Sunday, December 10, 2023

 


Christian love is SACRIFICIAL love. It can mean various things--sacrificing our time and/or our money to make sure others' needs are met, and it may mean giving up something we like--for some people, it may mean giving up guns and calling for strong gun control laws to make sure everyone will be safe, or for other people, it may mean during this pandemic wearing a mask, social distancing, and getting vaxxed/boosted even though your political beliefs cause you to think doing those things are stupid. And yes, some people resist all those things because of their political beliefs, even though weak gun control laws enable murder and not observing covid protocols lead to death, and this lack of caring is equivalent to the people who are pro-abortion/pro-choice...some people just don't care who dies.  Letting other people decide for themselves about the pandemic response is no different from being pro-abortion or pro-choice or thinking it's okay to drink or for everyone to have guns. Preachers and elders who have never urged the congregation to mask up and get vaxxed and boosted are not being helpful. We're supposed to spur each other on to love and good works and do good to everyone. Calling for observing covid protocols and calling for strong gun control laws, or, at best, a total gun ban and promoting abstinence or domestic adoption is all a part of doing good and spurring each other on to love and good works! How are we helping everyone recognize Jesus? Are we acting in such a way that they will recognize Him when we tell about Him? Or will they not see Him because of the way we act? I certainly don't see Him in the guns-in-pews crowd! Or the anti-maskers/anti-vaxxers/personal choice people! I only see people who are thinking through their politics! Are we caring or do we think through the culture or the political party we vote for? Or do we have the mind of Christ? Christianity is BEYOND CULTURE. Cf. Mark 6 If we want people to listen to us, we have to set a good example and that includes caring what happens to everyone and caring what happens to everyone includes masking/vaxxing and calling for strong gun control laws!! Do we really want to listen to people who think through their politics?


Monday, March 1, 2021

Update!

I won't be renaming the blog, yet, but I am adjusting the focus to writing and progress in writing.

I have a few things in progress now.

I hope everyone is doing well at this stressful time. Remember to wear a mask, wear gloves, practice social distancing, wash your hands, change clothes after being on an errand that takes more than a few minutes, order and pick up groceries if possible, get the covid vaccine when you have the opportunity, and stay safe!

Thursday, February 27, 2020

It's Still Here!!!

Yes, I need to get back to this on at least a weekly basis 'cause hey it's still here on the 'net!!!
I hope everybody's doing well.
I've got a regular telecommuting job plus a couple of freelance gigs and possibly a third.
I still love copyediting!!!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Loss of William Zinsser

With regret I read yesterday of the passing of William Zinsser.
http://news.yahoo.com/william-zinsser-author-writing-well-dies-92-231227916.html;_ylt=A0LEV0Lhl1NVmLIAS7hXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzbWozNzgyBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDVklQNTc4XzEEc2VjA3Nj


I benefited from his books
On Writing Well and Writing to Learn as learner and teacher. I still keep my copy of
On Writing Well on my desk, and refer to it.


Anyone who needs to learn how to write needs to read his works.


Writing About Your Life was one of the inspirations for this blog and helped get  me through what was in general a difficult summer.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Product Designers :(

Would it actually be possible for product designers to design products that would be actually be easy to use or even usable for ordinary people? I'm looking at you, bandage designers and nutrition beverage packaging designers! And a lot of other product designers!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Word software is . . . evil. Seriously. It is so "my way or the highway" and so difficult to use that it's downright evil. I know that's odd to say and reactionary, but still . . . .
Some people say the 'net is evil. I say it's what you do with it--use it for good stuff or bad stuff.
But Word software . . . ugh! To have used it for years and just find out that you have to hit "accept"  to keep changes when "save" won't do it, and "hit save" is what you were told, and only what you were told!!!!!

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Atmosphere Lived In

Don't trust anybody. Because you can't trust anybody.
Everybody is going to jerk you over.
You can't do anything right.
You never ask enough questions.