Author: norman
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Lent: dust to dust
Today is Ash Wednesday. On this day I am reminded of Genesis 3:19b and Ecclesiastes 3:20 19b you are dust, and to dust you shall return. 20 All go to one place, all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. Genesis 3:19b, Ecclesiastes 3:20 NRSVue To be honest I haven’t given much thought to Lent…
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Reflections on youth and age by Jennifer Knapp
I’m not exactly sure how or why but I recently started reconnecting with Jennifer Knapp, a music artist that I enjoyed listening to in my younger days. Maybe its because I found her expressions of faith and longing very relatable or because she has a way of describing the beautiful complexity of life that appeals…
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Job’s Lament
Just a verse that I spent some time pondering today: Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty. Job 6:14 NRSVUE What’s the relationship between kindness and the fear of the Almighty? The “Almighty” carries with it the meaning of absolute power to destroy. Is this how Job felt about his…
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Poggin: Supabase and Vue3
I think I’ve settled on Supabase and Vue3 for poggin… still scaffolding it out but from what I have, I think it will work out. Supabase Installing and configuring Supabase this time around was way easier than the last time I attempted a few years back. (It didn’t always come in Docker form did it?)…
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The Fear of Isaac
In Genesis 31:42, Jacob calls the LORD, “God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac.” Nowhere else in all the scriptures is this name, The Fear of Isaac, used for God (there’s a slight variation of it later on in this same narrative as “The Fear of my father Isaac”).…