Rod and Books

Monday I attended a child development class taught by Jonas Sauder. Toward the last he spoke about using the "rod" in child training. I am personally in support of such training measures, if used properly - I am likely the better for its use on me. I do however think it is wrong to use a "rod" method that creates physical damage.

I started reading "Truth Decay Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Postmodernism" - I think it will prove to be a very timely read - both for my interactions with non-Christians and my attitude toward media.

Also in progress is "Our Mutual Friend" (Charles Dickens), which has been rather strange so far - talk about character sketches and strange metaphors (e.g. likening a man to a table, and additional guests to leaves placed into the table). Perhaps Dickens had a sort of fascination with undercover occupations involving cadavers - take for example Jeremiah Cruncher in "A Tale of Two Cities," who was a "resurrection man," and a fellow in the current book who (as far as I can tell) seems to get his living by taking money from corpses floating in the Thames. Somehow, that's not quite down my line of work.