Re: It's Early, But Will You Have for Dinner Tonight, Thursday, 11/14/2024?

D wrote:

  On Wed, 20 Nov 2024, Coogan's Bluff wrote:
 

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Ergo the need for Christ's grace and forgiveness, all as the Father intended.
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I try and save my back-patting for minor skills that have taken way too long to master, the rest is His.

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Ahh... mastering vim comes to mind! ;)

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This vim?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mWp6H4zEw

 Yes, that's the one and only!
 

You do Python and Perlscript too?

 Mostly python and bash. When I was young I did more programming, but
now, in older age, only occasionally when teaching, or when updating
some of the scripts that help me run my business.

All the tools of my bafflement - but still syntax and as Larry Lessig once opined, code is language.

I wonder how the Creator squared that with his upping the media power of Uniparty?

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His ways are mysterious. A test perhaps? A teaching tool?

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Yes, very much so I feel.

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P.S. I'm just getting into the "cloud of unknowing" - the introduction is robustly overwritten, academia has to justify itself always.

 Don't get stuck in the introduction! The only interesting thing is the
text itself, and _if_ you find it useful in your own life.

Correct.
I will go back after to see if the lead in jibes with my findings or not.
I've generally found real value (not academic tub-thumping) in the works of Lumpkin.

Took a detour through 1600s Russia with a pilgrim - they really did live on bread an water.

 Oh yes, for sure! We often forget how good we have it today. Reading
those stories, really brings home the fact the blessings of peace and
capitalism.

It also point out that in privation and poverty can be birthed organically the most genuine fellowship and charity, always from those with less to give than they manage to share.
I'd hate to  think the only times we can act as Christ instructs is when all the chips are down and suffering is the norm, not an artifact of a modern economy that lulls us with distractions and choices.

I may need a bowl of Carmelites when I'm done...
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😉

 ;)
 Once you're finished exploring some of the best texts (in my opinion)
from the orthodox and protestant traditions, you can always head over to
St. Teresa of Ávila or St. John of the Cross for some catholic flavoured
mysticism. Too symbolic and intellectual for my taste, but could be fun
for a comparative study.

When the student is ready the teacher appears, always.
And a stroll down some unfamiliar garden paths can only redirect back to the intended walk.
It's a pity that rhyme may lead straight back to Mt. Hermon, but it is what it must be.