I'm seeking to follow my King, day by day ( Read more... )

We've been ill here :( But I think our family is recovering, praise the Lord ( Read more... )

My Google Keep account started as a place to store handy info like current available vacation time, addresses, work on-call numbers, and shopping lists. But over time it's become a tool for my emotional stability. I have tags like Anxiety, Harmony, Prayers, Lack of Words, Soul, in addition to the more logistical stuff.


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I can't decide between wanting to learn Alutiiq vocabulary, Vulcan script, or Akkadian. Hmm.

Me at the work party this afternoon: Anyone want to talk about Ashurbanipal's library? The Babylonian use of Sumerian logograms? :D

Everyone else: O_o?

Was reading an EDUCAUSE article about stress in the workplace, in particular the stress that leaders feel. I'm not a supervisor, but I can relate to the stress that comes from working in "conditions of constant uncertainty." I found this line interesting: "Boyatzis and McKee point out that it's not stress per se, but too little recovery time that ( Read more... )

I did a quick word study on "all" and "day" to see what the Psalms say about daily life. I thought they might speak of praise all day long or their focus on God. (I struggle to maintain both of those through the mentally-exhausting work of the day.) I did find some passages like this; but I was also surprised to see that many of the Psalmists' ( Read more... )

From Fahrenheit 451:

"Well, I'd say it really got started around a thing called the Civil War. Even though our rule book claims it was founded earlier. The fact is we didn't get along well until photography came into its own. Then -- motion pictures in the early twentieth century. Radio. Television. Things began to have mass... And because ( Read more... )

This morning, I wasn't feeling well :( So I stayed home to rest. When I got up, I read some psalms starting at Psalm 51 and reading through Psalm 55. I wrote out some prayers and some verses from them:

"...You do not delight in burnt offering ( Read more... )

Haven't been able to sleep well for a while. Ugh. So it took me a while to get started this morning. And I've been having weird dreams...some good, others bad ( Read more... )

The snow is falling in big scattered flakes ( Read more... )