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From Billy: Hail thou brave and mighty Alex...and other revered members of the Assembly: You have returned from the halls of scholasticia not a moment too soon. We have long awaited the coming of a valiant warrior as yourself who would dare to make the perilous... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 10:27 am
Category: General

Biking Prelude #1

As some of you know, Jonathan and I and some guys from church biked to Ohiopyle last weekend. What less of you know is what goes on inside the heads of these crazy guys, and even less of you know what sort of emails get passed around prior to a trip like this. Worry no longer, those emails... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 10:25 am
Category: General

CHAP conference

I have a double request from Grandma to post on the homeschool conference and to make the miscarriage post no longer the first thing you see when you check the blog. So here goes. (: This was our second year at the CHAP convention. Last year we spent so much time listening... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 17, 2010, 11:59 am
Category: General

Miscarriage

I didn't really feel like writing this, but then I thought it weird not to post it. So I'll mostly just copy the emails I wrote to our parents. This is happening at five weeks of pregnancy, pretty much just two days after being sure I was pregnant (though we did not take a... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2010, 3:35 pm
Category: Pregnancy

Pocket Notes

5/1 - Noah continues to update his pronunciation of words. That day it was, for battery, "baddewy" instead of "badeedee" Faith's okay is now "o-tay". 5/4 - Faith stayed in the Bible study babysitting the whole time. Jonathan and Noah were... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 12, 2010, 10:24 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

I am not allergic to poison ivy

But I will not attempt again to pull it out without another adult present. I saw that two small vines were creeping up trees in places I had noticed last year (one of which I had pulled out, but there must have still been roots). Since all my crazy dressing up last year was a pain... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 1, 2010, 6:05 pm
Category: General

Ahh, Spring. The Season of Bandaids

Combine shorts/shortsleeves with pricker bushes and concrete and childhood exploration. Jonathan takes care of himself now, and Noah does sometimes, but I've been doing lots of bandaging for Faith. She's pretty good about leaving them on, but when they fall off she is insistent... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 24, 2010, 12:15 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Daddy Gone Notes and More Recent

Here are my notes from when Jon was in the Dominican Republic: Saturday - first dinner with Daddy gone - When Faith saw that Daddy was not in his chair at the table, she looked for him in the computer room. The next morning when I got up first, Noah commented that usually Daddy is... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 18, 2010, 5:52 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

Total Church: Success

In conclusion, the authors talk some about definitions of success and how those definitions affect how you see yourself and your church. He is quick to point out that large churches are not always bad, but points out various downsides of being in a large church, some of which I have... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 16, 2010, 10:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Children and Young People

The authors quote some statistics of how many children leave the church never to come back, and particularly notes some examples of where churches had "junior church" for the kids, and while it was fun and entertaining when they were young, when the kids were old enough to attend... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 12, 2010, 10:42 am
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Apologetics

I'm skipping the "Theology" chapter, partly because I don't have anything to say about it (it was a short chapter), but also that I need to return the book to the library, and I'm running out of time, and trying to avoid any fines... First off, a definition of apologetics ,... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 10, 2010, 11:33 am
Category: Reviews

Noah Notes

Noah can buckle his own seatbelt in the car now. His speech is continually improving. Jon could tell the difference when he came back from the Dominican. /g/ and /k/ are now well established in his regular vocabulary. We're working on /f/ /v/ /l/ /s/ in our... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 10, 2010, 9:34 am
Category: Noah

Sockdolager: A Knock-Down Blow

Heather's dad sent a link to this article, which I thought was pretty good. And at least, it is a good word-of-the-day for you. Your assignment is to use it in a sentence sometime today. "NOW, SIR," concluded Davy Crockett, "you know why I made that... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 9, 2010, 2:27 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Spirituality

This chapter is basically comparing Eastern and Western religions, though I think those terms aren't ever actually used. And they argue against those Christians that would like to introduce Eastern practices into Christian. "Contemplation, silence and... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 9, 2010, 10:25 am
Category: Reviews

Total Church: Pastoral Care

I am not sure what I think about this chapter. The authors argue for Christian pastoral care within a communal setting, as opposed to the "professional" counseling. I have heard of a couple stories of people violently against that idea, though I haven't seen anything bad... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 8, 2010, 3:57 pm
Category: Reviews