Of the Week

Text source: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 3 Song album: The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings I sit beside the fire and think    of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies    in summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamer    in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun    and wind upon my hair. I sit beside the fire and think    of how the world will be when winter comes without a spring    that I shall never see. For still there are so many things    that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring    there is a different green. I sit beside the fire and think    of people long ago, and people who will see a world    that I shall never know. But all the while I sit and think    of times there were...

"In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall ...

Book: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Author: William Law (1686-1761) Year published: 1728 People influenced by the book: John Wesley, Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Henry Venn, Samuel Johnson, William Wilberforce, C.S. Lewis, John Piper "He . . . is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God, who considers God in everything, who serves God in everything, who makes all the parts of the common life parts of piety, by doing everything in the Name of God, and under such rules as are conformable to His glory." "if you will here stop, and ask yourselves, why you are not as pious as the primitive Christians were, your own heart will tell you, that it is neither through ignorance nor inability, but purely because you never thoroughly intended it." "As there is but one God and Father of us all, whose glory gives light and life to everything that lives, whose presence fi...

Show: Studio C Director: Jared Shores Producer: Jared Shores and Diane Mayne Writer: Jason Gray Editor: Yurii Hydrick Date published: April 8, 2016 "In all Debates, let Truth be thy Aim, not Victory" William Penn

Matthew 9:35-38 "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest." Luke 10:1-2 "After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest." John 4:30-42 "Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. In the me...

Apple released macOS Sierra for public download on September 20, 2016 (version 10.12 of the Mac operating system). macOS Sierra brings a variety of features to the Mac: Siri: Just ask. Universal Clipboard: Copy & paste between your iOS device and your Mac. Auto Unlock: Use your Apple Watch to automatically unlock your Mac. iCloud Drive: Have your Desktop and Document files automatically backed up to iCloud Drive. Apple Pay: Use Apple Pay in Safari (if you have an Apple Watch or iOS device with Touch ID). Optimized Storage: Find ways to free up storage space on your Mac. Photos: Photos compiles your photos into Memories and also lets you search your photos by what's in them. Messages: Messages is a little more spiced up. Tabs: Tabs aren't just for Safari and Finder anymore. Picture in Picture: Play a video from Safari on top of your other windows. Follow these steps to get macOS Sierra up and running on your Mac. 1. Make sure your Mac can run macOS Sierr...

"whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." _______________________________________________________ Four years ago today, the first Of the Week was published. In celebration of this, I am posting another "theme verse" for the blog: Philippians 4:8. Of the Week's  first two theme verses are  1 Corinthians 10:31  and  Psalm 145:4.   This blog is meant to be a safe haven on the Web, where content that is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, commendable, virtuous, and praiseworthy can be enjoyed and shared. After more than 100 posts, the journey continues. Thank you for being a part of it!

Writer: Agur son of Jakeh Version: English Standard Version (reformatted) Drawings: Jonathan Ashurst (2006) 2 requests (verses 7-9) "Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die:   Remove far from me falsehood and lying;   give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,           lest I be full and deny you and say, 'Who is the LORD?'           or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God." 2 leech daughters (15) "The leech has two daughters: Give and Give." 4 never satisfied (15-16) "Three things are never satisfied; four never say, 'Enough': Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, 'Enough.'" 4 wonderful (18-19) "Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, ...

Artist: The Gray Havens Album: Ghost of a King Year: 2016 If I took all that I got and spread it out on this table, it might not seem like a lot— a once glimmering joy slowly fadin' from view, all the change in my pockets (not enough), and this picture of you. Still I've heard all that I have in  a moment  is hardly a sign of everything comin' my way. I believe when I need it,  it will be mine. So let's take this slowly. All I need is comin', but  it's just beyond what I can see. So if my eyes press forward in fierce alarm, just turn my head back to see how we got this far, and I'll be alright. I'm not askin' for mountains of riches, no silver or gold. Don't need fame or fancier things I can't take when I go. I'm just asking for grace, grace to carry on, grace to take joy at my place at the table and the Rock that it's standin' on. Still I've heard all that I have in a moment  is hardly a si...

Chrome Music Lab is a fun and educational website where you can explore music in a variety of ways, from rhythm to chords, sound waves to arpeggios, harmonics to strings. Enjoy! Rhythm Spectrogram Chords Sound Waves Arpeggios Kandinsky Melody Maker Voice Spinner Harmonics Piano Roll Oscillators Strings Click here to explore the  Chrome Music Lab "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music." Albert Einstein

by John Greenleaf Whittier Blessings on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim’s jaunty grace; From my heart I give thee joy,— I was once a barefoot boy! Prince thou art,—the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-dollared ride! Barefoot, trudging at his side, Thou hast more than he can buy In the reach of ear and eye,— Outward sunshine, inward joy: Blessings on thee, barefoot boy! Oh for boyhood’s painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health that mocks the doctor’s rules, Knowledge never learned of schools, Of the wild bee’s morning chase, Of the wild-flower’s time and place, Flight of fowl and habitude Of the tenants of the wood; How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell, And the ground...