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One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for October 27th, 2006

Reformation Sunday

Posted: Friday, October 27th, 2006 @ 11:43 pm in Christianity | No Comments »

Turns out this Sunday is Reformation Sunday. These are two of the five points of the Reformation: “1. Sola Scriptura: Scripture alone is our ultimate authority 2. Sola Christus: Christ alone is our Savior and Lord.” If Scripture is our ultimate authority, how can Christ be our Savior and Lord? Finally I have found the [...]

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A Big Pain

Posted: Friday, October 27th, 2006 @ 11:31 pm in Science | No Comments »

Live Science says that pain is genetic. Turns out BH4 is what controls a person’s “vulnerability to chronic pain.” Having lived with lots of pain for years and being one who yells when my fingernail bends, I wonder which level of BH4 I have.

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Doomed to Repeat

Posted: Friday, October 27th, 2006 @ 9:11 am in History, Teaching/Ed | No Comments »

“Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana In that case, Americans will be doomed to repeat the last century. Having read Clayton Cramer’s blog about his wife’s English students not knowing anything about Hitler except that he invaded the Soviet Union, I thought I would give my English [...]

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