My current audiobook keeping my lengthy daily commute from becoming absolutely mind-numbing is a retelling of the Greek myths, Mythos, written and read by Stephen Fry. (Yes, that Stephen Fry.) The book came highly recommended from generally reputable sources, so when it became available through my library app, into my downloads it went. I was…
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Eyes Up!
The state department of transportation in my area utilizes electronic message boards to convey what it considers to be useful information or helpful reminders. Sometimes it is indeed useful – missing person alerts, detours and delays, traffic issues, and weather alerts – and sometimes the messages fall into the realm of punny safety tips. Recently…
Complaining
I hadn’t been at my new job very long, maybe a couple of weeks and certainly less than a month, when I noticed a disturbing and unhelpful pattern of behavior occurring in my office on an almost daily basis. It would start with a round of heavy sighs and a disgusted shaking of the head…
Miriam
One of the individuals from the Bible to which I’ve mentally returned repeatedly over the course of the last several months is Miriam. Compared with her brothers – Moses the renowned prophet and servant of the Lord who led the Israelites out of Egypt, and Aaron the original high priest who served as Moses’ spokesman…