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February 2014

February 26, 2014

Prayer: It’s a Fearful Business

I've been meaning, for the last three days, to return to the subject of prayer...

February 26, 2014

How to Understand New Testament Slavery Passages

The slavery we are familiar with is called “chattel slavery”. The word “chattel” means “moveable...

February 25, 2014

Honoring Jesus With Your Lips

This Sunday I preached on Mark's account of Jesus' arrest in Mark 14:43-52. Judas betrays...

February 25, 2014

Stages in the Wilderness

I'm on my second nine year old. I was really appalled, a few years ago,...

February 24, 2014

a change

I have long been desiring a new blog. Not because I haven't loved posting here...

February 22, 2014

Mercy and Muttering

I've always thought it was a great mercy that Moses didn't get to go into...

February 22, 2014

Wordy Wednesday

I like to think of myself as a reasonably good cook but lately, maybe because...

February 21, 2014

Did the Apostles Believe They Were Inspired?

A favorite proposition of those who discount New Testament authority goes something like this: "The...

February 18, 2014

A little offensive bible reading for your day

I am getting through Numbers as best I can on these bleak mornings and am...

February 18, 2014

Slavery in the Bible, It’s Not What You Think

We started our new teaching series on slavery in the bible during Christian Education this...

February 17, 2014

That’s Your Interpretation…

"That's just your interpretation. There are many others, so why should I believe yours?" You've...

February 17, 2014

Jesus Without Shiny Teeth

Jesus in the garden experiences crippling fear, anxiety, sorrow. And there’s nothing wrong with him....

February 17, 2014

Matt’s sermon from Sunday

Found it to be really helpful, again, to hear it said out loud that because...

February 17, 2014

spring is still a long freakish way off

I hinted broadly and widely and Matt shuffled his way into the snow and into...

February 17, 2014

an olympic rage: in which i am an elitist judgmental snob

We've been enjoying a nice respite from family movie nights and reality in general by...

February 14, 2014

happy valentine’s day mummy (and everyone)

Another great celebration of a Christian Martyr turned into a secular moment to eat chocolate...

February 13, 2014

february brings more snow

Gladys was copying out that ridiculous poem yesterday 'January brings the snow, makes my feet...

February 12, 2014

men are human: the preach moment

I've been thinking about Jael the wife of Heber a lot lately. It's hard not...

February 11, 2014

jumbles

Baby turned three on Sunday. I'm thinking of calling her Elsbeth. I really like Ermintrude...

February 08, 2014

my talk at iv last night: independence

Some lovely person came up to me this Sunday after church, someone who had spent...

February 06, 2014

seven quick takes: why am I in this hand basket edition

oneI shouldn't have been blogging so psychotically and consistently the last two weeks. If you've...

February 05, 2014

{phfr}:grumbling about the snow edition

{pretty}It is objectively pretty.It is. I awknowledge that it is objectively beautiful. However, I am...

February 05, 2014

wordy wednesday: peanut sauce

It's snowing. To put it mildly.All the children are stuffed up and whiny and suffering...

February 04, 2014

men are human but what if the man is woody allen

Woke up with a bad headache and the shifting shadow of a bad dream confusing...

February 03, 2014

a super day

We baptized a new Christian yesterday, in church--young man who has had a rough go...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

men are human

I've lately been saying to any about to be married couple we come across that...

January 30, 2014

{phfr}:tired and busy edition, and it’s still too cold

Today is my Shepherd's Bowl day and it's not a good moment for me to...

January 29, 2014

Wordy Wednesday: a scene of domesticity and comfort

Finally cleaned out the fridge on Monday, after needing to do it for like a...

January 28, 2014

phase two

The first many years of parenting are an anxious and fraught time. The main worry...

January 27, 2014

in which I confine my remarks to the weather

The snow is swirling wildly outside my window and the temperature apparently is falling another...

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