This story made the CNN headlines today. A father in New Jersey called the police to report his 16 year old daughter, who stumbled in ‘drunk and unruly’ around 2:45am. When the police got there, she claimed she felt threatened by her dad and led police to his 600 vial stash of cocaine and an […]

This morning, between 4 and 5 AM, the power went off and on at least three times. It actually woke me up. It was the whole block, not just our house. I stood in one of the rooms that overlook the city, and I saw a huge flash – but no noise. Then, a number […]

TokyoNov2004/PocariSweatadFood in Japan is unlike western food – where everything is segregated on the customer’s plate. Things are piled on top of each other, even to the extent of having fried food sticking out of soup. Interesting things I ate:

On noticeable difference between Tokyo and Philadelphia is cleanliness. It was almost freaky to wash my hands after our first day of touring. After countless subway stops, sitting on park benches, holding hand railings, etc., the water rinsing my hands ran clear against the white porcelain sink.

TokyoNov2004/898_9861On our second day here, Tom took me to see the Meiji Shrine. If you look through the photos from Tom’s first trip here, there are a number of pictures of the Shrine. (Though, there may be a few more coming.) Just a few steps from the subway stop is the entrance to the shrine. […]

TokyoNov2004/IMG_9834Ahhh.. Japan. I’m having such a pleasant visit. I had hoped to write more in my blog, but have not had much time to just sit and write. This morning, we were able to call home and talk to the children. They are having a wonderful time at their grandma’s house – Tabitha screamed into […]

10.30.2004 Gentlemen, A friend gave me a copy of the bulletin, and let me know that they have missed our family in our church recently and had been praying for our children to get over their chest colds. They wanted to make sure that in our absence, we were still kept abreast of the announcements […]

I’m currently on a Damien Rice kick and you should be, too. And while you’re copying me, have a mug of Double Spice Chai Tea with milk and plenty of sugar. Accept no substitutes for Stash.

Recent personal study on Peace: ——————————— Why do believers have a spirit of peace? Because they are reconciled through Christ’s blood:

This is a recent online post I made to the Reformed Theology Discussion List. It took me more than five minutes to write, so I thought I’d stick it in my blog to keep it in webspace a little closer to home 😉

Disorder Rating Paranoid: Low Schizoid: Low Schizotypal: Moderate Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: High Narcissistic: High Avoidant: Low Dependent: Moderate Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate — Personality Disorder Test – Take It! —

Remember that a love without affection is like An unbreasted mother; And that unnurtured child will die. I liked this line, but not the poem in its entirety.

Running with them in one’s mouth. This was the scene I entered last night as I walked downstairs. I had gone up for only a minute to collect stray bottles for the evening chocolate milk ritual. Tabitha had opened the storage box for all of our scissors, and each child was running with one in […]

To the tune of the Mr. Ed theme song: ————————————— “A horse is a horse, of course, of course, but the Vehicle Code does not divorce its application from, perforce, a steed as my colleagues said. “‘It’s not vague,’ I’ll say until I’m hoarse, and whether a car, a truck or horse this law applies […]

I have decided to read through the whole Bible, from start to finish. I was very excited to see that even as God created the earth, He had a plan for it. For example, as early as 1:11, He did not just create plants, but plants that yielded seeds — to continue a life process. […]