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I’m Glad He Said It

Isaiah is tough. I’ve read 53 of 66 chapters and I’m not sure what’s going on.

I’ve been waiting for a switch to go on, but I can’t see the arc of the book.

Isaiah 53 is a heavy one. It predicts the coming and suffering of Christ in shocking detail 700 years before His birth.

I was relieved to listen to this sermon as Pastor Allen Nolan expresses how hard it is to really understand this book.

I’m going to pause and dig into Isaiah 53. There is a ton of literature and I feel like there is a space for me to receive more understanding.

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Recycled

Just digging up some older posts on deschooling:

https://delawaredad.com/2024/10/09/grateful-for-deschooling-and-unschooling/

https://delawaredad.com/2024/09/04/homeschool-now/

https://delawaredad.com/2024/03/13/dont-teach/

https://delawaredad.com/2023/02/23/on-unhealthy-assumptions/

https://delawaredad.com/?p=5899

https://delawaredad.com/?p=5140

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Isaiah 51-52: Promises Fulfilled

In these chapters, God restores the Earth to the bountiful time before the fall of Eden.

Isaiah 51:3 RSV — For the LORD will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

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Half the Country?

Officially, there are 337 million people in the US. It’s probably closer to 400.

About 140 million people voted in total. About 67 for Harris. Half the country didn’t vote at all. Voters are a noisy minority.

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I Disagree

Found on Facebook:

I would never abandon a friend for sharing thoughts that I found to be deplorable. I would listen with a compassionate heart and try to understand.

Shutting down conversations before they start makes people feel alone and neglected. It traps people in their own heads when they need to work things out with others.

I am where I am because I listened to people I disagreed with and cared about.

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To Vote or Not to Vote

As a minority voter in a state like Delaware (also, most U.S. states), there is really no purpose in voting in a national election. That said, I’m more interested in the deep conversation over the principles behind whether to vote or not. Although I lean into Christian arguments against voting, these two conversations are entirely secular in their approaches.

I agree with Tom Woods and Dave Smith on most political issues, but I’m not convinced by their encouragements to vote in this election:

Alec Zeck and Derrick Broze discuss a freedom mindset that doesn’t entertain voting:

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Unschool Politics

I’m an anarchist and voluntarist, former right winger, and have the high openness of a modern American liberal.

Although biased against government force and coercion, I try to steel man the various political concepts that arise in popular discourse.

Although I sheltered them from politics for much of their youth, it is now a vibrant topic with my teen sons.