Conversations with the Kids II

Conversation with Rory...

Rory: Mama, come see this dead bird.

Amy: I don't want to see a dead bird.

Rory: No, just come see it. One little look. (tries to turn my head)

Amy: I don't want to see it. I don't like seeing dead animals.

Rory: It's stinct.

Amy: (thinking - I guess he means it's stinky) Oh, you mean extinct. Extinct means there are no more animals of that kind. Like dinosaurs. There are no more dinosaurs, so they're extinct. But if a dog or a bird dies that doesn't mean it's extinct.

Rory: Skunks are extinct.

Amy: No, they're stinky!

Conversation with Darby...

Darby: Rory said I am a butt.

Conner: Well, you're not a butt.

Darby: Rory, I am not a buuuutt.

Rory: You're lying! I didn't call you a butt!

Darby: Is I'm a lion??

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Learning Star Photography

So we went to stargaze in Slim Buttes, a category 1 dark site. Super dark. But I was pretty disappointed with the pictures I got. So I stayed up too late to learn more about it and play around at home. Looking forward to getting back out to the Buttes to make another stab at it. This is what I got here at home using the "500 rule." It has something to do with dividing the number 500 by your focal length. I was using a 50mm lens, so the exposure time was supposed to be 10 seconds. This rule ensures you get stars that look like actual pinpoints of light, and avoids the rotation of the earth issue. And this is what I learned how to do by stitching together multiple shots in Photoshop to show "star trails, the path of the stars across the sky due to the earth's rotation. So the opposite effect of the shot above. Looking forward to doing a lot more of these in the future with some cooler foreground options and less light pollution. I was pretty excited with what I go...

Scenes from the Harding County Chamber of Commerce Meeting

A church planter in Pompano Beach, Florida, attends the local Chamber of Commerce meeting to expand his outreach. None of these folks have gotten involved with the church, but they have shared personal stuff with him. It's been pastoral. Well if Larry can do it, so can Conner! Or so I thought. --------Scene 1---------- I wander into the meeting. A guy with a cap that has the bank's logo pulls up a chair for me. I remind myself to just be natural, be curious, ask the questions that come to mind. First question: "So how long is this going to take, anyway?" Smooth. But I met some people. And I volunteered to help hang Christmas lights on the town tree. More good than bad. ---------Scene 2--------- The discussion turned to some Christmas event they're hosting. Pictures with Santa, that kind of thing. "It would be nice if we could get someone to dress up as an elf," someone said. Every single person there looked at me. How am I supposed to...

And Makes the Nations Prove ... What?

"Massacre of the Innocents" by Peter Paul Rubens Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, 'Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.' (Exodus 1:22) Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time he had ascertained from the wise men. (Matt. 2:16) Isaac Watts’ "Joy to the World” tells us fighting for righteousness in the land is central to the church’s mission. Sing along: No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found … He rules the world with truth and grace And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness And wonders of his love. Given the horrors enacted by the government at the time of Jesus' bi...

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