One of the most underrated options for high schoolers is career and technical education (CTE).

πŸš‚ This is entry 1 of the blogtrain CTE.

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Selfie-portrait! πŸ€“πŸŽ¨ This was a fun change of pace this evening. I liked painting the blue so much I decided to put the cactus in the border instead of the background.

Self portrait watercolor painting of Christopher Chelpka

πŸš‚ This is entry 4 of the blogtrain The Covenants of God.

The story of how God fulfills the Covenant of Redemption is found in Chapter 7 of the Westminster Confession of Faith. It’s an excellent summary. I’ll quote each section and make a few comments.

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  1. Fish and Ships: Zach Purvis takes us to sixteenth-century Brazil with French Reformed missionary Jean de LΓ©ry.
  2. How to prevent someone from stealing your iCloud account.
  3. What are we eating in ancient Roman Palestine?

Among liberals, there’s just way higher levels of anxiety. The only level of religious attendance where that abates is those liberals who attend religious services every week. Conservatives are just less mentally anxious, and that goes even lower when it comes to those who attend monthly or more.

Ryan Burge writes about this and other interesting stats in “Political Ideology, Religious Attendance And Mental Illness.”

Mexican Gray Wolf laying in a stretch

A Mexican Gray Wolf looking comfy

  1. This internet train station will get you to some of the more interesting and fun parts of the web.
  2. Help for those who have a hard time telling people about Jesus.
  3. What does it take to develop your own ideas/style/taste? Answers from the world of watercolor.
  1. Tucson 1: Wow. This photo of Adam Sandler playing basketball at the McKale Center is amazing.
  2. Tucson 2: A video of a coyote howling on top a Mustang went viral this week. It’s cool. Next time, make the Mustang a horse instead of a car.
  3. Honoring the “Weaker Vessel”: explanation and advice
Early in December I was eating breakfast at Seis, and they were playing Spanish-language Christmas music in the restaurant. Some songs I recognized from English versions, some I didn’t, but I loved almost all of them instantly. An employee told me the music was from an online stream. So after I left, I found something similar on Apple Music and started my journey. A few weeks later, here’s what I know.

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