@politicalmath Perelandra, the second book of the C.S. Lewis space trilogy, is one of my favorite reads. What if God created several Adams across the universe? What would a world that never experienced the fall of creation to sin even look like? Lewis tries to show us.
This seems to be pretty sharp analysis; could and should be remedied by federal legislation that requires more rigorous certification up front before Medicare/Medicaid payouts.
In 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien published a Christmas poem titled “Noel” in the annual magazine of Our Lady's Abingdon, in Oxfordshire. The poem was lost to history for nearly 80 years until scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull rediscovered it in the archives. It reads:
Grim was the world and grey last night:
The moon and stars were fled,
The hall was dark without song or light,
The fires were fallen dead.
The wind in the trees was like to the sea,
And over the mountains' teeth
It whistled bitter-cold and free,
As a sword leapt from its sheath.
The lord of snows upreared his head;
His mantle long and pale
Upon the bitter blast was spread
And hung o'er hill and dale.
The world was blind, the boughs were bent,
All ways and paths were wild:
Then the veil of cloud apart was rent,
And here was born a Child.
The ancient dome of heaven sheer
Was pricked with distant light;
A star came shining white and clear
Alone above the night.
In the dale of dark in that hour of birth
One voice on a sudden sang:
Then all the bells in Heaven and Earth
Together at midnight rang.
Mary sang in this world below:
They heard her song arise
O'er mist and over mountain snow
To the walls of Paradise,
And the tongue of many bells was stirred
in Heaven's towers to ring
When the voice of mortal maid was heard,
That was mother of Heaven's King.
Glad is the world and fair this night
With stars about its head,
And the hall is filled with laughter and light,
And fires are burning red.
The bells of Paradise now ring
With bells of Christendom,
And Gloria, Gloria we will sing
That God on earth is come.
Because of Christmas. And Good Friday. And Easter.
“Fear not, O Zion;
let not your hands grow weak.
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.” Zephaniah 3:16–17
@wrongbutkind@BigSeltzerLLC Maybe reflecting on Paul debating people in the city centers throughout the New Testament would be of some benefit. Encouragement and rewards for honesty might not come from this arena. I hope and pray it comes more from your church and family. I am encouraged by your thoughts.TY
As a parent, I decided to get to the bottom of this 6-7 thing. Turns out, it’s from the Middle Ages and is one of the oldest expressions in the English language. I’m not kidding.
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Some books if you want to learn more about this religion that is so misunderstood and so beautiful:
The Air We Breathe by @glenscrivener is a great place to start
I also often recommend The Reason for God by Tim Keller
Dominion by @holland_tom
Case for Christ by @LeeStrobel
Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
The No. 1 amateur in the world birdies the last to move into a tie for fifth!
Jackson Koivun put on a show this week @WyndhamChamp.
The @AuburnMGolf star's top-10 finish earns him a start for the first event of the #FedExCup Fall - @ProcoreChamp.
ABSOLUTELY INSANE
The Biden Admin setup a hotline so that unaccompanied minors could call if they had trouble with the strangers they were being placed with
65,000 calls to this hotline WENT UNANSWERED
“So you’re telling this committee that the Biden administration, while they were letting all of these unaccompanied minors into the country—and as we’ve talked about today, they weren’t keeping track of them—they issued these kids a hotline that they could call if they had trouble with the sponsor family they were placed with, and you’re saying that 65,000 calls to this hotline, designated to protect these kids, went unanswered. Is that what you’re telling this committee?”
Her response: “Yes, sir.”
Democrats are literally evil. How could they possibly win another election EVER again??