"When you're absolute beginners / It's a panoramic view From her majesty, Mt. Zion / And the Kingdom is for you" ~ M. Ward x) Gospel for beginners: 1) Good things only happen when you accept Christ Jesus as Lord. 1.5) In Him alone, God...
It is tragic to me to see how many sins have been committed and how many lives have been destroyed under the banner of "Christian liberty". The church needs Nazarenes (Holiness movement) now like Israel needed Nazirites then. There is a...
After 8+ years, our toaster oven finally bit the dust. Our replacement has a removable rotisserie. It's been great for making tandoori chicken. Had it for lunch, then the leftovers get tossed with some kind of sauce...
Thanks to Tim's painting skills, and a kind gift from an aunt, we have a pantry. A massive, to-the-ceiling shelving unit for canned goods, and a smaller bookcase for jars and spices. This made me feel like we've really moved...
Ian loves football. He does not like to throw the ball. He does not like to catch the ball. He does not like to kick the ball. He likes to play Charlie Brown with the ball. Starring...
Spent a busy day baking with my sister-in-law and mom. Kitchen conversations as kids played. Eggnog bread, pumpkin bread, pumpkin gingerbread, and cranberry-orange bread....
The bittersweet last day of the semester after investing four months into students. Feeling a little maudlin, re-imagining the semester in sonata form, the eager beginning, the whirling middle with the endless variety of my students and the nearly...
Ian created his own find-a-word puzzle this morning. Our minds were blown, and we laughed because it's so Ian. He's a quiet kid, but he's found his own voice through writing. He loves writing letters to friends, and now,...
Once again, the December Photo Project has inspired me to reignite our blog. This morning, we took the kids to a Christmas parade. Bagpipers always make me nostalgic for my alma mater, and for an imaginary Scotland that...
(Written while listening to Sufjan's Christmas album) To say, "Jesus is God" - if said in good faith (that is, not with the intent to deceive, oneself or others) - is to say two things: First, on the human level, that whatever people ultimately...
Life in the psych ward felt like a "double bind": the only way to leave was to prove myself sane. But no words could do that, only behaviors. And part of that behavior was compliance with a regime that I...
"The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits." - GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy In this book, or a similar...
I hope we can all agree that the budget must be balanced, or our country is in trouble. We don't have to do radical austerity yet, like Europe, so let's see what we can do to right things without killing...
It took a lot for me to leave the Republican party, and become an Independent: 12 years of disillusionment. I voted for Bush in 2004 (the first election in which I was old enough to vote) and McCain in 2008, primarily...
One of the big stories coming out of the debate the other night was Romney's plan to defund public broadcasting. I wasn't sure of my own views on this subject so I decided to consider it here at length. I...
For Obama: I will admit, it would be hard for me to vote for you in good conscience. Your use of the Christian faith to justify your change of stance on gay marriage is disturbing to me. I can understand that...
For those coming from elsewhere than the original Facebook thread, these are summaries of the points to which I am responding, after I made an initial comment that perhaps single-payer would do better at cost containment than either our current...
I've been reading a lot of Cardinal Ratzinger/Pope Benedict's writings this weekend, and deeply appreciating the measured, reflective, and multi-faceted approach he takes to contentious issues. I've also appreciated that he is catholic in the best sense of the world,...
The week before school started, we went to Oak Island, NC with my parents to enjoy a week of beach fun. I'm going to attempt several posts this week as a kind of re-cap of that trip.I've found that the...
God, I’ve been discarded
from so many hands—
I think I am a four of clubs—
discarded but also played,
which makes no sense
in this analogy, but you know
what I mean, Omniscient One.
I’m glad that I’m still
in your hand, though,
and that there I can...
We took the kids to Six Flags White Water last weekend in Atlanta and it was whirlwind fun. I blinked and we were back home. I had forgotten that Drew tends to be afraid of rides and he chickened out...
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