“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again”; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”  – Luke 18:17

Here’s what I decided to do for a Bible app on my phone — if anyone cares.  Even though no one mentioned Olive Tree, I had seen it in the app store.  So while checking out all the other recommendations, I looked into that one.  The Laridian my brother mentioned is okay.  But long story short, I don’t have access to the version I had on my PDA, AND I didn’t love the way the Laridian for iPhone works anyway.  The one for my PDA was much better.  So I ended up buying the NASB from Olive Tree because (at least for my purposes) it had by far the best/ most intuitive highlighting and note-taking options.

I did also get  YouVersion (although it took a while to find).  I mean… it IS free!  And all those versions have already come in quite handy.  For example: this is not my favorite way to use access to tons of versions, but if you have the Message and any other “regular”/ “real” version, I invite you to read 2 Samuel 22:25 and tell me if they are saying the same thing.

So that’s been interesting.

And I also found a thing called “Bible Memory Verses.”  It is a tool designed to aid in memorizing verses.  It will give you tests, and you can record your voice saying the verse so you can listen to it, and things like that.  It’s free, so I thought, “Why not?”

So there ya go.  I’m loaded up with Bible apps.  Now… to use them!

Not a “bru-thuh,” just a “brother.”

Potential “TMI” ahead — you’ve been warned.

Both boys today let me in on the fact that sometimes they have to potty at the same time — and so, they do!  And it gets even better because they often have “pee-pee wars.”  I bet any of  you can figure that out on your own.  You’re all a pretty swift bunch.

I just had to nod, walk away, and bust a gut so they wouldn’t see me.  I had no idea.

When Caleb was born the elder in our class at church told me that it would be great if every boy could have a brother.  I wonder if this is what he meant.   I kind of feel like my little brother was cheated somehow….

So I’m still not entirely thrilled with joining this century and having a smart phone.  It feels decadent and a little snobby.  But it does have some really cool advantages that I do enjoy.  I like quite a few of the free apps I’ve found, and I’ve even been willing to pay for a couple.

But I am struggling with which Bible to get.   Of course the only versions you can get for free are  KJV and ASV because of copyright stuff.  I don’t have a problem paying for NASB and NIV (which are the only other ones I want), but there are so many companies that make Bible apps.  Who to go with!?

I have had a Palm PDA for about 9 years, and Tim got me the Laridian company’s Bible program for it.  For 7 years it has been almost the only Bible I’ve taken to church because it went into my purse (or the diaper bag), didn’t weigh a ton, AND because I could highlight stuff, add bookmarks, and take notes!  Awesome.  I have loved it.  Now, because technology moves on whether I like it or not, and because my PDA is on its last leg, AND because Steve Jobs (rest in soul…) was such a control freak, I can not transfer AAAALLLLLLLLL of those Highlights and Notes and Bookmarks from my Palm to my iPhone.  Even if I use the Laridian iPhone app, I still have to start all over.  (To be fair to Steve, I think I’d be starting over even if I had an Android or Blackberry or what-have-you.)  This makes me sad.  But in any case, I want to find a replacement.

I want an app where I can easily highlight, bookmark, take notes, and any other cool feature they want to throw at me.  The biggest key is I want it to be easy.  I’m bad with technology.  I don’t mind playing with stuff a little to figure it out and make it work for me.  BUT!   If I practically have to go to the help page every time I want to do something because there are so many steps or it’s just not very intuitive, forget it.  My UX brother knows what I mean.  :-)  (Partly cuz he knows how very pathetic I am with tech!)

SOOOOO…. any suggestions?  Tell me the app that I will fall in love with and use for about 9 years, before having to start all over again.  Thank you.

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday, mein Bruder (I can’t type an umlaut)!

Hap-py Birth-day toooooooo YYYOOOOOOUUUUU!!!!

I won’t say you’re getting old, because I’m older than you…. but…… you’re not in your early 30′s anymore!

Love you, Homer.