American Beginnings
I'm really enjoying it so far. I sit there trying to do the math in my poor brain about some of the facts (figuring out ages of death or how much older one person is than another). The poor guy's first two wives died, and he's on his third one at the point that I stopped reading today. It looks like the third one lived longer...maybe 56 years?
The first chapter was about William Bradford, and it was also very informative of how people immigrated to more than one place, and how there were successes and failures in their trips and people left behind. I found myself discussing something of what I learned from the book in a conversation online.
I have an interest in my own ancestry, but so far, I've not found a connection with one of these groups of people...though there were some people from a different group of immigrants that I wasn't thrilled about due to some errant beliefs. Reading this may keep me digging to see if I find any who were connected to some of these groups of immigrants mentioned in the book.
I realize I have not given a complete book review, but it should whet your appetite if you like biographies or history!
Psalm 30 to Music
Recently, I shared a song based on Psalm 2 which I really enjoyed the tune of.
I was introduced yesterday to music with Psalm lyrics by someone else.
Of the ones I tried by this person, this one was my favorite.
I enjoy sharing music by people that are not well-known, and all the better that this has lyrics from the Bible!
Apparently, the music was borne out of the loss of a friend, and I read how a family member of that friend read this Psalm around the homegoing of that loved one.
(You can see his description on the site with the video.)
