Friday Findings

I’m a curious soul – with a wide range of nerdy and geeky interests, ranging from space exploration to theological concepts.  I often find interesting items when stumbling about on the internet – and on Friday’s I like to share my findings with you!

And I Thought I Was Wordy

I love to write.  I love the written word.  But golly day, I struggle with being concise.

I think that’s why I love that William Faulkner, who I enjoy reading, is responsible for setting the world record for the longest published sentence at 1288 words.

What’s really funny, though, is that I have read “O Absalom! O Absalom!”; Faulkner’s book that contains this crazy long sentence, and yet I don’t even remember having the thought, “Oh. That’s a crazy long sentence I just read.”  Maybe because, like I said, I am wordy myself, to a fault.  Check out his sentence here:  So Many Words

Status of Wite-Out

Unless your last name is Faulkner, sometimes your wordy sentences may need corrected.  Today, that mostly means hitting the delete key.  But remember the days of Wite-Out?

The folks over at The Atlantic take a look at Wite-Out’s status today – how it is doing in the marketplace, who might still be buying it, and a few more interesting facts, ’cause….the more you know…..:  Pass Me the Wite-Out for my Too-Long-Sentence

Cherishing the Bible

My husband of one year, has only been a Christ-follower for two years.  He did not grow up in church, and had no real church encounters apart from an occasional funeral and a couple of visits to a Catholic church early in his military career, out of curiosity and a sense that something was “missing.”

God used the men in my church to come alongside Ken and introduce him to who God is, and what salvation is, and how his only hope – like all of us – was Jesus.  It was a beautiful thing to watch.

Since then, Ken has dug into scripture, but has consistently felt “two steps behind” everyone else.  He’s an engineer; he likes to study and figure out the pieces to the big picture; but has struggled to grasp the Bible as a whole.

Tim Challies and Josh Byers recently released “A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible: Seeing and Knowing God’s Word”.  I bought it more or less on a whim, wondering if Ken might find it helpful.

I am so glad I did.

This book is chock full of information that helps provide a fantastic visual and literary overview of the Bible – through the use of charts and images, facts and story-flow.  Ken is completely absorbed by it.  I often catch him pulling out his Bible, opening up the Visual Theology Guide book, and comparing both – using the book to help further orient him to the gospel message in the Bible.  He truly is learning to see and know God’s Word – and this book is assisting in that.

I have been a follower of Christ for quite a while now – and also grew up in the church, and at one point was a pastor’s wife – and I also am enjoying the book – learning new things and refreshing my mind on the theological themes woven throughout the pages of scripture.

I highly recommend this book – I see the impact it is making on my guy’s life, and am certain that you, dear reader, would benefit from reading it as well:  A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible

Cherishing the Bible; cont.

And I can’t think of a better way to end today’s Friday Findings, then to follow-up my recommendation for a book about the Bible, with a video that displays a people group truly cherishing the gift of having God’s Word in their own language.  Justin Taylor shared this video at The Gospel Coalition website a few days ago; and I think I’ve shared it here before, but I – and we – should never grow tired of seeing it, and being reminded to cherish the Bible; always.