Christmas holidays about to end so this may be my last opportunity to write in some time.
Here are the things I've been thinking about lately:
One:
I've decided not to worry about the possiblity of the "mega volcano" under Yellowstone Park blowing North America off the planet. Scientists aren't worried about it.
Two:
Speaking of scientists, I finally got around to reading up on this "physics" thing that seems to be sweeping the nation. They used to call it Natural Philosophy. Then the Age of Reason swept the philosophy out of it, so all that was left was people who study the natural world. Scientists.
ANyway, the point is that after reading some of what's been going on in Physics in the last 50 or 80 years or so, I find it very interesting that the Philosophy has been put back into the study. They're finding that atoms and other very small objects don't behave in away way that would seem normal to me. Particles that exist in two different places at the same time. That influence each other over long distances.
What does this mean? For scientists, nothing. Keep working at it. But a philospher might like to infer that physical matter is not only governed by physical laws, but at least to some extent by SOMETHING ELSE.
Three:
Brian McLaren shares some advice for Christian "worship-song" writers in his book Adventures in Missing the Point, written with Tony Campolo.
Among the advice is the caution that if worship is all about the joy Christians experience in knowing Christ, then worship will begin to sour because it doesn't accurately reflect the experience of BEING a Christian. What about the mourning, and suffering? Does that have a place in worship? Is "Now" the time to worship when you're on the verge of discarding your faith?
Four:
I think Amaretto is my new favorite drink.
Five:
Dan, this Pandora thing - I think it's going to be the next big thing.
Six:
Our Korean Student (Sung Hwan - aka Elliott) will not be coming to live with us, it turns out. And we went and bought a smoke alarm. The homestay co-ordinator suspects that Elliott's family discovered that public schools are free.
The main thing, though, is that everyone is free to come to our house and smoke pipes and drink amaretto without worry.
Josh
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