Icky Lemon Wedges
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Put this in the “you just can’t eat anything anymore without getting sick” file…
Archive for the 'Musings' Category
I am a threat to human rights
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007I am a creationist. I am teaching my children to understand creationism. I am a potential threat to human rights and an enemy of European democracy.
Or at least that is what the Council of Europe seems to believe according to their latest resolution.
The Parliamentary Assembly is worried about the possible ill-effects of the […]
It’s still daylight savings time!
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Contrary to the calendars I have on my wall (and possibly contrary to your computer clock, if you are still using Windows. Get a Mac!) it is still Daylight Savings Time. Us Americans still have to wait until November 4th to “fall back.”
What a tangled web we weave.
Schindler and Frank
Saturday, October 27th, 2007A couple of quotes from a John Piper sermon I am reading:
Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by […]
On taking oneself too seriously
Thursday, March 29th, 2007Here is a link to a wonderful post that Bob Vincent authored on the Reformed-Charismatic list. This post is serving me to not think of myself, my blog, my software designs, my homeschool plans, or anything else as quite so essential to the grand plan of God…
I submit that the key to Joseph’s sanity was […]
John Piper’s Dad
Thursday, March 8th, 2007I remember reading a few years ago a sermon by John Piper where he reiterated some of the lessons that he learned from his father. I was moved by this sermon, and greatly encouraged in my own work of fathering my own children by looking at the example of William S. H. Piper. […]
Out from under my rock
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007Tap, tap, tap… is this thing on?
Oh. Hey.
You’re still reading this? Well, more to come soon. Just for you. My one strangely persistent reader. (Are you stalking me?).
The great blogfade of ‘06 is now over. Enjoy a walk down memory lane while I figure out how to get […]
Honest Left-Wing Professors are Scary
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005Bill Savage, an English professior at Northwestern University, has written a fascinating bit explaining why he doesn’t feel threatened by “red states” (i.e. conservatives, Christians, Republicans, talk radio listeners, people who like having children, etc, etc) having babies at a markedly faster rate than blue states.
His intentions with children of conservatives:
But even if this prediction […]
Creationists Think Intelligent Design is Scary?
Wednesday, October 12th, 2005William Dembski has an interesting piece in his blog concerning the reluctance of Christian creationists to sit in the “big tent” of Intelligent Design. I find this ironic since the mainstream media seems to perceive of Intelligent Design as a veiled attempt by creationists to gain credibility! I also find it strange that […]
Josh Harris on “Blog Cheating”
Thursday, October 6th, 2005My senior pastor, Josh Harris, has some thoughts on blogging and keeping first things first:
I read a portion from a book by Andy Stanley called “Choosing to Cheat.” The basic premise is that we are always choosing one thing over another. We are always making one thing a priority and “cheating” something else.
By God’s grace, […]
Longevity
Thursday, October 6th, 2005Dan Haseltine (the lead singer for Jars of Clay) has written a wonderful short called “Longevity.” In it he observes his grandparents long-haul marriage, wonders about the state of marriage and commitment in the current generation, and concludes:
For people like my grandparents, who have lived long enough to feel the effect of carrying […]
Stuck on Stupid: Critics of Intelligent Design
Friday, September 30th, 2005It seems that every time critics of Intelligent Design Theory weigh in, there is the tacit assumption that ID is equivalent to Christian creationism. For example, a cover story byline from Wired magazine last year:
In the beginning there was Darwin. And then there was intelligent design. How the next generation of “creation science” is […]
Better Half Blogging
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005My wife Mindy is blogging!
‘Twas the Night Before Christimas…
Friday, December 24th, 2004I have just taken a late Christmas eve break to put the final touches on our annual end of the year letter. A break from what you ask? A break from a Christmas eve ritual that resonates with just about every parent in America. A trial of faith that unites me with men across the globe and in generations past. A trial that is known by just three little words that resonate in the soul:
Some assembly required…