Tag Archives: Literacy

No Written Records? Close the Deal and Slap the Children: Ezra 6:1-2. 

Imagine a world without writing. People simply talk. They make promises. They shake hands. When the matter is really important, they employ rituals to ensure that everyone remembers. In pre-literate England, the sale of real estate included an elaborate ritual: go to town and round up a couple of little boys, then go to theContinue reading “No Written Records? Close the Deal and Slap the Children: Ezra 6:1-2. “

Jewels in My Mouth. Hosea 8:12.

When I was learning to read, I would read everything: my parents’ novels (a sentence or two was about all I could take), newspaper articles and cereal boxes at breakfast, shampoo bottles while showering, dictionaries and encyclopedias, you name it.  I quickly realized there were some things I did not want to read, books asContinue reading “Jewels in My Mouth. Hosea 8:12.”