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Coexist

Friday 03 November 2023

Another gem from social media: fundamentalist Christians like to point out the perceived tendency in Islam to force conversions. In their defense, this was the way Islam initially spread, and there is a fair amount of coercion in Islamic countries to remain Islamic (the death penalty for apostasy will do that to you), and there are certainly fundamentalist Muslims who still wish to spread Islam by force. But fundamentalist Christians, despite all their protestations to the contrary, are not all that different.

"Daily reminder that Christ is King and all false creeds will be destroyed."

Game Night

Friday 03 November 2023

Family game nights are rare these days. They hit a peak during the Covid lockdown, I think, and then as everything slowly returned to a semblance of normalcy, our evenings filled back up with obligations and promises.

Tonight, though, we played a game.

One evening, it will be the last time we play a family game with everyone at home. Will we know it's the last?

Side-note: My most recent musical discovery

Evening Walk

Thursday 02 November 2023

While the Boy was at soccer practice, I took my normal walk...

Basketball Practice

Wednesday 01 November 2023

The Boy is playing basketball with his church team again this winter. This year, he moves up into a much wider age bracket -- middle school players. So there's up to a two-year difference between the boys on the team.

He looks much better than he did this time last year, but he's still unsure of where to go, what to do -- how to play the game. The other boys are aware of his inexperience as well: there's a wide range of skill levels on the team. And of course, the Boy is aware that they are aware. I find myself wondering how this affects his self-confidence in the game. He said nothing about it on the drive back home this evening, and that's a good sign. Still, we have to start going back to the Y for practice again.