Month: January 2008
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Sabbath and a Boro Connection
Yesterday was a good day. Rather Sabbathy. I think in general Christians today are too ready to throw out the Sabbath baby with the legalistic bath water. Jesus didn’t tell people to stop obeying one of the ten commandments, he just pointed out that (like all the other commandments) the call to cease for a…
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Language School
I finished up my first half week of language school. I am enjoying the class (excluding most of the current material composed of basic sounds (consonants, vowels, and tone) that I had already done much to learn prior to the start of class). It’s a fun class with an entertaining mixture of cultures. The class…
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Locked Gates and Brain Cookers
Last night I went to care team again. It once again was a great time with peers. At 9:45 I realized that the gathering wasn’t wrapping up, and even if it was I wasn’t going to make it home by 10:00 if I took a bus. (The place where I am staying locks its gates…
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Knives and Sinks
For my readers who, like myself, are unexperienced in keeping their own house: place your drying rack so the silverware is on the side opposite the sink, or don’t put knives point up in the drying rack. Experience has now taught me that it is rather easy while reaching down into the sink to set…
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Of Motorcycles and Mail
I was walking on my way to eat lunch when all of a sudden I became aware that the people walking beside me were no longer beside me. They had stopped. About that same time I realized I had just been hit. I turned around to find that what had just run into me was…