Wednesday, July 30, 2014

A quiz

Heard on the radio this morning. "Ladies and gentlemen, THERE. IS. YOUR. DAGGER!"

1) Who said it?
2) What radio station?
3) What is the significance?

My kids are excluded from this contest.

Monday, July 28, 2014

Home school scripture class

This fall and spring I will be teaching two online high school scripture classes for Homeschool Connections. In the fall I will be teaching Introduction to the Old Testament. In the spring I will continue with Introduction to the New Testament. Here is a link to a description and registration information.

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Family, Marriage, Religion, social problems stats

Here is a link to the Marriage and Religion Research Institute page called Mapping America. It contains statistics about the relationship between marriage, religion, education, charity, psychological health, and just about every social problem you could think of, including drinking, drugs, abortion, and being paid or paying for sex. For instance, here is the chart about "Divorce or Separation: Religious Attendance and Family Structure in Adolescence."
According to the General Social Surveys (GSS), 17 percent of adults who attended religious services at least monthly and lived in an intact family through adolescence have ever been divorced or separated, compared to 27 percent of those who attended religious services less than monthly and lived in a non-intact family as adolescents. In between were those who attended religious services at least monthly but lived in a non-intact family (25 percent) and those who lived in an intact family but worshiped less than monthly (20 percent).
Here's one about "Religious Attendance and Shoplifting."