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Monday, 26 August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 08:10 am
4 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you….” – Jeremiah 1: 4-5a (ESV) Every single person is the intentional creation of God, known individually an...
Weasel Friendly Music 24 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
Children’s songs disturb me a bit. I’m willing to admit that I probably think about them too much, but I also have to listen too them too much. Thinking is just an unfortunate byproduct of proximity...
The Bucket Battle 22 Aug 2013 | 05:51 am
My daughter and I are involved in a protracted claims dispute over a stuffed animal, an adorable and floppy stuffed sheep. Being a small child, my daughter rather naturally assumes that it (and every...
On Love (Part 2) 18 Aug 2013 | 09:44 am
Previously I started talking about my culture’s desire for lasting relationships and its confusion over how to produce them. We know that successful relationships survive trials and difficulties, but...
On Love (Part 1) 15 Aug 2013 | 09:20 am
My culture seems to have a strange relationship with marriage. On the one hand, we value it so highly that the thought of denying it to anyone constitutes an egregious violation of that person’s righ...
Sunday, 11 August 2013 12 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am
32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” – Luke 12: 32 (ESV) This is one of my favorite verses in the New Testament. One of the things that’s gene...
Actual Conversations VI 10 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
My daughter is energetically progressing through the age during which sitting still is a significant burden. Naturally, since the government requires her to be restrained whenever we travel, she cons...
Reasons to Have a Merciful Wife, #1 (The End) 8 Aug 2013 | 08:25 am
I’m a distractible person. As an obvious example of it, I think I had planned a really clever way of telling this part of the story, then my daughter started running around nearby. Now I’m left thin...
Sunday, 4 August 2013 5 Aug 2013 | 08:56 am
Atheists seem to be generally convinced that religious people are either irrational, prejudiced, or indoctrinated. One of their most common assertions is that religious people uncritically accept wha...
To My Wife on the Occasion of Our Anniversary 3 Aug 2013 | 09:52 am
Our Marriage How strange indeed but wonderful I find this slow adventure shared between us two whom choice conjoined and grace develops through divided yet devoted hearts and minds.
