My Greek Word of The Day: ἔθος, ους, τό, occurs 12 times, means "habit, usage, custom, law". Ran across it in Luke 22.39. "And he came out and went, as was his custom (ἔθος), to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him" (Luke 22:39 ESV).
"Meaning is an affair of consciousness not of words" (Hirsch, Validity of Interpretation, 4).
I just finished Thabiti Anyabwile's book, The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity. Worth reading. Very good book.
"Three decades after Emancipation, African Americans led the charge to reassert...the ongoing activity of the Holy Spirit" (Thabiti Anyabwile).
I didn't realize that teaching my two year old how to eat a sucker would come with parent duty. But, I'm glad that it does.
