Musings of a Snickerdoodle

December 1941 is the kind of history book I enjoy.  The history book I used in high school seemed to be written in a monotone 'voice', if a book can be so written.  It merely spewed out facts.  This book by Craig Shirley is the exact opposite.  It is very lively, and brings you into the time period.   Each chapter is a day in December 1941, with newspaper headlines  of the day under each chapter title.  Instead of leaving you an observer, it gives you the impression of these past day by day events as being present day by day events. You get to know what the people of that 'fateful' month knew day by day, their culture, popular movies, books, events; Their attitude towards the war in Europe before and After Pearl Harbor.  You will hear of the panic and anger the was roused when people heard of the attack.  Some people didn't even know that Pearl Harbor was in Hawaii, some thought it was in North America.  There were also people...

"God , after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways , in these last days has spoken to us in His Son , whom He appointed heir of all things , through whom also He made the world ." Hebrews 1:1-2 NASB Christ is the source of revealed Truth - This is in direct contrast to the competing, "would-be" points of greatest influence.   We are only truly informed as our source of information (what is the bias, the frame of reference, the limitations of our sources of   "truth"?)   Our sources of information have control/influence on our priorities, goals and ultimately become agenda-setters for our lives.   We are more what we "think" than what we eat.    Practically speaking, we are (act/live) the summation of our thoughts/thinking.   "For as he thinketh within himself, so is he:  Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee." Proverbs 23:7 ASV   As we ...