Giving God the Honor and the Glory.

American FIDE Woman Candidate Master Claudia Munoz wins the Susan Polgar National Open 2008 Elementary Section with a score of 5.5 of 6 after having won the GOLD MEDAL for the United States in the North American Chess Championship in Aguascalientes Mexico 2007. She will also be the official representative of the United States for the Pan American Youth Championship in Ecuador 2008. Claudia bases her chess success in her belief in honoring God along with 20 hours a week of studying and discipline.

God Grew Tired of Us.

God Grew Tired of Us has been released on DVD. It is a movie that follows a small group of Sudanese men – the lost boys of Sudan – that move from an “interim” refugee camp in Kenya – where they had been for 10 years – to the United States. It’s a touching true story that makes one think of all the things we have available to us here in the U.S. that we take for granted. There are a lot of overweight, arrogant, inconsiderate, “woe is me” people that need to take a look at this movie.

There is a scene where a small group of men play chess to pass the time away in the camp, which they have measured in years. I highly recommend watching this movie. It’s narrated by Nicole Kidman, and is rated PG. There are a few scenes early on that may be disturbing. But the movie as a whole is very positive and enlightening.

I also recommend having a look at the following -

• John Dau Sudan Foundation
• I was Hungry – Sudanese School Project

What I’m Reading Now.

Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis.