Drifting Fate

If the virus can be kept at bay and enough work done at home to satisfy the boss, these days may be gifts for a lot of you. I've mentioned it before, but you can choose to binge watch some mindless sludge of a TV show (the one with tigers in it which is such the rage right now just proves my point), or, you can use the time to discover real entertainment and knowledge. In that vein, I, like every other blogger out there, am going to make a reading list for your consideration. First up, The Hobbit   by J.R.R. Tolien. If you have somehow missed reading it until now, please don't rely on the movie, not even the animated one from the 1970's.  The book is oh so much better.  Follow Bilbo Baggins on the adventure that brought fantasy to the modern era. From delightful fiction to horrific non-fiction, The Great Influenza   by John Barry.  Paperbacks are currently out of stock (I wonder why?), you can certainly get along with the Kindle version.  ...

More and more, it looks like we'll all have a bit of spare time on our hands. Rather than spend it binge watching "Mean Girls", pick up a book and read. First and foremost, for all of us, not just those of you facing your own mortality for the first time, is to be right with the Lord. If you don't have a Bible, you can download it for free as an app (or course!).  I like YouVersion, which just comes up as "Bible" on the App Store.  Right now it has five start with 4.8 million votes.  You can easily search, select from different translations, and even choose preset reading and study plans. Start with the Gospel of John.  From there you may with to continue with Acts and Romans, or fall back to the Old Testament and read Genesis.  Many find comfort in the Psalms and I find great wisdom in Proverbs.  But, start with the Gospel of John (fourth of the first four books of the New Testament). I believe in a mix of Biblical study mixed with some n...