[S/o Stuff in the Bible that is weird]

Some amazing posts here. :)

[Hi!]

Hey there.

[Book a Week 2015 - BW31: analogical august]

I'm reading the Navigatio of St Brendan. It's very nice and interesting, especially after reading Tim Severin's The Brendan Voyage where he replicates the journey trying to use an authentic medieval boat & supplies.

Just finished Go Set a Watchman. I will probably share my thoughts on the thread dedicated to it, (not to have spoilers here) but what I thought most interesting was the evolution of the writer.

After that I have Shakespeare's Sonnets and Stephen King's memoir about writing. I don't care for King's fiction, but I have seen a few nonfiction articles by him which I thought were very well written, so I am interested in what he has to say. I really enjoyed PD James' book On Detective Fiction.

["Conquer death"]

The answer to this is going to be multifold, but the aspect that strikes me most at the moment is that :

death is separation of body and soul. Conquering death means that one day our souls and resurrected bodies will be reunited in paradise with God.

[Book a Week 2015 - BW31: analogical august]

I came across this list of 21 books every woman should read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/recent-books-women-should-read_n_7314166.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000010I've managed two so far :D

I've only read Bossypants! I quite enjoyed it. :)

[What should I do? Not a JAWM thread!]

I would address this comment by letter, because I'm sure I would not be able to keep it together in person. :(

[Paraklesis]

:)

[CC, S/O - Help me find a suitable bible study plan]

((Hugs))

[Maybe I have been living under a rock]

Let me get this straight. You need to hire actors and make a video advertising a book? :)

[MedicMom and baby could use prayers and positive thoughts]

Oh my goodness. ((Hugs))

[Studio Ghibli Fans: What to see after "My Neighbor Totoro"]

I think Totoro is the best, but we really liked Ponyo too. Also I think there is a short movie about the Catbus that you can find online. :)

[Book a Week 2015 - BW30: Aldous Huxley]

Oh and just to rest my poor brain I'm also reading the Idiots Guide to Landscape Gardening. :)

[Book a Week 2015 - BW30: Aldous Huxley]

I read BNW when I was a young teen, since my parents had it on the shelf. I found it frightening, and it has really stayed with me. Of course, I never noticed the Tempest allusions- maybe someday...

I am still working away at Anatole France's Revolt of the Angels. I'll write you all a review once I am done- strangely, it reminds me a bit of The Man Who Was Thursday. I am starting to get an idea of what the author is up to, but I can't really see where he's going with this, or what side he's on.

[Ugh. Awkward text-versation. Church content.]

It's OK to say no. :)

[When your mom joins FB, should you?]

I joined about 18 months ago and I'm enjoying it very much!

Also, now I'm able to help my parents and MIL when they get confused by it!

[Diagnosed with uterine cancer]

((Hugs))

[Would you get a facelift? Injectables?]

No- except something like my grandmother had: her upper eyelids were drooping so much that she could barely open her eyes! So she had them lifted somehow. I would never do it for purely cosmetic reasons.

[Just for fun: ridiculous things people have argued with you]

Once a granny from X country told me that men from all over the world travel to choose wives from X country because they are famous for being excellent cooks and housewives.

[Parenting WWYD?]

My children (and I myself when I was little) all had incidents of needlessly killing bugs before they realized that it was wrong and not what they wanted to do. Somehow it had to go that far before they realized they didn't want to. I think that I myself would punish, but not a major punishment, and something that would be over the same day.

 

Did you mean that friend was texting your son? I would think that would be a little young for texting? If so I think I would let that be a longer-term consequence- not allowed to text with friend for a while.

[Why would someone do this? WHat would you do?]

I could possibly imagine waiting to report until I heard from the pastor: say, for example, he had already been reported, and the pastor had said he needed to come clean to the community as well. I could imagine that happening, so I would want to find that out. That would be information I would want to know. It should not take too long to get that info.

 

kwg, I thought about whether I should explain the situation I mentioned above, but I think I really should not, because (I think) there are several people from that community on here, and it is really not my story to tell, and it was very painful to everyone. I am sorry to leave you hanging.

[Why would someone do this? WHat would you do?]

OP, wishing you the best as you negotiate this situation.

I have friends whose community was thrown into turmoil through the mis-handling of a situation like this, so I hope it gets resolved rightly for you.

[Writers/bloggers, how do you back up your writing?]

Saved in whatever program I am writing on

&

Backed up in Dropbox

&

Email to myself

&

Periodically print out.

:)

[Book a Week 2015 - BW29: and now for something completely different - OULIPO]

I've been immersing myself in lots of fantasy/science fiction, preparing for Doxacon (Christianity and fantasy/sf conference) but now that that's done, I'm going to start Revolt of the Angels, by Anatole French. It was hard to find and in the end I had to order it from a print-on-demand service. I'm a little doubtful about it, but it is my very best friend's favorite book, so I'm determined to read it!! Has anyone here read it?

[Dropping some big news on our kids tonight]

((Hugs))

[chat board question]

Let me see if I can link it somehow.

It's very uncomfortable being the OP on the chat board! I got some good perspectives, but not exactly what I wanted. It was about, can you confront someone about the way a small bit of alcohol affects them.