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April 15, 2010

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Skyrim - metaphor for life

Dragons are invading the land. People are dying. Lives are being consumed. What to do?

I received Skyrim for Christmas. While I like fantasy literature, I've never been a big fan of fantasy role playing games, but I like this game because it is so much like life - it is open ended and not scripted; its progress depends on the choices you make. Skyrim looks to be an interesting gaming experience.

Like life.

This is a game with a major crisis- dragons are invading the land. And you find yourself in a politically divided environment and are asked to take sides. You can choose the noble road and make ethical decisions. You can play as a thief. You can even play as an assassin and murder. There are skills and talents you are born with, some that you can learn, all that you can develop but like life you must chose which ones to focus on. You can play the game and become a great character, a hero, or you can avoid the main quest completely and only play the side line quests. Yo…

Light in the darkness

On a cold Christmas Eve in an ancient land in a cold stone building, built many hundreds of years ago one small candle shown out to light the surrounding darkness. It was Christmas Eve. And thousands packed the magnificent cathedral of Ely to join with the gifted voices of the choirs of this Christian community to praise that vital event of the birth of the Messiah. Here was no generic holiday celebration. Thousands brave the cold of this unheated but beautiful building to join in worship, thanksgiving, and reflection of the beginning of the most significant event to shape human destiny: the birth of a redeemer. It was humbling to be a small part of that assembly.

Dae Dun San

Monday was a great day to be a born and bread Tennessee hillbilly as our chapel staff tackled some steep rocky out crops in South Korea. This is Mt Dae Dun San. For April, it was a bit chilly and the cherry blossoms are still sleeping here. But as we the final four of us made our way to the top, the sun broke out and the view was incredible.

A fairly stable cable car took us about 1/2 way up the mountain. Then we began a steep ascent to this swinging (yes it swang) bridge.

Then up this steep ladder, climbing between two rocky projections on the side of the mountain.

Here is part of the ascent from the tram up to the bridge. The steps were not typical of the rest of the trip up.

This is a view of the entire mountain from the base where we parked.
At the top the view was astounding. Looking down on the knoll we climbed to reach the ladder, it all looked incredibly small. It didn't take too long to reach the top though. Not really that far in distance but it was straight up (and s…

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