Thanks to this guy for introducing me to the term “marginalia.” Here are some recent markings:

Thanks to this gal for being my friend and for publishing a book.

[He uses the phrase “natural responsibilities,” “natural ordinances of life,” which got me thinking — what could be a more natural responsibility than raising kids? It is, indeed, a high priority — perhaps even an ideal. Yet if the Christian life is simply another priority, another ideal among several, then might the two compete? Another way to ask the question: If it were more faithful not to have kids, would I be willing not to?]

Then sometimes the books talk to each other:

And still other times I just correct grammar.