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New Bible Study

For the next 7 weeks I will be leading a small group of women at my church through a study of Jesus. We will be discussing the many characteristics of his life. Last night we had a good discussion about when Jesus asked his disciples "Who do you say that I am?" It was interesting to differentiate who we say that Jesus is (Our Risen Lord and Savior) and who we think other say Jesus is.

I tried reading a book recently called Life of Pi and just can't get into it. I tried really hard several times to read it and I just find it dry and boring. Not sure if it is more that I just am not looking for a book of that content at this time or it just really isn't my style. We were reading it for our monthly book club and now that I figured out that I can't make the meeting anyway, I'll probably give up and read something else.

I am also currently reading, and enjoying Knit Two, the second book of the Friday Night Knitting Club series. It is getting pretty good and I do like the way Kate Jacobs writes. I am anticipating it will be one that I miss the people in the book once I am done reading it.

I also learned to knit recently and am trying my hand at a really basic scarf. It is cool to do something and be able to see immediately what you are trying to make come together. As the kids get a little older I am trying to do some things (knitting, reading, working out) that I like to do for me.

It is fun.

Later,
A

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