Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Well we are half way through the 12 days celebration and every morning the kids wake up with the same excitement about opening their gift for the day! It is a lot of fun. We have had a few lessons about appreciation and patience. We've had devotions and ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Our Christmas Eve Worship schedule is:
4:00 - Live Nativity at Tee-n-Jay's Farm, Mounts Mills Road and Spotswood-Englishtown Road, Monroe
7:00 - Traditional Worship at Trinity United Methodist Church, 70 Manalapan Road, Spotswood
11:00 - Candlelight and Communion at Trinity United Methodist Church, 70 Manalapan Road, Spotswood
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
I am always looking for opportunities to talk about faith with my children. I'd like to share one of my latest with you.
Background: We are using Linux (openSUSE) on our computers for many reason included in the About Me page. Because Linux is an open source operating ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
First I'd like to plug what I think is the best Christmas movie - The Very First Noel. My kids love it! It is relatively new and bound to be a classic. I can nitpick the theology, but I love the world music theme to the carols and ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:6-7 (NIV)
This morning I met with ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
As I was going through my original blog called Pondering Perfection, I came across my favorite post. So, I thought I'd reminisce with you by sharing it.
I had a lesson in theology today from my four year-old daughter. We were playing Candyland. She was so intent on ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
When I was in San Diego for the School of Congregational Development last year I met Rev. Molly Vetter and her husband Matt. (Matt probably thought I was some kind of stalker because he was the sound/video guy for their worship service and I was "loitering" around the equipment ...
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Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. (Genesis 37:34)
I have been saddened for a couple of weeks because a close friend of mine has been in an Ohio hospital with his son attempting to repair a restricted airway. Dave and his ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Last year, my daughter learned about Hanukkah in school last year and wanted to celebrate it. So, someone from our congregation equipped us with all the workings of the Hanukkah Festival. We started yesterday and were relying on my daughter to teach us which candle to light and ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
Today is December 6th and for many Protestants (well, maybe just me) the Feast of St. Nicholas is not well known. I discovered it last year while researching the 12 Days of Christmas and thought it would be fun to enlighten you today. (By the way, did ...
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