One of the thrilling things about cross-cultural work is that one is always learning something new. Here I am a 65 year-old and I am just learned a skill every teenage boy has in the bush has. How to net salmon with a 50 fathom drift netA large fishing net hung on a line of [...]
Sep
04
Preventing Suicide (Part 2)
Part one of this series contained general comments on preventing suicide. In this post we will look at instances of suicide in the Bible. Please note: Just because the Bible has examples of suicide does not mean that it approves or even suggests doing it! On the contrary, it shows suicide as a horrible end [...]
Sep
03
Preventing Suicide (Part 1)
Why do some social groups have a high rate of suicides? What can they do to prevent it? I have had occasions to wonder about this. For instance, I had a cousin who did it. He was in a mental institution for murdering his wife and children. He says he had a dream that told [...]
Sep
01
Bibliographies
I have always been involved in schools and teaching. My mother was a first grade teacher who did not retire until she was sixty-six. I am almost that old now and have no plans to retire, die, maybe, but retire no! The primary tool of western school work is books! What which books should I [...]
Snapshots
Sep
25
Do Not Brag
by ffenby
Luke 9:18-22 has an interesting command. Peter has correctly stated that Jesus is Messiah, the Christ, the anointed one of God. Immediately Jesus commands the disciples not to tell anyone. Why not? Because Jesus must suffer, be rejected, die and be raised from the dead. How about us? Do we seek attention for the special [...]
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