Showing posts with label Sovereign Grace Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sovereign Grace Music. Show all posts
1.22.2013
12.11.2012
Sapir-Whorf and cocaine
Today I am...
temporarily kicked out of my bedroom. Rachel and I share a room, and right now she's taking a nap. I like to listen to music most of the time, and I either hum along or sing to it, and she hates that when she's trying to sleep, so I'm having to relocate for a little while.
so happy that I'm finally done with my anthropology class! I took my final yesterday, and I think it went really well! I felt like I should have been more nervous than I was, but it turned out that it was fine. Though it was an incredibly difficult class, I feel like I learned a lot of interesting things. The stuff I was actually supposed to remember didn't seem to really stick with me, but I'm retaining a lot of useless, albeit fascinating, information. For instance:
- did you know that the language you grow up speaking can influence the way your brain works? It's called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. We watched a film about a tribe in Africa focusing on the different words for color in their language, versus in English. This group only had about five words for color, while we have nine(?). When showed a circle of squares with nine green squares and one blue, the people in this tribe couldn't really see the difference because, in their language, they use the same word for blue and green. However, they have two words for different shades of green. Our teacher showed us the example that they gave to these people of nine squares of green, and then another square that was a different shade. For the life of me, I couldn't tell which one was different, but these people could because of the language they spoke!
- did you know they used to actually put cocaine in Coca-Cola? We were learning about coca, the plant that cocaine is made from. But I kind of feel like the ship had already sailed by the time I learned this since everyone else seemed to know about it already. But better late than never!
almost done with all my classes. I just have two more online finals to take, and then I'm done! Then I have a break for about a month, and it'll start all over again. I feel like this was such a great semester in terms of learning about things pertaining to my degree--education. I loved going and observing at schools, I loved my intro to teaching class, and I just had so many opportunities to learn this semester! God is so good.
looking forward to going tomorrow and visiting the new Bible club that my mom started at a new school a few months ago! Look at all those Christmas cards to hand out to the kids! They have about 90 kids from kindergarten to 10th grade, making them the biggest club in this area by far. God has been working so miraculously there! Now that I'm done with my classes on Wednesdays, I can actually visit the club. :)
a bit angry at these little guys, who woke me up way too early this morning.
trying to remember to water Ferdinand. It just slips my mind, but so far he's still alive.
worrying over Jonah. It's getting so cold here, and since my room is the coldest in the house, I'm kind of worried that he'll get too cold. But so far he seems to be doing okay--just eating all the time! He's going to be chunky pretty soon if he keeps this up.
excited about going through this book in our women's Bible study at my church! My mom really loves this book, so I've been hoping to read it, and I'm so happy that we'll be going through it as a group starting next month!
learning to play this song on the guitar, as well as this one. This song is why I was kicked out of my room. I just love it--I've probably heard it twenty times already today! Rachel was not having that. :)
temporarily kicked out of my bedroom. Rachel and I share a room, and right now she's taking a nap. I like to listen to music most of the time, and I either hum along or sing to it, and she hates that when she's trying to sleep, so I'm having to relocate for a little while.
so happy that I'm finally done with my anthropology class! I took my final yesterday, and I think it went really well! I felt like I should have been more nervous than I was, but it turned out that it was fine. Though it was an incredibly difficult class, I feel like I learned a lot of interesting things. The stuff I was actually supposed to remember didn't seem to really stick with me, but I'm retaining a lot of useless, albeit fascinating, information. For instance:
- did you know that the language you grow up speaking can influence the way your brain works? It's called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. We watched a film about a tribe in Africa focusing on the different words for color in their language, versus in English. This group only had about five words for color, while we have nine(?). When showed a circle of squares with nine green squares and one blue, the people in this tribe couldn't really see the difference because, in their language, they use the same word for blue and green. However, they have two words for different shades of green. Our teacher showed us the example that they gave to these people of nine squares of green, and then another square that was a different shade. For the life of me, I couldn't tell which one was different, but these people could because of the language they spoke!
- did you know they used to actually put cocaine in Coca-Cola? We were learning about coca, the plant that cocaine is made from. But I kind of feel like the ship had already sailed by the time I learned this since everyone else seemed to know about it already. But better late than never!
almost done with all my classes. I just have two more online finals to take, and then I'm done! Then I have a break for about a month, and it'll start all over again. I feel like this was such a great semester in terms of learning about things pertaining to my degree--education. I loved going and observing at schools, I loved my intro to teaching class, and I just had so many opportunities to learn this semester! God is so good.
looking forward to going tomorrow and visiting the new Bible club that my mom started at a new school a few months ago! Look at all those Christmas cards to hand out to the kids! They have about 90 kids from kindergarten to 10th grade, making them the biggest club in this area by far. God has been working so miraculously there! Now that I'm done with my classes on Wednesdays, I can actually visit the club. :)
a bit angry at these little guys, who woke me up way too early this morning.
trying to remember to water Ferdinand. It just slips my mind, but so far he's still alive.
worrying over Jonah. It's getting so cold here, and since my room is the coldest in the house, I'm kind of worried that he'll get too cold. But so far he seems to be doing okay--just eating all the time! He's going to be chunky pretty soon if he keeps this up.
excited about going through this book in our women's Bible study at my church! My mom really loves this book, so I've been hoping to read it, and I'm so happy that we'll be going through it as a group starting next month!
learning to play this song on the guitar, as well as this one. This song is why I was kicked out of my room. I just love it--I've probably heard it twenty times already today! Rachel was not having that. :)
14 days til Christmas!
12.12.2011
31 Days of Song, Day #12
I'm so thankful for Mondays. Mondays are my day off from school, work, etc. I save this day, usually, so I can get all the rest of my homework done and get ready for another busy week.
I mentioned this song a few days ago. It's my favorite song from Sovereign Grace's Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man. Enjoy!
We have come today to worship
We have come to praise the One
Who came down into our darkness
Born a lowly virgin’s son
You who did not come with splendor
Pomp and strength and majesty
You who came to us in weakness
Born to us in poverty
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel
In You alone we hope and trust
Jesus, Savior, God with us
Emmanuel
We were blind and lost and godless
Wandering a trackless waste
Then hope arose, a glorious beacon
Like the star the wise men chased
Down from heaven came a Savior
Born a child, so small and frail
Taking up our pain and troubles
Conquering where we had failed
You who with a word created
Sun and moon and seas and sand
Lay there sleeping in a manger
Cradled by Your mother’s hand
You who made the mighty forests
Would lie down upon a tree
Fastened there with nails for sinners
Would bleed and die to set us free
-- Mark Altrogge
12.10.2011
31 Days of Song, Day #10
"The Son of God Came Down" is one of my favorite songs on the Sovereign Grace CD, "Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man". I'm going to be posting my favorite favorite sometime this month. I really like this song, too, though; we sing it in church in the weeks before Christmas. I hope you enjoy it!
Today is kind of relaxing. I don't have to work, so I have more time to work on studying for my finals! I'm so excited to have this first semester over with. Then I'll be 1/8th of the way through college! :)
8.17.2011
Love Through Me, Even Me
Love through me, Love of God;
There is no love in me.
O Fire of love, light Thou the love
That burns perpetually.
Flow through me, Peace of God;
Calm River, flow until
No wind can blow, no current stir
A ripple of self-will.
Shine through me, Joy of God;
Make me like Thy clear air
That Thou dost pour Thy colors through,
As though it were not there.
O blessed Love of God,
That all may taste and see
How good Thou art, once more I pray:
Love through me--even me.
-- Amy Carmichael
There is no love in me.
O Fire of love, light Thou the love
That burns perpetually.
Flow through me, Peace of God;
Calm River, flow until
No wind can blow, no current stir
A ripple of self-will.
Shine through me, Joy of God;
Make me like Thy clear air
That Thou dost pour Thy colors through,
As though it were not there.
O blessed Love of God,
That all may taste and see
How good Thou art, once more I pray:
Love through me--even me.
-- Amy Carmichael
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