Here's an interesting article by Al Mohler about the changing religious demographics of the United States.
Recent cooking adventures? Oatmeal spice cake with honey-cream cheese frosting, pulled pork in the crock pot, and soon, hopefully, chicken spaghetti from Pioneer Woman (minus the overly-processed cream of whatever soups)!
I finished Atheism Remix by Al Mohler on Sunday, and am still in the middle of Mark Twain's European adventure, A Tramp Abroad. I'm also reading The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller. This book is very interesting, but I don't agree with a lot of what she says. However, Miller does exhibit some good insight:
"The sort of experience that makes for a good story is seldom a comfy one.
'Adventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called a hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it...This is surely the oldest form of the many tasks that stories are called upon to perform." pg. 57
"[Lewis] firmly believe that sometimes war was necessary. Religion explains the why -- sometimes we must be willing to sacrifice ourselves for a greater good -- but stories show us how. Stories are what make heroes. You can only become a hero by participating in a story, and stories bestow meaning on what might otherwise look like raw suffereing and waste." pg. 59I've had two interviews in the last two days for three different positions, but I didn't get the first and if offered the second or third, I will decline them. There are some things that specific students need that I am just not willing to help with. I worked two days last week and am working five days this week, and with all the busyness of work and home and church and projects and cleaning and running errands and needing to fix the car, I can't help thinking that maybe I shouldn't try for a full-time job. :P We shall see...
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