I love Vincent.
In case you're wondering, the post linked to above is by Vincent Baker, who made Dogs In the Vineyard and several other story games. His blog is here:
http://www.lumpley.com/
The post, Killing Darlings is great, and it reminds that I've finished only one game.
My friend Brennen is doing a thing a day for a month.
Maybe I should follow suit, but in games.
So what would that look like?
I'd add a column to my every day list, of game development, .25 h.
I don't think I'd require myself to finish a game each day. Maybe each week?
Yeah. Let's make it every Sunday at 0001.00 I owe a game text posted here.
Showing posts with label discipline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discipline. Show all posts
20080902
20080209
Lent 1 Saturday
The cock crowed again, and several of the Irishmen cried, 'Mac na h'Oighe slan.'
'What do the say?' asked Jack, tuning to Stephen.
‘Hail to the Virgin's Son,' said Stephen. ‘We say that in Ireland, when we hear the first cockcrow of the day, so that if we meet a sudden death before the day is out , we may also meet with grace.
(O'Brian, Patrick. The Fortune of War, Chapter Nine.)
I have loved the Aubrey-Maturin seafaring novels of Patrick O'Brian since our first acquiantance, which must have been these couple or three years now. I love the superstition above. If I might quibble regarding the self interested, ungenerous theology, the object of the hail at least is dear.
Crown Him the virgin's Son
The God incarnate born
Whose arm those crimson trophies won
Which now His brow adorn
As well, I have great affection for Crowm Him With Many Crowns, the hymn by Bridges, and later, Thring. I hadn't the foggiest notion before googling "Hail to the Virgin's Son" that one of the stanzas of the old hymn referenced the Mother of God, the Christbearer.
I do wonder what the crimson trophies are that his arm won,--is suffering a crown?
Crown Him the Son of God
Before the worlds began
And ye who tread where He hath trod
Crown Him the Son of man
Who every grief hath known
That wrings the human breast
And takes and bears them for His own
That all in Him may rest
The appeal to Jesus' dominion, to the coming of his kingdom, I rarely have heard so directly expressed. Perhaps I do not attend well. Like most hymns, I take more from reading it than singing it.
The "son of man." How absurdly evocative.
Best,
20070518
Easter 6 Friday Morning (83)
Luke 9:28-36 (The Message)
S
While he was in prayer, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became blinding white.
O
An implication is that this is what prayer actually does to anyone who prays. Or, Luke could be saying this is what dear, dear love looks like between the Normal Father and Son.
S
... At once two men were there talking with him.
O
An implication is that they were there all along, vide supra. Or, this is once again what prayer does--it brings unlooked, unexpected comfort and assistance.
S
...
32-33Meanwhile, Peter and those with him were slumped over in sleep. When they came to, rubbing their eyes, they saw Jesus in his glory and the two men standing with him.
A
I take it that Peter was the leader in sleeping.
...
"Master, this is a great moment! Let's build three memorials: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He blurted this out without thinking.
O
Peter here clearly thinks the show is over.
S
...
As they found themselves buried in the cloud, they became deeply aware of God.
A
If you've ever wondered how to explain your awareness of God to someone without the relationship, well, I have too. This would be a good place for me to do further research on the Greek to get at what Luke is precisely conveying.
S
... Then there was a voice out of the cloud: "This is my Son, the Chosen! Listen to him."
And they continued speechless, said not one thing to anyone during those days of what they had seen.
O
And the glory that came before, the ennobling of Messiah, the appearance of the witnesses, the cloud of glory and the wonder of the Presence, all this is capped by this recognition.
A
It should be called the Election and the Presentation, not the Transfiguration.
The apparent weaselliness of the end of the text for today would make me suspicious if I were dubious about Scripture or God as he's revealed in the Bible.
Hebrews 4:14-5:6 (The Message)
S
Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!"
A
The nature of the Kingdom of God is that none of us choose the honor of our duties; He gives to each of us exactly what is Best in the way of charge.
P
The thing John Sewell says, about how the way to really please God is to believe Him and His promises, rises up within me. You know I'm yours; now you know that I know I'm yours, bought with ultimate love. So whatever's up today, whatever you're doing, I want to join in.
Thank you for Thomas, Thomas, Kevin, Nikki, Roger, Becky, Mike, work, school, my kids in Sunday School, the whole community of faith, the wide world of the lost, and how they intersect unit to unit and part to part.
Amen.
S
While he was in prayer, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became blinding white.
O
An implication is that this is what prayer actually does to anyone who prays. Or, Luke could be saying this is what dear, dear love looks like between the Normal Father and Son.
S
... At once two men were there talking with him.
O
An implication is that they were there all along, vide supra. Or, this is once again what prayer does--it brings unlooked, unexpected comfort and assistance.
S
...
32-33Meanwhile, Peter and those with him were slumped over in sleep. When they came to, rubbing their eyes, they saw Jesus in his glory and the two men standing with him.
A
I take it that Peter was the leader in sleeping.
...
"Master, this is a great moment! Let's build three memorials: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He blurted this out without thinking.
O
Peter here clearly thinks the show is over.
S
...
As they found themselves buried in the cloud, they became deeply aware of God.
A
If you've ever wondered how to explain your awareness of God to someone without the relationship, well, I have too. This would be a good place for me to do further research on the Greek to get at what Luke is precisely conveying.
S
... Then there was a voice out of the cloud: "This is my Son, the Chosen! Listen to him."
And they continued speechless, said not one thing to anyone during those days of what they had seen.
O
And the glory that came before, the ennobling of Messiah, the appearance of the witnesses, the cloud of glory and the wonder of the Presence, all this is capped by this recognition.
A
It should be called the Election and the Presentation, not the Transfiguration.
The apparent weaselliness of the end of the text for today would make me suspicious if I were dubious about Scripture or God as he's revealed in the Bible.
Hebrews 4:14-5:6 (The Message)
S
Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!"
A
The nature of the Kingdom of God is that none of us choose the honor of our duties; He gives to each of us exactly what is Best in the way of charge.
P
The thing John Sewell says, about how the way to really please God is to believe Him and His promises, rises up within me. You know I'm yours; now you know that I know I'm yours, bought with ultimate love. So whatever's up today, whatever you're doing, I want to join in.
Thank you for Thomas, Thomas, Kevin, Nikki, Roger, Becky, Mike, work, school, my kids in Sunday School, the whole community of faith, the wide world of the lost, and how they intersect unit to unit and part to part.
Amen.
20070417
Disciplina
I'm trying something new.
You know how all those Baptists et alii will tell you really need to read your Bible every day and pray?
I got sidetracked by how often that's used to tweak the guilt church people often have.
So I've never actually done that as an intentional, consistent part of my life (qua how I use my time). What I've been discovering is that contact with God isn't a part of life, it is life (qua zoe, authentic, good, from the heart outward life).
The format I'm using is SOAP.
S Scripture
O Obsevation
A Analysis
P Prayer
You could substiture the S with Start easily; last Monday I could have easily written something good in this format starting with the Big Kahuna; today I could have done it with Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill.
I think I'll mostly start with the lectionary from an Episcopal Book of Common Prayer I've been using.
I won't post every day. I'm going to be culling among what I generate every week, based on comfort/trust/privacy/safety then quality.
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[For historical purposes, to show that one can beceome a better rhetor, the following is how I originally worded this post:
Are you glad I let most of my work settle before posting?]
You know how all those Baptists et alii will tell you really need to read your Bible every day and pray?
I got sidetracked by how often that's used to tweak the guilt church people often have.
So I've never actually done that as an intentional, consistent part of my life (qua how I use my time). What I've been discovering is that contact with God isn't a part of life, it is life (qua zoe, authentic, good, from the heart outward life).
The format I'm using is SOAP.
S Scripture
O Obsevation
A Analysis
P Prayer
You could substiture the S with Start easily; last Monday I could have easily written something good in this format starting with the Big Kahuna; today I could have done it with Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grill.
I think I'll mostly start with the lectionary from an Episcopal Book of Common Prayer I've been using.
I won't post every day. I'm going to be culling among what I generate every week, based on comfort/trust/privacy/safety then quality.
-
[For historical purposes, to show that one can beceome a better rhetor, the following is how I originally worded this post:
As a disciple I must learn from the Master, the Magister.
I learn from Him by drawing near to Him.
I draw near to Him by remembering Him, listening to Him, loving Him, longing for Him, enjoying Him, trusting Him, and believing His Best (which is the Best).
I remember Him in His Word.
Thus do I begin, what He has already begun, what was old when the world was new.
Are you glad I let most of my work settle before posting?]
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