[It's already 80 degrees at 10:00 AM]

My boys do this too! Yeterday it was 85ish and they were wearing 2 longsleeve shirts. :svengo:

[The role of the Deaconess.]

Note: it is not my desire to become one, I just struggle with the idea that we shouldn't have them because of women's lib. I cannot fathom how if God was for them, He would have changed His mind. Clear as mud? ;)

 

aka simka

[The role of the Deaconess.]

I am trying to understand some things I heard last night. I was told in regards to the role of Deaconess that, "God allows some things to die out." There was an undercurrent of: We should not have Deaconesses, because the desire to can only stem from some sort of womens lib motivation. Also, we only had them to assist with Baptism's that were in the nude. Since we no longer do that, we no longer need them. :confused:

 

I do not understand the original statement itself though. How can I hold to a justification of "God lets things die out," and believe in a God that brings the dead to life?

 

Is it true that that was the only purpose of the Deaconess? I am in a tradition that is little "male oriented" (not sure how to put it), are there traditions that are more friendly to the idea of Deaconesses?

[Happy Birthday elegantlion!]

Awwww, Happy Birthday! May God grant you many years! :grouphug:

 

....and thanks for being here when I started, and through the recent difficulties. :001_smile:

[Prayer Request]

Praying!

[I am burnt out.]

I know! I even got a vacation in, but it didn't help. Here's hoping we all get our feet under us soon! ;)

[forum speed--any interest in a fee for members for more bandwidth?]

I would be willing to donate, but I am not sure that is what is going on here. My computer times out so fast that this has become very difficult.

[If you've seen War Horse, the movie, could a ten yo watch it?]

I watched it with all my kids 11 and under. They were fine. I left a bawling mess!!!!!! :D

[I am really struggling with MM!]

1820/12 is right. Don't convert to decimal, just simplify the fraction.

 

1820/12 = 151 8/12 = 151 2/3

 

Okay, I see it. I am going to show this to her so she can see the extra steps. I like MM for the most part, but I do miss having a teachers manual. :D

[I am really struggling with MM!]

I went ahead and purchased MM when it was recently on sale. Dd is in the 5th grade book and I am starting to wonder if she needs a calculator.

 

Here was the problem:

 

Mary jogs 7/12 miles each day, five days a week. Calculate how many miles she jogs in a 52-week year.

 

Dd worked this problem by multiplying 5*7/12=35/12

 

then 52*35/12

 

then 1820/12

finally 151.6 miles in the year.

 

The solutions manual has it as

7/12 × 5 × 52 = 151 2/3 miles

 

I cannot figure out how MM works this problem. I see that the answers are very close, but I am struggling with explaining how this was worked to dd.

 

Thanks.