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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...
joyful, 1 May 2010 |
New Words and Other Notes
Faith now says: sock - "ot", peekaboo - "deet-a-doo", let me do it - "Do!", "dough", that -...
Ahh, Spring. The Season of Bandaids
Combine shorts/shortsleeves with pricker bushes and concrete and childhood exploration. Jonathan takes care of himself now, and...
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...
Total Church: Success
In conclusion, the authors talk some about definitions of success and how those definitions affect how you see yourself and your...
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...
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...
Noah Notes
Noah can buckle his own seatbelt in the car now. His speech is continually improving. Jon could tell the difference when...
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....
Total Church: Spirituality
This chapter is basically comparing Eastern and Western religions, though I think those terms aren't ever actually used. And...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Total Church: Church Planting
"The church exists by mission as a fire exists by burning." -- Emil Brunner Mission very easily becomes one...
Total Church: Social Involvement
Partly due to doing things with my family and partly due to catching up at work after last week of very little work, I haven't read...
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...
Faith Notes
3/19 - Mommy asks, "Where are all those hiccups coming from?" Faith responds by opening her mouth wide and pointing...
Total Church: Evangelism
"Francis of Assisi is alleged to have said, 'Preach the gospel always; if necessary use words.' That may be a great...
Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson
I won't do a whole review, as I probably wouldn't do all that good of a job, but I'm re-reading it because a friend from church asked...
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...
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...
Spring!
It got up to 67 F outside this afternoon. We had a picnic lunch and then spent a long time outside enjoying the sunshine (kids...
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...