Hey Molly,
SO, New York was pretty excellent. John and I started out from Grand Central Station and puttered about for a little while, visiting nearby stores in Times Square. Highlights include the Lego store, the Nintendo Store (at which John found very necessary to remark on their declining game line up), the M&M store, and the Hershey store, which was actually right across from the M&M store! ...And was a lot smaller, like a lot a lot.
After that, we headed down to Soho and hung out on the docks. It was very wet. Then we took the subway to the MoMa, where we saw the after hours exhibition of modern video games. I kid you not, 99% of the people there were hipsters. Like hardcore, pabst-blue ribbon drinking, flannel wearing hipsters. I actually pointed out to John when I found another guy that was "normal" and un-hipsterish. Most of the games presented we'd already heard of, and in our own way we scoffed at the masses and laughed at how mainstream their tastes were.
Wait! No first, before we went to the MoMa we went to the Brick in Brooklyn, a little hole in the wall theater. From the outside I thought it looked awesome, but John was a little intimidated and was REALLY hoping it wasn't going to be a really small venue. And it was. But it was still great! The play was interactive, and set up in the style of an adventure game like that Monkey Island one we started playing; a person in the audience would tell the guy on stage to go pick up a phone, and he would. Interactive! There was more to it than just that but it would take way way too long to type, so I'll tell you all about it tomorrow after you've read this post. John LOVED it, and thought it would be excellent for the agents, and I gotta agree. You would have loved it.
We headed back to Grand Central, caught the train...and you know the rest :P
There are many more blanks that I'll fill in when we chat about it! But now time for tending to you. Love you :)
-The Mouse
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Phone calls in the night
Dear David,
Praise God I didn't lose you last night! My goodness, you had me worried! You call at 6:30 AM and catch me half asleep, so I miss out on your story, then later this morning I see you also called at 2 AM, and I thought to myself, good heavens what did that boy get himself into??? I won't spoil the story by giving away the exciting details of your adventure in my post, but I expect a detailed account on the blog tomorrow, because you certainly had an interesting night! So readers, expect an awesome update tomorrow.
How was the museum and the show? That part I didn't get to ask you about, and I'm very curious! Training week in Atlanta is going well. Yesterday we went out to dinner at a place called Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles. Everyone at my table ordered the Midnight Train, which is the special. It's a waffle that comes with four friend chicken wings. And it was delicious. I decided that I needed to make two videos of the week after all--one for my support channel, and one for my regular channel which chronicles all the interny awesomeness of the week.
I need to write some thank you notes to supporters, and then I have prayer group from 1:30-4:30, so I need to sign off. Can you believe that I WILL GET TO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT??? Just let that sink in a little bit. I recommend you make your post early in the day, or else you will forget!
I haven't forgotten that I need to challenge you, by the way! I said our challenges for this past forgetfulness should be simpler than in the past. I have a lovely one for you. Right now under favorite music, you have Jennifer Love Hewitt twice (I assume John did that...), In Spades, and "Little of this, little of that." Your challenge is to delete all your listings under Favorite Music, and replace them with Owl City, Dave Matthews Band, Matchbox 20, and the Dixie Chicks. You may neither add to nor take away from this list, nor can you give any explanation to account for the change.
I will read you tomorrow.
Love,
~The Princess~
Praise God I didn't lose you last night! My goodness, you had me worried! You call at 6:30 AM and catch me half asleep, so I miss out on your story, then later this morning I see you also called at 2 AM, and I thought to myself, good heavens what did that boy get himself into??? I won't spoil the story by giving away the exciting details of your adventure in my post, but I expect a detailed account on the blog tomorrow, because you certainly had an interesting night! So readers, expect an awesome update tomorrow.
How was the museum and the show? That part I didn't get to ask you about, and I'm very curious! Training week in Atlanta is going well. Yesterday we went out to dinner at a place called Gladys Knight's Chicken and Waffles. Everyone at my table ordered the Midnight Train, which is the special. It's a waffle that comes with four friend chicken wings. And it was delicious. I decided that I needed to make two videos of the week after all--one for my support channel, and one for my regular channel which chronicles all the interny awesomeness of the week.
I need to write some thank you notes to supporters, and then I have prayer group from 1:30-4:30, so I need to sign off. Can you believe that I WILL GET TO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT??? Just let that sink in a little bit. I recommend you make your post early in the day, or else you will forget!
I haven't forgotten that I need to challenge you, by the way! I said our challenges for this past forgetfulness should be simpler than in the past. I have a lovely one for you. Right now under favorite music, you have Jennifer Love Hewitt twice (I assume John did that...), In Spades, and "Little of this, little of that." Your challenge is to delete all your listings under Favorite Music, and replace them with Owl City, Dave Matthews Band, Matchbox 20, and the Dixie Chicks. You may neither add to nor take away from this list, nor can you give any explanation to account for the change.
I will read you tomorrow.
Love,
~The Princess~
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The Big Cantaloupe!
Oh Snap,
Looks like you just dropped a knowledge bomb on me. My girlfriend is so smart and well read. Yeah, I didn't read chapter 1, and I probably should have, but everything you wrote was very insightful! I think you're right, having a little bit of structure in my reading would probably help in understanding what I'm reading. So that's gonna be the new game plan.
Today's post is going to be very short because, as you know, I'm heading to New York today! John and I are going to see an arcade exhibit at the MoMA, and then we're off to Brooklyn to catch a video game themed play at the Brick, a neat little video game themed theater. I'm leaving the house at around 10, hoping to get to new haven in time to catch the metro at 11:58 (yeah, it doesn't take nearly that long, I know). The MoMA exhibit actually starts at around 7. So what are we going to do in the meantime, you ask?
No clue. But it'll be an adventure! It'll be great. Alright, I gotta go. I love you!
-The Mouse
Looks like you just dropped a knowledge bomb on me. My girlfriend is so smart and well read. Yeah, I didn't read chapter 1, and I probably should have, but everything you wrote was very insightful! I think you're right, having a little bit of structure in my reading would probably help in understanding what I'm reading. So that's gonna be the new game plan.
Today's post is going to be very short because, as you know, I'm heading to New York today! John and I are going to see an arcade exhibit at the MoMA, and then we're off to Brooklyn to catch a video game themed play at the Brick, a neat little video game themed theater. I'm leaving the house at around 10, hoping to get to new haven in time to catch the metro at 11:58 (yeah, it doesn't take nearly that long, I know). The MoMA exhibit actually starts at around 7. So what are we going to do in the meantime, you ask?
No clue. But it'll be an adventure! It'll be great. Alright, I gotta go. I love you!
-The Mouse
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Scripture, justification, sanctification, and...circumcision?
Hello my David!
I would encourage you to stick to a book once you've started it, rather than skipping around. If you want to read Galations, start at the beginning (did you already read the first chapter? you just didn't mention that) and read to the end, before going on to another book. If you read an entire book, you can sometimes get more out of it than if you just read one random chapter, because there are themes and connections that run throughout the book. You can go through two books at the same time, but I wouldn't recommend just reading here and there. I'm totally behind your "game plan" plan.
I read your post, then grabbed my Bible and read Galations 1 and 2 myself to see what you were talking about. I think you missed some of the context in which Paul is writing which would add richness to the passage. The "spies" that Paul talks about were not trying to derail his faith. When Paul was in Antioch, false teachers came down from Judea and started preaching that the Gentiles had to be circumcised in order to be saved, which "brought Paul and Barnabus into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question" (Acts 15:2). Paul had not been preaching the gospel cautiously; he had been sent by Christ to spread the good news to the Gentiles, and he did that boldly. Rather, when a dispute arose over the necessity of circumcision, it grew to such a fever pitch that it was wisely decided that the apostles in Jerusalem ought to be consulted.
In Galations 2, upon arriving in Jerusalem, Paul says that he "set before [the apostles] the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain" (verse 2). He was not awaiting reassurance that he was doing a good job preaching the gospel message, for he says very plainly in chapter one that "when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus" (15-17, emphasis added). Paul was completely certain that he was preaching Christ's Gospel, which he "received...by revelation from Jesus Christ" (1:12). The race he is talking about running is the sharp debate he had been having with the false teachers who were preaching Christ and circumcision. He came to seek out the counsel of the apostles in the matter, to check whether in this disputable matter he was correct in his teaching. Indeed, the very next sentence says, "Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek" (verse 4).
As for how natural the language sounds, I can totally relate to your surprise, because I am constantly amazed at how accessible the Bible's language is. Growing up, I always thought the Bible was full of flowery, old language that was difficult and boring. Reading it now, I am discovering, book after book, just how wrong I was, and I love this discovery.
Today's training is all about purposes, principles, and presuppositions. I'm learning a lot of interesting stuff. Much of it I have recently read about, but it is nonetheless exciting and there are plenty of details and illustrations that are new to me, so I am very much enjoying the sessions today. Tonight at 6 we are gathering for worship, and then we've been split up to go out in dinner groups to fellowship with each other. I tried to call you between sessions, but it went to voicemail! What's up with that? :-P Maybe I will be able to talk to you tomorrow.
Love,
~Your Princess~
I would encourage you to stick to a book once you've started it, rather than skipping around. If you want to read Galations, start at the beginning (did you already read the first chapter? you just didn't mention that) and read to the end, before going on to another book. If you read an entire book, you can sometimes get more out of it than if you just read one random chapter, because there are themes and connections that run throughout the book. You can go through two books at the same time, but I wouldn't recommend just reading here and there. I'm totally behind your "game plan" plan.
I read your post, then grabbed my Bible and read Galations 1 and 2 myself to see what you were talking about. I think you missed some of the context in which Paul is writing which would add richness to the passage. The "spies" that Paul talks about were not trying to derail his faith. When Paul was in Antioch, false teachers came down from Judea and started preaching that the Gentiles had to be circumcised in order to be saved, which "brought Paul and Barnabus into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question" (Acts 15:2). Paul had not been preaching the gospel cautiously; he had been sent by Christ to spread the good news to the Gentiles, and he did that boldly. Rather, when a dispute arose over the necessity of circumcision, it grew to such a fever pitch that it was wisely decided that the apostles in Jerusalem ought to be consulted.
In Galations 2, upon arriving in Jerusalem, Paul says that he "set before [the apostles] the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain" (verse 2). He was not awaiting reassurance that he was doing a good job preaching the gospel message, for he says very plainly in chapter one that "when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus" (15-17, emphasis added). Paul was completely certain that he was preaching Christ's Gospel, which he "received...by revelation from Jesus Christ" (1:12). The race he is talking about running is the sharp debate he had been having with the false teachers who were preaching Christ and circumcision. He came to seek out the counsel of the apostles in the matter, to check whether in this disputable matter he was correct in his teaching. Indeed, the very next sentence says, "Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek" (verse 4).
As for how natural the language sounds, I can totally relate to your surprise, because I am constantly amazed at how accessible the Bible's language is. Growing up, I always thought the Bible was full of flowery, old language that was difficult and boring. Reading it now, I am discovering, book after book, just how wrong I was, and I love this discovery.
Today's training is all about purposes, principles, and presuppositions. I'm learning a lot of interesting stuff. Much of it I have recently read about, but it is nonetheless exciting and there are plenty of details and illustrations that are new to me, so I am very much enjoying the sessions today. Tonight at 6 we are gathering for worship, and then we've been split up to go out in dinner groups to fellowship with each other. I tried to call you between sessions, but it went to voicemail! What's up with that? :-P Maybe I will be able to talk to you tomorrow.
Love,
~Your Princess~
Monday, July 25, 2011
Galatians? More like sensation!...al...
Hey Molly,
I think I'll begin to read scripture with more of a game plan instead of just randomly choosing a verse like I am now. Or maybe I'll go a couple days reading in order then out of the blue one day I'll choose something different. So many possibilities... Maybe I'll work the Fibonacci sequence in there somehow...
Tonight I read Galatians chapter 2, which followed Paul as he headed back to Jerusalem with Titus and Barnabus to preach the Gospel. There were a couple parts that stood out to me in this chapter. The first of which was a phrase that Paul uses. In verse 2 he writes "I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain." In context, he's referring to presenting his message to the leaders of the church in Jerusalem. I was just surprised by the language he used, and how natural it sounded. I could almost see him with slight apprehension when talking to John and the rest, and them reassuring him that he's doing fine. It was a very human action and kind of made me chuckle.
Another part that I found interesting was his cautiousness in teaching because of recent infiltration into his group by spies, who had joined wanting to break apart their faith. When I think of obstacles that distance me from God, they're usually inward; it's very rare that I run into something or someone which's goal is to harm me spiritually. That's probably due to my own aloofness more than anything else, but it's scary to think people would have gone so far as to actually spy on them and try to do them harm. Makes me rethink whether it was more difficult to be a Christian then or today.
Alright, I'm off to bed and to reflect upon this a little bit more. I feel like there's something more here that I'm missing. Goodnight! Read you man(tilde)ana.
-Your Mouse
Friday, July 22, 2011
Taking a turn
Yo yo yo Cameron,
Why exactly was the last post addressed to Molony?
Heat stroke! Poor baby! Bah, you're always getting sick! Drink more water or something. Just kidding.
My time in Florida is drawing to an end. Tomorrow morning I am heading out to North Carolina to my uncle's house in the mountains. I hear it's beautiful. I feel like this vacation has been a little rushed, but what can you do?
Oh my goodness, there's a commercial on TV saying, "You're single. You're Christian. And you're looking for someone to love. Sometimes we wait for God to make the next move..." and then it advertizes a dating site called christianmingle.com. That would never fly up north. Not that I think it's a great idea in the first place, but just sayin'.
I love to read whatever you post, especially if it is somthing you are excited about. If you find some scriptural passages you want to share and comment on, I'd love to hear them! But I also want to hear about what's going on in your life, especially once I'm down in TN. I think your idea is a great one, though.
It's thundering outside! Nothing like a crazy Florida thunderstorm to cool off a crazy-hot Florida day. This keyboard has sticky keys, so I have to type slowly and it's annoying.
I will read you on Monday! We both need to get our videos posted! And come up with another challenge for each other! What do you say to mini-challenges this time? I'd much rather have more time to spend with you than on a challenge.
Love,
~The Princess~
Why exactly was the last post addressed to Molony?
Heat stroke! Poor baby! Bah, you're always getting sick! Drink more water or something. Just kidding.
My time in Florida is drawing to an end. Tomorrow morning I am heading out to North Carolina to my uncle's house in the mountains. I hear it's beautiful. I feel like this vacation has been a little rushed, but what can you do?
Oh my goodness, there's a commercial on TV saying, "You're single. You're Christian. And you're looking for someone to love. Sometimes we wait for God to make the next move..." and then it advertizes a dating site called christianmingle.com. That would never fly up north. Not that I think it's a great idea in the first place, but just sayin'.
I love to read whatever you post, especially if it is somthing you are excited about. If you find some scriptural passages you want to share and comment on, I'd love to hear them! But I also want to hear about what's going on in your life, especially once I'm down in TN. I think your idea is a great one, though.
It's thundering outside! Nothing like a crazy Florida thunderstorm to cool off a crazy-hot Florida day. This keyboard has sticky keys, so I have to type slowly and it's annoying.
I will read you on Monday! We both need to get our videos posted! And come up with another challenge for each other! What do you say to mini-challenges this time? I'd much rather have more time to spend with you than on a challenge.
Love,
~The Princess~
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Shorty
Hey Molony,
Today was really hot and I had to work outside. Worse combination than brushing your teeth and then drinking orange juice. I got mild heat stroke today, which was not as much fun as it sounds, and the combination of heat and stroke does not sound very fun to me. I felt really really nauseated and dizzy, and even the boscos were saying that I should come in for a break, so I did.
I'm finding that my days are becoming more and more samey, so I think in future posts I'll talk more about what verses of scripture I'm reading and maybe reflect on them. I think it'd be neat. Thoughts?
Bed Time. Peace out. Love you.
Mouse boioioi
Today was really hot and I had to work outside. Worse combination than brushing your teeth and then drinking orange juice. I got mild heat stroke today, which was not as much fun as it sounds, and the combination of heat and stroke does not sound very fun to me. I felt really really nauseated and dizzy, and even the boscos were saying that I should come in for a break, so I did.
I'm finding that my days are becoming more and more samey, so I think in future posts I'll talk more about what verses of scripture I'm reading and maybe reflect on them. I think it'd be neat. Thoughts?
Bed Time. Peace out. Love you.
Mouse boioioi
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