day no. 15,592: alphabetical areas of interest July 2021

"There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people."

- G.K. Chesterton

Interested people are interesting people.

Be interested... stay interesting.

Animal Farm (maybe too soon for Story Club? read again soon)

Anthem Church (changing w/ Stan gone and Brandon as new elder)

Apple and Arrow (reading for 1st time w/ kids at Story Club)

Aria Aleksander (kids, especially girls like watching her ballet videos)

Ascensional (handed off to Paige for editorial help)

Audit (will we discover that Trump actually won? and if so, what then?)

Babies (trying to remember what it's like having a little one)

Backyard (praying dirt and seed take)

Battle Ground, WA (never knew this city existed before FLF Rally)

Beaver (watching through show during family time)

Beowulf (just finished with kids at Story Club again)

Books (on pace to read 300 again this year)

Brick Dictator (fun stop motion Lego reenactments of historical battles)

Bulk Store (been enjoying grabbing spicy nuts at Amish for snacks)

Car Crash Time (Atticus loves this YouTube channel of dashcam crashes)

Cardboard (first TenNapel comic recently read)

Chesterton (reading Everlasting Man for first time... gold as expected)

Chocolate Knox (been enjoying his IG posts)

Church (feeling more and more out of place as convictions change/develop)

Congregational Singing (enjoying the "new to me" discovery of this form of worship)

Couchechism (still working on working this out, developing cadence/routines)

Crash Boom Punk (video game car crashes kids always ask for)

C.R. Wiley (loved his spot on the Waterbreak for Crosspolitic)

Crosspolitic (began listening to daily news brief)

Culture (still working hard to create and cultivate Van Voorst family culture)

December (wonder how close to Christmas new baby will be born)

Doug TenNapel (having fun reading his graphic novels with kids)

Eight (the number of children I now have)

Ex-eldering (no longer an elder at Anthem as of May 2)

Failure (feeling the weight lately of falling short in so many ways so often)

Fight Laugh Feast Club (joined to get discount for Rally)

Fight Laugh Feast Conference (looking fwd to next in Sep)

Fight Laugh Feast Magazine (great read, fun getting introduced to new friends)

Fight Laugh Feast Rally (had a great time at our 1st of this kind)

Flula (introduced kids to his videos recently)

George Grant (fun getting to know him through FLF Network)

Ghostopolis (second TenNapel comic reading with kids)

Grace Agenda (can't wait for 1st one this August)

Gregory Wilbur (appreciate his album of psalms/hymns)

History (exploring Catholic/Protestant divide)

How Should We Then Live? (just read for the 1st time w/ Josh Miller)

Idaho (looking fwd to seeing it in person)

Intermittent Fasting (still at it, 2 1/2 yrs of OMAD, 20/4 sans Sunday)

Julian Smith (have had fun watching with kids)

John Knox (excited to learn more about him, next book with Josh Miller)

June Hymn (by the Decembererists - been listening to it with the kids)

Keep America Great (interested in Maricopa County audit)

Latin (finished Linney and Latina Christiana w/ kids)

Liberty & License (freedom to is different than freedom from)
Manliness (wanting to mature as a man in many areas)

Max Hacks (fun videos Rocco really likes)

Moscow (excited to visit in August)

Move (wondering when and where we may end up or be called to go to)

Mr. Tinkerer (great woodworking channel we've been enjoying)

My Chemical Romance (revisiting, "Welcome to the Black Parade")

Networking (fun to meet so many like-minded families at FLF Rally)
Nicene Creed (began working through/memorizing with kids during couchechism)

Otto (like this name, but everyone all of a sudden seems to as well)

Papa Don't Pope (Wilson on Catholic/Protestant division)

Pie (new staple of Saturday night)

Pice Cream (a la mode - wordsmithing)

Postmillitant (working through what to do with this account)
Presbyterianism (who knew? enjoying getting acquainted historical/theologically)

Proverb of the Day (began doing during Couchechism)

Psalm Singing (entering a whole new world of worship)
Qanon (nutters gonna nut - the thrill is in the prophecy, not in its fulfillment)
Ransom Trilogy (wrapping up another journey through these)

Ref Toons (having fun reading during couchechism)

Reformed Catholic (excited to read this with Josiah Blansett)

Relient K (enjoying Mmhmm with kids)

Riddles (a Dad Time frequent flyer - Brightside in particular, Penelope's fave)

Rhett Burns (enjoyed his posts in FLF Magazine)

Sabbachism (Sunday Q&As for kiddos)

Sext (added to Sabbath Liturgy - 6th hour of the day)

Slaying Leviathan (just finished reading w/ Josh M.)

Stories are Soul Food (fun new podcast ft. N.D. Wilson)
Story Club (excited by some titles we have on deck)
Table (stripping and sanding for Paige to restain - living room)

Tennessee (excited to visit in September)
Treadmill (30 min/4 nights a week M,T,W, H)

Underwriting Sr. (possible promotion in Sep)

Unvaccinated (spellcheck thinks this is not a word)

Vespers (introducing evening Sabbath liturgy: sing, pie, taste and see)
Vibrams (wore holes through ones I inherited from Josh)
Voddie Baucham (hoping to see and meet him, Deo volente, at FLF in Sep)

Weighted Vest (wearing 20 lbs on morning and afternoon walks)

Wiglaf, son of Weohstan (awesome character in Beowulf)

Wingfeather Saga (getting set to begin our first trip through these for Story Club)
Xtra cash (interested to see how this monthly stipend of Joe Dough works out)

"Yes" (need to revisit commitment to saying, "Yes" as much as permissible)
Zzz's (have not been sleeping well lately, often waking up at 3:30a)