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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Yangzi River
It looks like we’ll be able to take a cruise down the Yangzi (Yangtze) River over Thanksgiving break! The four-day cruise lines up perfectly with our time off school, and we (with the help of my Chinese tutor) found a … Continue reading
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new pictures
You can find more pictures from the World Cup game under At Home: World Cup game. We’ve also posted some new pictures of the CDIS campus. Enjoy!
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Weekend Fun
After three straight weekends of school activities, Sarah and I finally have a chance to relax a little – and this perfectly coincides with an event in Chengdu: the Women’s World Cup! Even better than this, USA was in the group … Continue reading
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Open House, Request
Our first quarter at CDIS is a the half-way point; progress reports head home early next week. Last night we held an open house to give parents a chance to see their children’s classrooms. As many of our students are … Continue reading
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High School Trip
Our weekend with the high-schoolers was fun. A little wet, but a good time for the kids to get better acquainted outside of school. We went about two hours outside of Chengdu to Yingchan Valley/Longmen Mountain. It’s a beautiful area, … Continue reading
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This weekend we’re heading off on a retreat with the high school students. It will be a quick trip, but should be a good chance to connect with the kids and allow them some “get-to-know-you” time outside of the classroom. … Continue reading
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God and Imaginary Numbers
Impossible, irrational, delusionary, absurd, untrustworthy, fictitious, imaginary: It is always easier to approach—or rather, ignore—mysteries of math by dismissing them as false or unintelligible. And how much more for mysteries of faith. So is God like an imaginary number, waiting to be discovered and accepted in a renaissance of faith? The simile is ridiculous, on its face. But, in a curious way, the ramblings of scientific history remind those who strive for reason just how vast reality is. The realization is at once unsettling and exhilarating: Truth is far richer than our minds—always confined by the here and now—can prove or even imagine. Continue reading
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Working Weekend #2
This past weekend was the second of three with extracurriculars going on at CDIS – we had kick-off overnight get-togethers for the HS boys and girls’ Book studies. The difference in the two groups is very obvious: one group goes … Continue reading
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