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I started using the notes column in my schedule tracker to comment on events as they happen.<\/strong> Before I was only using it occasionally to identify my activities more specifically, but I realized I could make better use of it, such as for mini-retrospectives, recording details for the blog, and basic journaling. It does make my notes overall more scattered because now the tracker is an extra place to look for them, but I already had plans to integrate the tracker with the rest of my system, so the notes issue just gives me extra motivation to get going on it.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n Watchfulness<\/em> by Brian Hedges introduced me to the Puritan discipline of vigilance against sin.<\/strong> It’s a basic necessity of the Christian life but not one that always gets much scrutiny. Hedges draws a lot from John Owen, John Bunyan, and Robert Murray M\u2019Cheyne. There were lots of quotes from Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/em> and The Holy War<\/em>. Whatever flaws the Puritans had, I feel they do have contributions to offer on a serious spiritual life, and the book is a good starting point for study and practice. Even though most of the book is about guarding against sin, the concept of watchfulness is broader, and I was gratified to see it also covered a bit of the other kind I\u2019d been pondering\u2014expectancy, which I see as the follow-up to prayer, watching for how God might act.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude0c<\/p>\n I tested my last water sample for this round of winter chloride observations.<\/strong> I happened to give the report some extra description of conditions at the testing site, which felt like a nice send-off for the season. In comparison to last year\u2019s readings at the same location, the chloride level peaked a month later and 20% higher (449 PPM vs 376) and took longer to fall. As for next season, I haven’t decided if I\u2019ll volunteer again or move on to something else.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n I began exploring recordings from the Scripture Hymnal<\/a> project (Spotify playlist<\/a>).<\/strong> I ran across the printed hymnal at the ECPA conference on a table of books that had received some kind of recognition. It’s published by Rabbit Room Press<\/a>, a publisher and artist community I keep half an eye on. The idea of the project is to put direct quotations from Scripture to music to help congregations learn the Bible. The effect is sometimes a bit awkward, but once I got used to it, the songs grew on me. Some favorites are \u201cLet Us Fix Our Eyes<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Lord Rebuilds Jerusalem<\/a>,\u201d and \u201cThose Who Look to Him Are Radiant<\/a>.\u201d As far as the hymnal itself goes, they’re aiming to publish an SATB edition later in the year, and I’ll probably pick it up then.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Productivity \ud83d\ude42 I started using the notes column in my schedule tracker to comment on events as they happen. Before I was only using it occasionally to identify my activities more specifically, but I realized I could make better use … Continue reading Spirituality<\/h2>\n
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