The multipurpose staircase in the Panorama House.
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Not to mention how difficult scanning is in an ebook.
The multipurpose staircase in the Panorama House.
Or this:
Or this:
Or this:
Or this:
Not to mention how difficult scanning is in an ebook.
Or, because an e-reader costs real money, fling them across the room when the stink.
Ha,ha! Yes, that’s very good.
Sorry for resurrecting a dormant thread. This is the most recent post where I felt this comment was appropriate.
The June 2012 issue of The Old Schoolhouse magazine had an interesting article on why modern children’s books don’t grab kids they way books from the golden age of children’s literature did (and still do). (Thanks to my local homeschool newsletter for bringing it to my attention.)
How Do I Know If A Book Is Living? By Michelle Miller
This has implications beyond children’s books to adult books too.
Thanks. That’s good. It reminds me of a conversation with Alan Jacobs on a book called Summerland, I think. He said it was wonderful story written for young people, but he couldn’t recommend it to his children because it was based on the idea that the world is whatever we make it. God, goodness, and evil do not exist save that we believe they do and define them as we wish. That would be the first big question, if not both.
That reminds me of a pop psychology teaching from my younger days, that you should believe in something. It didn’t matter what you believed in as long as you believed in something because the power was in your faith. What a crock. The power of faith is that our believe in what is true connects us with that truth. But faith in that which is not true only sets us up for failure. I remember once putting faith in a chair that was not worthy of my faith. No matter how hard I believed, that chair was not going to suspend my fanny above the floor. Fortunately, the only thing I injured was my dignity. On the other hand, many times I have put faith in chairs and benches that were truly strong enough to support my incredible bulk. By exercising faith in those seating utensils I was able to gain the benefits they were able to offer me, taking a load off my feet for a time. The power is not in faith, but in the object of the faith when my faith leads me to take action in accord with the truth of my belief. That’s why doctrine is so important. The things we believe about God must be true if they are to guide us to act in a way that will bring us the benefits God has to offer.