Six Days of Creation

Today, I watched another hour-long DVD from Answers in Genesis. This one was titled Six Days of Creation and deals with whether those six days are six literal days and how not believing in the six literal days is undermining the authority of the Word and the influence of the church.

Ken Ham makes a very good case for six literal days. He doesn’t say this, but if your God is so puny, he can’t create everything in six literal days, then you have a problem.

By the way, if anyone wants to borrow any of these DVDs, just let me know and I’ll send them to you.

127 Hours

Now we go to a completely different issue of time. This morning, I saw the movie 127 Hours, the true story of Aron Ralson. You may have read about the incident this movie is about. Aron Ralson, played by James Franco, is a hiker, who goes out one day without telling anyone where he is heading. He takes a tumble in a crevice and a huge rock pins his right arm against the way. He tries all sorts of things, but can’t get his arm out. After 4 days or so, he finally cuts off his own arm when he realizes he will die if he does not.

The movie was very good, though some of the language was a little blue for my liking. I imagine you’ll cheer at the end since most of the people in the theater did.

Prompt: Find your way in a city

In order to find my way in a city, I find it helps to lay out a map of the city and note the major streets, particularly the four-lane. I check the naming of streets. Are there streets like First, Second, etc? You have to be careful, though, in case there are avenues named in the same way. Watch for any streets where the name changes along its length. One street in Rochester, NY, changes its name FIVE times. Also, make a note of any one-way streets, or two-way streets that turn into one-way streets.

In addition to looking at a map, I find that when I am in a new city of any size, it’s a good idea to take a bus tour of the city if it is offered. This worked very well for Mark and me in Toronto, Ontario and Nashville, Tennessee.

Of course, it doesn’t hurt to know someone in the town who will take you around and show you the best way to get from one place to another.

For me, the best way to find your way in any city is by referencing eating places. Perhaps, it is the combination of signage and name recognition that make you remember how to get somewhere based on an eating place. However, I’ve always thought that of all senses, the sense of smell stimulates memory more than any other. And, in a good eating place, the food that is cooked will probably make your mouth water.

Realtors will tell you that the smell of baking bread will enhance your chances of selling a home. You can close your eyes, you don’t have to touch anything, you don’t have to taste anything, but unless you run around with your fingers pinching your nose, which would look pretty silly, it’s almost impossible not to notice a smell. Of course, the same is true regarding your ears, but I doubt what you hear would generally bring a place to mind.

Perhaps, you’ll be like me, though, and find that the best way to find your way around the city is to get lost and have to find your way back.

Until next time…