My Quick Takes this week are themed ones so here are some things in my brain that I need to talk about so I can fill it with other material.<\/p>\n
[+] Please lift up a prayer or two for my friend Kathleen Basi<\/a> and her son Michael who was born 3 weeks early and is in the NICU with lung issues.<\/p>\n [+] This<\/a> is an interesting article on why some who identify as atheists go to church — it’s for their children. Some want to give their children exposure to different ideas so they can be freethinkers and maybe decide for themselves what they believe. I think we (the Church) have more than a few people who are atheist\/agnostic in the pews but who attend for the purpose of having a community. I’m not arguing that they should or shouldn’t attend or whether it’s ethical to — I just simply think this interesting from a religious scholar standpoint.<\/p>\n [+] Apparently, Egyptian ballots had symbols for the candidates in addition to their names<\/a>. (HT: CNN.Com<\/a>) According to Fareed Zakaria, almost half of Egyptian adults are illiterate so having the symbols was a way of identifying the candidates on billboards for those who couldn’t read. This brings up thoughts of the purpose of stained glass windows in the Middle Ages: a means of teaching the faith to those who were illiterate.<\/p>\n [+] I’m taking Daniel off of his bottle cold turkey and putting him on sippy cups. I am in serious disgrace in his eyes but I’ve been backed up by his occupational therapist and child development specialist who told me that if he’s thirsty enough, he’ll drink from them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My Quick Takes this week are themed ones so here are some things in my brain that I need to talk about so I can fill it with other material. [+] Please lift up a prayer or two for my … Continue reading