Christian Culture’s Obsession with Identity (and Where We Should Focus
Instead)
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Almost everywhere we turn, messages like “I am a child of the king,” “I am
loved,” “I am chosen,” and “I am worthy” are plastered on t-shirts and
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3 days ago
4 comments:
So COOL!
When I was a junior in high school, our Advanced Biology texts were delayed until Christmas. The teacher basically did any units of study she could, without a book for us. We did trees for the first 6 weeks of school. She collected samples, had us learn to identify them by Latin name, bark, leaf, fruit....so much of those lessons has stuck with me today.
Barb, Oh, good, a kindred spirit! And hooray for your teacher!
I stumbled on this site today while trying to figure out what in the world one of the trees in my front yard is. I'm still not quite certain of my tree, but I'm having a blast with the detective work. (And I got to watch a warbler while I was outside studying leaves and fruit. Very cool.)
When I was in college, there was a massive renaming of plants, to make the scientific names more consistent. I got to help go through the herbarium and rename and refile plant samples. Very interesting. I'm afraid not a lot has stuck with me this long, though. (I think I'm older than you. Can I use that as an excuse? :)
I have to say that out of everything I learned in that class that year, the Tree lesson was the one that stuck the best.
I have a tree in my yard that I have yet to identify so I hope these sites are helpful.
And I'm 41, so maybe I'm older than you think I am ;)
Barb, I'm in my 40s, too - for a few weeks yet...
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