Watching Sesame Street Again
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Children, TV | 4 Comments »This week Abby showed Lexi some old school Sesame Street clips on YouTube. Lexi loved them--especially the YipYipYipYipYip monsters. So I decided we'd try watching some Sesame Street when it was on PBS. I'm usually not big on watching TV ...
Teaching Kids About God
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Children, God, Church & Stuff | 1 Comment »Last week at church we sat around with some other parents and talked about spiritual formation in our children. Basically how we're teaching them about God. I felt kind of dumb because I didn't think we were doing much. But ...
Watching Justin McRoberts
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Music | No Comments »I'm a longtime fan of quasi-indie artist Justin McRoberts and I heard last week that he has a new album coming out, Deconstruction. As part of the album releasing festivities, Justin made videos of the entire album and released them ...
Given in to Sickness
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Health | No Comments »I've been battling a sore throat and cough most of the week and by Friday I'd finally given in. Well, I had an important meeting Friday morning that I struggled through, but by Friday afternoon I collapsed in bed while ...
Believe What You Want to Believe
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Society | 5 Comments »No matter what you want to believe you can find someone who backs you up. Pick a topic--any topic. Whether you think global warming is a crisis or a hoax, whether you think second hand smoke is harmful or just ...
Adoption and Child Sponsorship
Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Adoption, Society | No Comments »One of the Compassion International Uganda bloggers named Carlos shared this story. Carlos has an adopted son from Korea and as he was showing a picture of his son, Losiah, to a group of children, a boy named Butewas looked ...
Questioning Child Sponsorship
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Society | 3 Comments »I love that Compassion International is doing this blogger's trip to Uganda. I applaud them. But it also raises a lot of important questions for me. As I read through the entries and the comments, almost everyone responds with tears ...
You Can Do So Much More Than the Least You Can Do
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »I mentioned about a week ago that a group of bloggers were going to Uganda to experience Compassion International's child sponsorship program. They've been on the ground this week sharing their stories. It's pretty eye-opening. we spent some time at a project ...
You’re Not Always Right; or Humility Rules!
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Society | 1 Comment »I used to think obnoxious but true statements were a great way to tell people about my faith. I'd buy T-shirts plastered with them, bumper stickers proclaiming them, even music centered around them. I was very proud of my boldness. But ...
Let the Junk Go
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | No Comments »A fellow friend and blogger described Lent (or summarized the Ash Wednesday sermon) better than I did: "Our priest said [Lent is] a time to strip away all the unnecessary things we can. ... [these spiritual exercises are about] taking away ...
