…one psychologist has calculated that we can attend to only 110 bits of information per second, or 173 billion bits in an average lifetime… In Defense of Distraction, New York Magazine
Homeschoolers share the most interesting links. This one talks about what information consumes: Your attention. Continue reading
…At least, this is what I noticed lately.
I was away from home, so I did my Philippians reading in a handy generic King James Version. And I noticed that the English language has changed.
Duh, I know.
Joy didn’t used to be something we tried to possess, like a new car or a nice house or whatever we think is necessary to our well-being and prosperity. That’s how we think about it and talk about it.
Y’all know what I mean. It’s the only way I’d ever heard it mentioned before, and maybe that’s why joy is confusing these days. Continue reading
Happy Sunday. And now, I shall rant.
There’s a theory out there that when we think we’ve found God-moments in the culture, we have.
What’s more, it’s a sign that people who describe themselves as “hostile to God,” just as Paul does in Romans 8, are really more in tune with God than we mean ol’ churchies give them credit for. And we should have more respect for them than that, and see it as “the evangelization of the culture” or “a broader vision of the Kingdom than we previously accepted (subtext: we should be more humble humiliated about our doctrinal truths).”
News flash: As a former hostile-to-God type, that’s whacked. Continue reading
Animusic always makes me want to go compose. And work on CGI stuff, what little I’ve had time to learn.
Lately, the question of being real rather than religious is very much on my mind. Whether from a sinner’s background or a saint’s, there are trends out there to make you feel wrong about it.
There are two kinds of fake religion: One that says you must never show your sinful side, because the world must see your best appearance or Jesus will be shamed and ashamed. You dirty rotten sinner, you. Continue reading
