Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
So in June my family (me, my wife, and 3 children) received a check for $2000 as part of the economic stimulus package. At the time, I wonder who is paying for this. It seemed like free money, but I know that it has to come from somewhere. But the ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The Conversations of Our Times at Bill Easum's blog is a great expose of the different dialogs in Christianity today. Check it out.
Many who follow my writing know that two of my favorite metaphors for describing the signs of the times are National Park and Jungle (you might want to read this ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Jesus is God’s means of grace. What that meant for John Wesley was that means of grace are: "...outward signs, words, or actions, ordained of God, and appointed for this end, to be the ordinary channels whereby he might convey to men, preventing, justifying, or sanctifying grace."
Wesley talked about ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Well, today I was asked for the second time at my son' school to cross at the crosswalk. I haven't been approached at my daughter's school since my initial encounter. Regardless of the crossing situation, something the crossing guard said was interesting and kind of played into my ...
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
I am still processing through my experience in the labyrinth. This morning we journeyed with CD players in hand through the Group Publications labyrinth. This afternoon we went through the labyrinth in unstructured time with no stations and in silence. Both were unique experiences where God moved ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
In the end, I decided to go with Marine route Alpha for several reason. Primarily, Grandpappy reminds me of my Dad and I like him find it comfortable in hanging out after school with him. Second, I am not much for following the pack, especially when I know ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
My daughter and son both started school the other day, they are at two different schools in our district (which is a walking district). I have 15 minutes to pick one child up from class, walk to the car, drive to the other school, walk to the school ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
We have had a metamorphisis here. My wife started working full time last week and all of my kids went to school this week. Yesterday morning, trying to get everyone ready was chaos like never before. The pressure was incredible as we all walked out the door ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Just a quick note to say that I think it is fun to get tweets from Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus. They are pretty active on Twitter at SantaClaus25 and MrsClaus25 . There are a lot of Santa imitators out there, so make sure you get the ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Recenty my daughter competed in her first Triathlon. She wanted to do the Musselkids, but the rain was so bad that we opted out of it. So, I scoured internet for an event that she could compete in before summer was over. I happened upon a ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
The other day we were in the car running errands. We stopped in one of the numerous parking lots that day and for a reason I can't remember, the kids broke out into prayer. My youngest son started praying the prayer he is most comfortable with, "Thank you for the ...
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