Prata Potpourri: LithoKids, Becoming a Widower, Guide to Gaming; more
By Elizabeth Prata
Spring is in the air…and so is pollen. Isn’t it amazing how our Lord uses the insects, birds, and even the air to redistribute His seedlings and cause another spring to appear before our very eyes?
“While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22)
So here’s the roundup of links:
Erin Coates, our precious sister from Canada, has partnered with LithosKids regarding the Lithos Kids new book, the Parables of Jesus. This is a book aimed at 4-12 year olds, and “aims to lead families deeper into the heart of Jesus’ teaching. Covering well-known parables like the Good Samaritan and lesser-known tales like The Dishonest Manager, these short stories provide an engaging way for children to learn surprising truths about Jesus and his coming kingdom.”
Dallas Holm shares his heart on the recent passing of his dear wife. Good article.
I, along with many others, are fascinated with the Titanic. I am a mariner at heart having lived next to and even on the sea for most of my life. I messed around in boats since I was a tot. The Titanic tragedy has so many aspects and facets, especially if you are a Christian. Here is missionary A.W. Workman with thoughts on The Safest Boat of its Time, lifeboats, and arrogant thinking.
I teach in an elementary school, working mainly with kindergarten to 3rd grade. These are children aged 5 to 9 or 10. Most of them enjoy video games. The boys certainly do. Seven year olds who play Fortnite all evening and weekends… survival games with shooting, zombies, and threats of constant apocalypse is not good for the mind or the soul. Video gams capture not only the young adults but increasingly ensnare the youngest children.
Here is Reagan Rose with a short book in the Track Culture series called
Track: Gaming: A Student’s Guide to Gaming by Reagan Rose. The book offers a Biblical view of gaming and is aimed at students and young adults. The synopsis says,
Gaming is multi–billion–dollar industry, which has been growing massively in the last few years. It seems that everyone is gaming in one way or another. You might not think that the Bible has anything to say about gaming, but Reagan Rose has written this helpful book on what our relationship with gaming should look like.
I watched Netflix’s movie Damsel with the actress Millie Bobby Brown (star of Enola Holmes). I liked it. It was clean, no bad language or wokeness. Sorta feminist in that it was women who drove the movie, including Robin Wright as the evil Queen (The Princess Bride) and the dragon, who was female (if you know what female is. I’m not sure. I’m not a biologist). King Roderick has near zero lines (I had to look up the cast just to learn his character name) and the Prince Henry tried to be nice, but he did after all, throw his bride Elodie into the Dragon’s pit.
One of the pivotal lines on the movie is Brown as Elodie saying “I’m done with people telling me what to do”. Granted, her father had told her to marry the Prince who turned out to use her for a sacrifice, a deal her father knowingly made. But still… Her father, the Prince and the King were all conniving weaklings. In the end, Elodie, her good step-mother and Elodie’s sister Floria decide to return to their own kingdom and run it themselves. What queen needs progeny, anyway.
It was a good movie nonetheless, rollicking caper in fairy tale form. I’m a monster fan a geek actually, and the dragon was stupendous, from CGI to voice acting. Here is The World’s review of the film: Damsel review.
From Apartment Therapy, this couple tore out a wall and discovered the original staircase! Gorgeous, with before and after photos. The Ingenious Staircase DIY That Made an Entire 1920s Home Feel Larger
“I’ll be staying at The Carlyle”. An opulent article about an opulent hotel. A gal can dream, can’t she?
