does Inge know what an adverb is? And yet, two or three days ago she told me over lunch that her friend Payton had been blowing her nose “hardly.” I of course have never said any such thing about nose-blowing. Nor have I told Inge about helping verbs; and even so, a common construction in Inge-speak is “was-been,” as in, “I was been cleaning my room.”
And, still speaking of languages, Lewis has his own dialect. It should be called “Eh-weh.” A one-year-old friend of ours recently visited (with her family) from Texas. She spoke Doy-doy-doy—a resonant, boinging sort of speech, very much unlike Lewis’s language, which is replete with airy syllables, delicate assonances, front rhymes, soft labials, and hard-breathed h’s. His favorite word is “Uh-Oh,” I suppose because it is free of consonants. Mama and and Baba are much more risky, as one never knows whether the labials will cooperate or not: an intended “ma” is so likely to come out as “ba” instead. Dada is more of a sure thing. But Uh-Oh was conceived in the planet Mercury, and echoes of its silver-splashed beginnings still ring in Lewis’s ears, and the glory of its wafting down still shines in Lewis’s eyes. It is a thing of beauty, and a joy forever. “Say Uh-oh, Lewis,” we urge; and brown eyes shine and little cheeks glow, and with zealous ceremony Lewis says “Ah-Ah! Ah-Weh! Uh-Weh!” And then, carefully, “Uh….oh.”
There is a very interesting (Darwinian) book by one Steven Pinker called The LanguageInstinct, and part of it is about the innate knowledge humans seem to have (exampled by very young children, remote societies, speakers of pidgin English, and others) about sentence structure. How, for instance, does Inge know what an adverb is? And yet, two or three days ago she told me over lunch that her friend Payton had been blowing her nose “hardly.” I of course have never said any such thing about nose-blowing. Nor have I told Inge about helping verbs; and even so, a common construction in Inge-speak is “was-been,” as in, “I was been cleaning my room.”
And, still speaking of languages, Lewis has his own dialect. It should be called “Eh-weh.” A one-year-old friend of ours recently visited (with her family) from Texas. She spoke Doy-doy-doy—a resonant, boinging sort of speech, very much unlike Lewis’s language, which is replete with airy syllables, delicate assonances, front rhymes, soft labials, and hard-breathed h’s. His favorite word is “Uh-Oh,” I suppose because it is free of consonants. Mama and and Baba are much more risky, as one never knows whether the labials will cooperate or not: an intended “ma” is so likely to come out as “ba” instead. Dada is more of a sure thing. But Uh-Oh was conceived in the planet Mercury, and echoes of its silver-splashed beginnings still ring in Lewis’s ears, and the glory of its wafting down still shines in Lewis’s eyes. It is a thing of beauty, and a joy forever. “Say Uh-oh, Lewis,” we urge; and brown eyes shine and little cheeks glow, and with zealous ceremony Lewis says “Ah-Ah! Ah-Weh! Uh-Weh!” And then, carefully, “Uh….oh.”
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Israel in Egypt
The latest addition to our music collection is Handel's "Israel in Egypt." Like most of Handel's work it is fun to listen to and well worth owning. Aren't we lucky that he wrote in English too!
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