Have decided that I'm going to get a damn good start on my Religion and the Founding Fathers series this week, instead of just putting it off till resources fell into my lap. To that end, I checked out three books from the church library yesterday, and have found that only one is really useful ( Read more... )

I'm rather delighted at all the autism info cnn.com is posting. One of my nephews is a high-functioning autist. Sis and her family live in Baton Rouge, so I never get to spend enough time with His Nibs, but he's a great kid. Talks a ton, and if you didn't already know he was autistic, you probably wouldn't be able to tell. Also, he has ( Read more... )

Next week's topic is Martin Luther King, Jr. This may sound odd, but one of the reasons I like him is because he challenges my extreme dislike of mixing religion and politics ( Read more... )

I worked on not one, but two handouts today, and after a brain rest I'm ready to go again. I've rediscovered my old habit of putting together early the handouts that interest me the most ( Read more... )

This is a great moral refutation of the Biblical version of God.

Stuff like this makes my Sunday school fun.

Diabetes Study Favors Surgery to Treat ObeseI sent this one to my mom, who is both unhealthily overweight (because I firmly believe you can be "overweight" and fairly healthy) and diabetic. She's considered some type of weight loss surgery because she simply can't lose it by herself; she could if she had the time, energy, and willpower to exercise ( Read more... )

George Santayana is actually kinda interesting!