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6/11 - We planted more seeds in our garden. Faith helped me plant beans and she very carefully placed the seed in the hole and gently covered it with soil. It was so sweet to see her tender care. I discovered a robin's nest in the bush outside our bathroom... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 29, 2010, 8:51 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah, Faith

New Bike Report

So, after thinking about it for a while, we decided to go ahead and purchase a new bike. The reason it took some thinking is that it isn't a regular old bike with one seat, but has three seats, with room for three adults, or with the added child conversion kits, Noah and Jonathan can fit... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 8, 2010, 9:21 pm
Category: Reviews

The Best Job In The World

Here's my take on the biking/camping trip. With last year's notes, it was actually pretty fun planning camping meals for 14 people, the vast majority of which are young men. I only made two mistakes, one was forgetting oil for the eggs (we used some butter from the mountain pie... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 25, 2010, 8:03 pm
Category: General

Clean Your Dishwasher With Lemonade?

As we've mentioned, our water is pretty hard, and dishwashers in particular don't like hard water, and the manual with our dishwasher says specifically that it won't work with our water. But, it has worked pretty well for around ten months or so, as long as we kept the rinse aid... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 7:08 pm
Category: Reviews

Biking Trip to Ohiopyle Summary

I bought a Trail-gator for attaching Jonathan's bike to mine, and we went on a couple 10 mile rides last week to test it out, and to build up our strength, but I had been pretty tired after those rides, so I wasn't very optimistic that we would make it to Ohiopyle without calling Heather to... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 25, 2010, 11:42 am
Category: General

Biking Prelude #2

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

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

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: 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

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: 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

Jonathan Notes

Jonathan has been wanting our family to put on a Star Wars play ever since he started reading his Syar Wars book. I keep telling him, "You write the script first, and then we can figure out more details." So he finally decided to write the script, based on the movie Star... (More)

Posted by joyful on March 28, 2010, 5:04 pm
Category: Jonathan

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: Why Gospel? Why Community?

It's definitely a telling commentary on my life that the first chapter of Total Church , "Why Gospel?" was less exciting to me than the following chapter, "Why Community?". I think the former is in my head only, where the latter is in my head and heart.... (More)

Posted by jondaley on March 20, 2010, 10:31 am
Category: Reviews, Bible