Our mythology enthusiast struck again with a sassy Apollo leading the sun across the sky.
An impromptu fire provided the perfect backdrop.
Apollo Pulls The Sun
Pandora’s Box
It was an exciting day of building. Four different creators worked independently and together on amazing projects.
One young lady was inspired by Greek mythology to recreate Pandora’s Box.
I helped with a couple engineering problems, but she brought all the creativity and focus.
Welcome to the Playroom
Day 1 of our 31 Days of Lego comes from one of our home education friends and includes lots of ways to have indoor fun.
31 Days of Lego
Tomorrow we join over 300 local creators in making art every day in July with Delaware Fun-A-Day.
I’ll be building alongside my sons and our home-educating friends. Each day we’ll piece together a Lego sculpture and ultimately put them all on display at the Fun-A-Day Art Show in August.
I used painter’s tape to mark out our approximate display area, then played with different configurations while I figured out the maximum dimensions for each sculpture in inches and, most importantly, Lego studs
Although this last design allows for more than 31 builds, I want to give our creators many options for starting points. I want to add some round templates and let the kids see what they fancy.
I’m excited because I rarely build for my self. I’m usually sorting or facilitating someone else’s build. This month I get to play with all the inspirations I get from regularly watching kids bring their imaginations to life.
A Quiet Minute in the Shade
I don’t have my journal or devotional or any analog reading material.
One son is at camp and another is occupied with friends at one of our regular meetups.
I’m usually energized by my homeschooling compatriots, but I need this quiet right now.
The phone is a nice backup for when I want a moment alone, but need to get some words out.
Simple. No deep thoughts. Just the cool shade and the quiet end of the park.
The Depopulation Agenda
The same is being done to females through puberty blockers, chemical birth control, and the poisonous diets and drugs pushed on younger and younger children of both sexes.
Get away from prescriptions, eat cleaner, live more naturally, and connect more often with God’s creation.
Learn -> Do -> Learn ‐> Do
An unschool friend has started a podcast where he interviews musicians in the punk and hardcore scenes. He’s taking his loves of live music and content creation to a new level with a very listenable show.
As music fans who aren’t all that knowledgeable about these genres, my boys and I have really enjoyed the first few episodes. It is most exciting to watch Gabe evolve as an interviewer and host.
I hope we can spread the word about his show and get him a few more listeners and watchers.
If God is for us, who is against us?
What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies; who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, “For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
–Romans 8:31-39 RSV
An internet disagreement went well. That might be enough of a story to hit Publish right now and be done with it. However, it got more interesting as my conversation partner direct messaged me because his next thoughts might be construed as pagan or occult and he didn’t want the potential backlash.
There’s a narrowness to allowable Christian discourse that doesn’t help our messy search for truth. Certain precepts are not to be questioned and wisdom from non-Christian religious teachings is all but outlawed.
In this video, Jonathan Pageau addresses some of the knee-jerk reactions that Christians have to symbols they don’t understand.
Kabbalah, Occultism, Freemasonry and Jordan Peterson – Stop Being Silly
My understanding is that God uses all things to His good. I also understand that symbols can be powerful and one shouldn’t be lackadaisical when engaging with them. The answer is to intentionally focus on God. If you stay in His love, you will receive wisdom and remain in a good place.
Learning is fun for me, I play with ideas and try to remain aware that I might be wrong about everything. That keeps Ego in check and prepares me to change course when truth is revealed.
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365 Devotionals: Don’t Shrink
I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes.
-Acts 20:20 NLT
I don’t carry a megaphone, but I don’t shrink from bringing my faith into conversation. I’m open about my lack of study and understanding, but share the guidance and wisdom I’ve gained from the Word.
We’re each called to share our faith in our particular way. My place is here and in the many opportunities I have to meet and get to know people.
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They’re a Miracle
The best part is that there is no population who shouldn’t take all of the Covid vaccines.
They are all safe and effective for every man, woman, and child.
Researchers uncover gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19
“But importantly it doesn’t affect the immune system, so the researchers expect people carrying this version of the gene to respond normally to vaccines.”
Are you still believing in this too-good-to-be-true family of unapproved vaccines that hasn’t stopped the “pandemic”?
(quotes because I don’t believe any of their bullshit)