Category Archives: Just for fun

Playful

God has given us vast beauty in His creation to enjoy. My dad loves plants and trees, but I’m particularly drawn to the animals. Have you watched puppies play? Or birds hovering above? I can sit for hours and watch God’s creatures in action. Explorers recently found a deep sea creature that was previously unknown.…
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What’s for dinner?

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve eaten? I had balut when I was in the Philippines. It’s a duck egg that’s not entirely formed. You suck out the duck and fluid from a hole in the egg. Ewww. Strange, but some consider it a delicacy. When I went to Peru I was goaded into promising not…
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Two Buck Chuck?

Here's a fun article announcing the discovery of a jug found in Jerusalem. It apparently held "cheap wine." I wonder if Joe had a Trading Post back in the time of Solomon. Or maybe it was what they drank at the wedding before Jesus came and made more. Enjoy! What interesting artifacts have you run across?
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Pomegranates

In Exodus 39 pomegranates show up as dangly decorations on the edge of the high priest's robe. God said to put bells between the pomegranates - so that it went bell, pomegranate, bell, pomegranate. In good rabbinic fashion the question arose – why did God say to put the bell between the pomegranates – and…
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