For almost a year and a half now I have been a part of an online community for those who have been homeschooled. This organization is called “Homeschool Alumni.”
In that time, I have gotten to know a lot of great people and have met several of them in person. Even a couple people who I have not yet met were willing to send mail my direction.
One of those was a Christmas letter detailing how the person’s family has passed 2008.
Another was a card sent by friends at a get-together in the north eastern states because I was not able to make the trip. This one, like the next, was unexpected. After performing some work for a friend one evening, I had stopped by the post office. It required nearly 5 minutes of the drive home to figure out why there was an envelope from that portion of the country with a hand-written address on it. There was no return address so I had to guess from the postmark.
In that letter, someone dared to whack me. Another person promised to throw a snowball at another person in my honor, and yet someone else recommended I program a human to randomly break silences. Yes, there are inside jokes associated with all of those.
The latest mailing was a package with a card introducing the author (who still wished to remain anonymous) and two books. I found this in my mailbox as I was leaving town to spend a weekend several states away with some of the individuals responsible for the previous letter.
So far I have only read one of those books, which is a thin one called The 3:16 Promise by Max Lucado. It is the first book that I have read by Lucado (though he is well-known) and I’m fairly impressed. A couple odd phrases occurred in the book that I’m not sure how to take. Apart from that my only thoughts are that we need more to stand on than one verse. The author elevates John 3:16 as a verse that can hold us through everything. It is a great verse but there are many others to cling to as well.
I will get to the other book in time. At the moment I’m trying to read several books that are on loan (those include Arminian Theology by Roger Olson, The Hope of the Gospel by Vic Reasoner, Kingdom Business by David Befus, Things That Differ by C. R. Stam, and The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian—most of which are not light books).
To the anonymous individual who sent this last package, if I’m not mistaken, you are attending college with your sister? Congratulations on completing another semester.
All-in-all, I have enjoyed my time around HSA (the Homeschool Alumni) and want to thank those of you who have been responsible for the mail.
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