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This was so different from my other entry, I thought I should post separately.

Today’s random fact doesn’t come from public radio, but instead from a web search spurred on by my curiousity. I’ve been thinking about songs to sing to Madeline, and was remembering that my mom used to sing “You are My Sunshine” to me as a kid. I couldn’t remember any of the lyrics beyond the chorus, so I googled for it…and found out an amazing fact: The song “You are my Sunshine” is one of two official songs of the state of Louisiana. Fascinating, isn’t it?

And here is a question to ponder: Why do decaff coffee and lattes taste the same (at least to my taste buds) as their regular counterparts…while the Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew I bought this week has a definitely different tast than the regular Diet Mtn. Dew? The caffine free stuff just lacks a certain zing. So does caffine have a flavor, or not???

There you have it..randomness for a cool, rainy Thursday.

I can’t give a full review of Herschel Martindale’s new book since I have not yet read the whole thing, but what I have read so far is very worthwhile. It’s a pretty short book — only 128 pages — so you could read it in one sitting if you wanted to. But, I think it’s the kind of reading to take slowly and ponder.

He divides his book into 30 short chapters, each with a few study questions at the end. The topics comprise most of the basic tenets of Christianity from reading the Word to being filled with the Spirit to the Great Commission. It would be an excellent choice (from what I have read so far) to give to a new Christian or to study with a new Christian as you are following them up. But, as someone who has been following God for a few years, I also find myself being challenged by these thoughts from a man who has been following God about twice as long as I have been alive…
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