I’m sorry I didn’t post anything yesterday. I had one of my worst weekends in a long while. It started with a bad second date and ended with two tow trucks and three rideshare rides.
I didn’t have any transportation to get to church on Sunday, but I dusted off my bike, aired up the tires, and rode to church. Despite it being a little warm outside, it was nice to get in a nature mindset for church.
We wrapped up our series on Psalms, focusing on the 23rd specifically. Obviously, it’s the most recognized of them all, but I’ll be honest, I never really understood or connected with it like most folks. What helped was discovering its historical context and how its origin was recited before a battle. That helped me better understand verse five’s reference to eating before your enemies.
We analyzed orientation, disorientation, and new orientation. Psalms of orientation affirm God’s control and well-ordered life. Psalms of disorientation lament and question God and God’s existence. Psalms of reorientation look back on past events and offer thanks to God for deliverance.
Our text cited Bono several times, discussing the Psalms and how the Blues are the modern-day equivalent. I mention that because throughout this series, we were encouraged to write our own Psalms and share it with the class. With disorientation and Bono in mind, I decided to be raw. Our writing prompt was, “The Lord is my…” This is what I started with, and I’m still not finished with it:
The Lord is my torment
I feel so alone
Abandoned and forgotten
I don’t feel His comfort
And I’m lost in my despair
No longer able to trust
Following the death of the Danish butter magnate Lars Emil Bruun in 1923, his will had a curious order: His vast accumulation of coins, notes and medals, amassed over more than six decades, should be held as an emergency reserve for Denmark’s national collection in case it were ever destroyed. After a century, if all was well, his own cache could finally be sold to benefit his descendants. Next month, just under a year since the 100-year-old order expired, the first set of coins from Bruun’s personal 20,000-piece collection will go up for
Dallas has nine Fortune 500 companies, 24 when counting the broader D-FW area. A Downtown-based stock exchange is on the horizon, corporate giants are moving headquarters and offices in the area and more wealthy individuals are beginning to call the city home. The city is sprouting from the roots of being the Sun Belt’s economic powerhouse into one of the biggest ones in the country. Though New York City and, to some extent Chicago, are still the kings, slow growth after COVID-19 means Dallas is in the right place at the right time to emerge with the financial crown.
Kennedy cut off a whale’s head with a chainsaw in or around 1994 after finding out that it washed up on Squaw Island in Hyannis Port, Mass., his daughter Kick Kennedy told Town & Country Magazine in 2012.
He bungee-corded it to the roof of the family’s minivan and drove it to Mount Kisco, N.Y., she said. “Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet,” Kick said in the interview.
“Basically he was saying when my bubbles pop the residue of the bubbles fall to the ground and kill the grass,” he said. “I explained to them I am full compliance. I am registered with San Diego Parks and Rec. I have insurance.”
Reflect Orbitals is building space mirrors to reflect sunlight onto solar panels at night. The goal is to maximize solar farms’ energy production. According to their official website, you can also book a spot of light for yourself.
