and all of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. ...
Volpone, a sardonic comedy about a rich man who pretends to be terminally ill and grows richer when his greedy acquaintances lavish presents on him in the hope of being named his heir, was written by Ben Jonson in 1605. Things get very dark when one of the legacy-hunters, Corvino, offers...
Things like that. So for the sake of whoever owns some of our pieces later, I’ve written some of the history on a hidden part of it. We have a lamp table from Hub’s grandfather’s house from the 1940’s or 50’s, an old drop leaf table Hub bought for me when I was away a...
Whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world - See this explained in the notes onRevelation 13:8. The idea seems to be, that those whose names are written in the book of life, or who are truly the friends of God, would not be drawn off in ad...
Today gently rolling hills and date palms frame the first century site, a favorite tourist destination of visitors to the Galilee. Luke 10:15 tn The interrogative particle introducing this question expects a negative reply. Luke 10:15 sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the ...
Progressive was pretty quick at paying for my car repair and settling with my passenger I know I should hire a lawyer but I had to leave town so I settled with them and in the settlement contract it was written that they would pay up to $1,000 in medical costs. I had $965 of ...
“America the Beautiful” words by Katharine Lee Bates, music by Samuel Augustus Ward,taken from the hymn“Materna” a poem written while Bates was standing on Pikes Peak, Colorado. Purpose and Uses of the Seventh Ray: Virtues of the Seventh Ray are: Freedom, Purification, Redemption, Service...
Theological Instincts happen when the paradigms of God’s Revelation are enacted in the ministry of the people of God such that God’s ministry to humanity is more clearly revealed. Jesus knew that “The Sabbath was made for humans, not humans for the S
The frustrating thing is that both parties know exactly what is going through the other person’s head (aka the writing in red), yet still both come out with what’s written in green.WHY?!And look, I do this all the time too. I’m not pretending to be some kind of revolutionary co...
The author himself was a little more modest, calling it merely: “the most impure taleever written since the world began.” The most impure tale has a history unique among lost manuscripts of being hidden, lost, stolen, soldandconfiscated. ...