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Aiden’s New Era of Freedom
Aiden has learned to climb in and out of his pack-n-play crib. We have a second pack-n-play in the living room and, this morning, I walked into the living room and there he was playing with his toys in the playpen. Hmm… I didn’t put him in there! And then, after his nap this afternoon, […]
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Christian Prenups
In the past few months, there have been discussions going on in certain circles about Christian marriage, and specifically about prenuptial agreements and whether they are ever appropriate in a Christian marriage. In my studies of Scripture, I’ve concluded that prenuptual agreements are not only permissible, but would actually be wise for an engaged couple. […]
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Christian Women’s Magazines: pt 1
I love reading women’s magazines. Okay, back up. I love life and I am inspired by its every aspect. I love to hear about what other people think, feel, and do. I love it, especially, when hearing about the stories and ideas of women, in particular, motivates me to respond in some way – and […]
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Tumble-Bumble
album05/IMG_0421Aiden fell down this morning. Anyone who knows my son also knows that falling down is not newsworthy enough to write about. This was different. When I came in the backdoor after taking the trash out this morning, Sarah was sitting at the kitchen table with Aiden in her lap and tears in her eyes. […]
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New Format
Never one to be satisfied with anything, I was up until 1am changing the layout of the weblog. I decided to go with a three-column layout, so the left side was less cluttered. Sarah and I wanted to make the site more interesting, so we’re to going to try to keep more images in the […]
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Photographic Test
PicsOfKids/110_1006Just wanted to test adding pictures to our blog entries. It looks like it’s simply a matter of a few clicks, copy and paste a filename, and we’ll see what happens. Here is a nice picture of Thomas and Tabitha, at one of their more pleasant times. Thank God for cameras, that we can capture […]
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Conservative?
“To say that someone is a conservative does not tell us what he is interested in conserving. Within our lifetimes, we have seen hard line communists trying to conserve the Soviet Union, fanatical Muslims trying to conserve ancient Islamic traditions, and American right-wingers trying to conserve the rich heritage of ‘Ozzie and Harriet.’ The word […]
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Words Without Definitions
I’ve been reading over George W. Bush’s inauguration speech he gave on Thursday. After reading it, I think I’m starting to understand why so many evangelicals like him, and why he really grates me the wrong way. Over and over, Bush used words like “freedom” and “liberty” (27 and 15 times, respectively), yet he never […]
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Nothing to Cough At
This week, at the high recommendation of some close friends, we made the brave move to take our children to a new pediatrician. Not only was the practice awesome (excellent medical (and gentle) care, smaller practice, kid-friendly environment) , but the doctor gave us a sample of ElixSure for our children’s non-stop coughing from their […]
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Of Mice
Winter-2004/brownmouseThe other night, while the ladies were at our house for Bible study, Tabitha, who has a terrible cold, decided she no longer wanted her lemonade. Not wanting to waste a cup of lemonade, she poured it back into the main pitcher. I grabbed the pitcher and put it in the kitchen before anyone else […]
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Collapse of Society
Our society is collapsing around us. Basic concepts of civilization have slowly eroded to the point where we have simply lost any sense of intelligence as a whole. Proof of this lies on the wrapper of a bag of sunflower seeds sitting in front of me. The wrapper says on the front, “Eating Instructions: Crack […]
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Tsunami Rainbows
Rainbow over Indonesia Rainbow over Sumatra Islands Rainbow over tsunami relief supply station Genesis 9:8-17 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you-the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you-every […]
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Oh, Bill!
Bill Gates. Teen Beat Magazine. ‘nough said. (via BoingBoing) Turns out, the photos were real, but the attibution was wrong. According to Snopes, they were publicity photos for the release of Microsoft Windows 1.0. The original subject was “Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, reclines on his desk in his office soon after the release of […]
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Commission Meeting
Yesterday, Sarah and I met with the Judicial Commission from Heritage Presbytery over our recent complaints. It was difficult for me to imagine it possible for anything but a decisive answer to come from the Commission, so it surprises me now to say that I really have no idea how it went. Of course, if […]
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How Many RIAA Lawyers?
Q: How many RIAA lawyers does it take to screw in a light blub? A: We at the RIAA think we will never really know, as we are fairly sure that each lightbulb changed by a home internet user represents a lost lightbulb installation fee, which in turn affects not just the RIAA lawyers but […]