Today I heard someone refer to a statement in the letter to the Corinthians in which he states that he prays with his heart and his mind. I read this part of the letter and realized that it also speaks to the idea that one must speak to the non-believer in the voice that he can understand or else he is speaking in a language that he cannot understand.

I had a thought about fear today. That fear is a signal to alert one to action. That the problem with fear is when we continue to feel it.

I wondered today if religious philosophy could be said to be based on longitudinal research.

This afternoon when I got back with the younger kids my son, who had arrived home before us, complained of a burned finger. My wife came home and he told us that he burned his finger by accidentally turning on the hot water instead of cold. We knew this wasn't possible as the finger looked blistered. We were both worried and confronted him. He was very defensive and denied any wrongdoing vehemently. My wife reacted angrily and harangued him for the truth. I got her to back off as I sensed him digging in his heels. A few minutes later I got him talking to me calmly about little things. Then I carefully talked to him about my concerns about his finger and what happened to him. I assured him that he would not get in trouble and I told him what I guessed had happened. I made him not interrupt me and just think about what I was saying. He admitted to me what happed that he was playing with the stove and burned his finger.