Galatians 2:12, “For before certain men came from James, he [Peter] was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.” I’d be afraid of anything called a ‘circumcision party’ as well.
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Month: June 2013
“I’m trying to watch a webinar and I don’t know if I have the right whatever thingy.”
Most of us just think these things quietly in our heads, but my former classmate is unfettered by such constraints (her username and ‘sentence enhancers’ pixelated to protect the guilty):
One of several polite terms for a bull (for those who did not want to say ‘bull’ due to its sexual overtones).
NoteMaster is a note-taking app for iOS. I switched to it after trying out various note-taking apps, and not really loving any of them. I love this app. I had been using Apple’s native Notes app for years, but I was running into limitations–there was no way to do bold, indent, make bulleted lists, and […]
The other day I was dictating voice notes on my phone for my Wednesday night lesson at church. At one point what I said was “Three offices in Old Testament were prophet, priest and king.” What Siri translated was, “Three offices in Old Testament were probably pretty stinky.” While technically true, due to the hot […]
“If I had a genie that would be my only wish–a time machine. And maybe money for college.”
“Skill cannot take the place of sympathy and understanding, for science without heart is ugly and pitiless.” –Dr. Katherine Berry Richardson, co-founder of The Children’s Mercy Hospital.
“In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we’re doing anonymously.”
n.; an adult who is not a grown-up. Check the NY Times for an excellent article describing the word.