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. […]

Instead of calling people “jerks”, which was our three year old’s name-calling word of choice, a word we frown on here at the Albrecht house, why not just call them a “jerp” instead? This is Thomas’ new name-calling word. When I yelled at him today for calling his sister a “jerk”, he informed me that […]

We have learned to put things, issues, problems, yes – even sin in compartments with labels. It is more convenient to put a label on something and quietly store it somewhere than it is to sort it out and deal with it directly. We will, as individuals and as a society, never grow or be […]

U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, was “unreasonable and not supported by substantial evidence.” What the headlines do not say, and what you have to read further to find out is that, “his ruling applied only to abortions involving a fetus that was not viable outside the womb. […]

Is not a moment of reality more interesting than all of the blogs in the world combined?

On Friday, August 27th, the children and I drove to Indiana. It took exactly 12 hours, including at least four stops. We didn’t get lost or have any trouble. It rained heavily for about an hour in the trip, while in Ohio, making visibility quite difficult. I was thankful for the three lanes, and on […]

Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers. For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb. Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit […]

Out of the blue, Eban Brown saw my Yahoo! profile and sent me an instant message. As if he needs an introduction, Eban was lead vocalist for the Moments in 1991, the Delfonics in 1993, and the Stylistics in 2000. He recently started a solo career. He even has his own record label, Stardom Records. […]