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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
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
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
"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 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
"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
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
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
2/11 - Noah, as we started school for the day, "I have my gun in my pocket in case any bad guys try to interrupt school." 2/13 - Faith says something that sounds very like "all done" when she is finished eating or going to the bathroom.  She also says... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 21, 2010, 7:40 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
2/1 - Jonathan, munching on dried cranberries, "I would have a happy life with air, cranberries, a Bible, and chips." 2/2 - Faith followed two-step directions:  go get her shoes (from the other room) and put them in the shoe rack. 2/4 - Jonathan, "Life is so... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 8, 2010, 8:54 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
Noah is doing great at his speech practice.  When he thinks about it, he can do /k/ and /g/ sounds at the beginning, ending, and middle of words.  Examples: "big pig" "good guy" "duck"  I'm so encouraged! I thought I'd write down all of... (More)
Posted by joyful on January 23, 2010, 11:09 am
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
In continuing my tv watching and catching up on the news from the last year, I see that Verizon has been doing lots of ads about network speeds and comparing them to AT&T.  And I found out that AT&T rates lowest on consumer satisfaction surveys, etc.  My brother said he has... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 29, 2009, 1:37 pm
Category: Reviews
Note: most links in the article are links to our pictures of the wood As I've mentioned previously , we really like our woodstove, and since we've used the gas less than I thought, I decided to get some more wood , and so I found a guy on Craigslist, who had a decent price for... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 19, 2009, 2:44 pm
Category: General, Reviews
I mentioned our new wood stove previously, and asked some of you for recommendations, but never got around to writing about it here.  We've had it for a couple months, and it has been great!  We ended up buying an Englander 13-NCI . I don't remember what the 13 stands for, but 12 is... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 8, 2009, 5:45 pm
Category: Reviews
11/7 - Noah discovered the two cube puzzle that has pictures of six different vehicles and plays the sound of each when the puzzle is completed.  He was having trouble with it, which seemed strange to me at this age.  He kept getting the wrong sounds playing.  I told him to... (More)
Posted by joyful on December 2, 2009, 2:34 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah, Faith
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