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October 31, 2008
(Reformation Day)

Whyte Lambs
BIG MAN,
BIG MACHINES
a new audio

Piece of Mind
Matthew Prosser

Whyte Columns
Benjamin Johnson

Weekly Blessings
Loren Dutka

Kelly's Kupboard
by Kelly Stripling

Whyte Notes

Dear Editor:
I liked the Piece of Mind [May].  I eat organic foods mostly, but for people who can't get organic foods easily, there's a good book that lists what regular foods in the grocery stores aren't as bad and which ones to really watch out for.  The book is Diet For A Poisoned Planet by David Steinman.  My copy is 1990 but I think there's a 2007 edition now.  It will help people choose safer foods when they can't eat organic.  He doesn't say anything about GMO so you have to remember to avoid corn and soy like your article says and hope for the best with tomatoes and such.  He mentions the wax that supermarkets put on produce and your article didn't say anything about that.  Some stores spray with carnauba wax, which can contain fungicides, pesticides, carcinogens, and neurotoxins and won't come off with water.  My friend washes everything in water with grapefruit seed extract in it.  Stores are supposed to post a notice saying which foods are waxed.  It's against federal law if they don't.  He warns about the citrus boxes, too.  There's so much they do to food, I'm playing it safe and eating organic.  It's a good book, though, for people who don't have that option.
--Alan in Texas, USA

Dear Editor:
I like the new Whyte Columns.  DiaLogos is sure different.  I want to find out more about this nameless dreamer and his adventures.  It makes me think, too.  I never questioned why I want to write.  I do a lot of things without really thinking why.  So I guess I'm like that character in the story, assuming an answer to a question I've never even thought about asking.  Hmm.  I'm anxious for the next installment. 
--Gilbert in Texas, USA

Dear Editor:

As someone who has had both homeschooling and public schooling, I can say a little bit about each. I went to public school until the end of my freshman year of high school. Then I was homeschooled a few years. Though at the time, it was a hard transition because of the isolation that came with being homeschooled, I realize now the benefits. More and more, there are school shootings, drugs, gangs, etc., which create a horrible environment in which to place your child.  Public schools teach things that are against the Bible, such as evolution.  It is hard to know what your children are learning, who they are hanging around with, and what are the influences of both. Homeschooling provides a big opportunity for families to get closer, to relate learning to the Bible, and it gives parents a chance to monitor what their children learn and do. I was not placed in an environment while homeschooled that allowed for much interaction with others, but today there are many groups that homeschooled kids can join, along with dancing, theater, singing, sewing, pottery, and other classes for extra-curricular learning and socializing. 
--Taffy in Texas, USA 

Dear Editor:
What Gilbert said is something interesting to think about.  Also, animals like deer and cows naturally have less fat in winter because they don't have lots of greenery to feast on.  When we hunt in winter we get the lean animals. 
--Renae in Texas, USA

Dear Editor:
I read "God's Winter Provision" by Kelly Stripling and thought about how it's easier to hunt deer and animals like that in the winter because of their habits. Kelly said our bodies need protein in winter to help stay warm and so I thought how neat it is that our Father provides in this way by making deer more plentiful for hunting just when we need more meat.
--Gilbert in Texas, USA