The Prussia Periodicals

Biblical Blot Blog #2  Everything moves too fast. Everyone prefers videos over books, passivity over having to think and work. Entertainment is the pinnacle of our society. Like royals in a throne room, we demand the jester to keep us from being bored. We insist upon frivolity from the fool, but if it’s too witty then we like King Leer, will have the Fool whipped. Before television became so common in the 50’s, who was constantly entertained but the regal upper class? Gatsby had his parties, Jane Austen’s debutants had dances and dinners. And now all people from all socioeconomic situations can be constantly entertained as we move about with our screens, soon to be glasses, or headsets, or hopefully not chips in our head.  Why do most shy from the fulfilling work of reading? Thinking? Writing? I can speak from my experience: i lazy!  Id rather sit back and be poured into than pour out my thoughts and feelings, struggling to put pen to paper (metaphorically here) and shout...

Blogging 15 years later: A decade and a half ago, I traveled to Europe. I enjoyed teaching, found a passion, and ran with it. I also grew deeper in my relationship with God, experiencing him not just in the Bible Belt but for myself in a big way.  Returning to Virginia, I got a job washing windows, and went back to school at Old Dominion University. I earned a Master's in Education, with a state certificate to teach secondary English. Meanwhile, while helping out at Triple R Ranch summer camp, I found my best friend, Kristen. Many dates and conversations later, I moved to live near here while she finished school at Asbury University, proposed, and we got married 10 years ago in 2014.  We moved to Virginia where I continued to wash windows, and I happened upon a job at NET Academy in Norfolk - but it was only part time. So I applied all over for a full time teaching job. The King's Academy in South Carolina offered me a position. My wife and I discussed and prayed. If they offe...