Several years ago a friend brought me a book that supposedly contained all the sayings in the English language. I became intrigued. The book told the origin of each saying, its use and its age. Many sayings originated in other countries and were brought by immigrants as they were learning the language. Others were fairly new and came into being on the fronteir or in ethnic conclaves. Their variety was endless. A number were well known but others were fairly rare. I realized how much I did not know and began to wonder how well I would functions in unfamiliar environment were cultural groups gathered together. I decided others my profit from a collection, particularly if I paired selected sayings with Bible verses about which many readers might also be somewhat unfamiliar. Of course, I ran the risk of being selective in my choices of both sayings and Scriptures. Readers might greatly enrich the selection from their own environment or personal experience. My attempt to relate Bible verses to the Says is very questionable. I make no name for its content or perfect fit. The reason I left space for each person to respond via whatever thought the selection and combination should evoke. It is definitely a work in progress and it is meant to incite and excite. There is no order in the selection and the sayings/Bible verses should be read in each person's own choice. The two essays at the end (One, A Comment on the Functions of Sayings and Scripture and another, on Some Thinking about Thinking) are my effort to think in the categories that have consumed my whole profession a Psychologist of Religion. I invite you to join my in reflecting on human life a step above every day existence. I will always enjoy discussions even my efforts to engage in them may become limited in the years to come. Such is the future for a man in his late 80s.
