The Patriot

Covenant Academy won five gold medals in the ASCI speech meet in Huntsville this morning.

ACSI meets are unusual in that the first place winner does not necessarily win a gold medal. To win a gold medal, a performance must not only be best, it must also rise to a certain standard. The judges may give up to three medals (gold, silver, bronze) but do not necessarily give any medals in a particular event.

I was reading Psalm 34 this evening. It’s hard for me to read the first few verses of that psalm because I remember an old song set to those words. The insipid tune of that song runs through my head, contradicting the depth of the words. Tonight I got past that old tune and was able to appreciate the profundity of the words of that psalm.

Maybe the Bible, especially the Book of Psalms, has an emphasis on creating new songs because old songs can become annoying and detract from the words, especially if they weren’t the best songs to begin with.

Quote from Andrew Kern:

A book isn’t great because of what it tells you, but because of what it makes you think about.