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From me: Greetings, I beseech you in the name of the fair gravel god Macadam . The town crier has informed us, the royal court, that some of you minions scoffed at my prior references to the presumed conflict between the bipedaled beasts and steel plated goblins, and so we hereby... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 10:52 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

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

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

Dominican Republic: Monday

When we were going to bed, Kim said something about setting his alarm for 4AM or some crazy number like that. Apparently, he gets up pretty early at home, and takes the opportunity to get up even earlier in the Dominican. But, since I work for myself, I tend to get up pretty late... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 7, 2010, 12:57 pm
Category: Reviews

Total Church: World Mission and Discipleship and Training

Again, probably showing my bias, I didn't get a whole lot out of the "World Mission" chapter, so I am going to combine two chapters into one post. The gospel word is a word for the present about the future. Hope is integral to our message. Non-Christians... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 6, 2010, 12:23 pm
Category: Reviews

Dominican Republic: Meeting God in Missions

So, as most of you know, in March I went on my first ever short-term mission trip to Hato Mayor in the Dominican Republic with college students from Penn State, University of Pittsburgh and a handful from other places. It is almost a month later, and I've been meaning to write down... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 5, 2010, 10:49 pm
Category: Reviews

Mom was the Best Teacher of Computer Science I Had

I am not sure of the original source, but I received this via Jack Ganssle in his Embedded Muse . Mother taught the IF ... THEN ... ELSE structure: "If it's snowing, then put your boots on before you go to school; otherwise just wear your shoes." For years I... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 5, 2010, 10:41 am
Category: Internet

Total Church: Church Planting

"The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning." -- Emil Brunner Mission very easily becomes one activity among others in church life. It sits on the agenda alongside a list of other items bying for attention. Or it is left to the enthusiasts to get on... (More)

Posted by jondaley on April 4, 2010, 6:01 pm
Category: Reviews

Faith Notes

3/19 - Mommy asks, "Where are all those hiccups coming from?" Faith responds by opening her mouth wide and pointing down her throat. 2/23 - Faith said "I love you" to me! It sounds rather like "hello" with three syllables. She also tries... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 25, 2010, 2:12 pm
Category: Faith

Total Church: Evangelism

"Francis of Assisi is alleged to have said, 'Preach the gospel always; if necessary use words.' That may be a great medieval sound bite, but it falls short of what the Bible teaches about evangelism." I used to like that quote, and the evangelism models it leads... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 23, 2010, 12:00 pm
Category: Reviews, Bible

Total Church: Introduction

I've just started reading a book I ordered from the library. I don't remember who recommended it - probably either someone at Jubilee, or else a blog I read. Based on the number of things I've liked so far, and I'm only through the introduction, I suspect I'm going to really like this... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 16, 2010, 10:47 pm
Category: Reviews, Bible

Notes and a Taste of Spring

2/23 - Faith repeated the Church of the Ascension doorbell, singing exactly on pitch. 2/24 - Noah was working with Jon on pronouncing "sure" correctly, having trouble with the "sh" sound at the beginning. Finally, he said to Jon, "How 'bout I just say... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 7, 2010, 3:07 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith