The Mind of Querns

I've been thinking about a few things lately, and helping my brother in law Tyler study last night really set me off. He is in middle school science, which granted cannot be the deepest and in depth study, but there is nothing meaningful being taught. We were going through flash cards to study information about the Periodic Table, and with a little help Tyler knew all of the answers. However I know somethings about the Periodic Table and decided to test the waters about the cohesiveness and real understanding of what the table really tells someone. Ok so you know how there are so called energy levels outside the nucleus of an atom.... and each layer can only hold a certain amount of electrons, right? That is 2, 6, 10, 14....... (2n^2). Now I don't expect Tyler to know the equation, but he did know the total if each layer was filled to max; 2, 8, 18.... So I asked the question, "If an electron layer is not filled to capacity, what then does the nucleus, the protons and ...

So we just finished having a great discussion, Holly, Lorena, Jack, and I, and I wanted to say I enjoyed it. I set up the text messaging thing for blogger right after the talk, so that maybe I would post on here more. This is more of a test text, but I'd like to talk about it more with you all.    Our discussion involved being disappointed in situations that we see..... and that led to ultimately discussing about what it means to really be in a relationship. Specifically that was about relationship with God, but we talked about how it should be very similar to how relationships with other people work. The only problem is that we are always taught that there is a destination of high intensity, being on fire, and being right and holy with God. The way to be in a relationship with God is to simply be in a relationship with him, no destination, just a journey. Almost like a healthy relationship with another person, or your spouse, but with God.     We don't get th...