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September 2014

September 19, 2014

7QT: Not Particularly Condemned Edition

One The trees are beginning to flame, one by one, into red and gold. Trying...

September 05, 2014

7 “Grateful” Takes

OneAbout to leap in the shower and try to drain the contents of my muffled...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

A Little Experiment

It occurred to me yesterday, as I was driving around trying to do some various...

August 13, 2014

All Kinds of Death

Lately I've been overwhelmed and exhausted by Facebook, and really the news in general. I...

August 01, 2014

7QT: Paint Paint Paint

One Praise The Lord July is over. A couple more days of painting and then...

July 2014

July 16, 2014

Just Getting Started

I might start school today. I've been thinking I would every week for the last...

July 01, 2014

Confining Our Remarks to the Weather

I had to listen to Jeremiah 4-6 twice this morning because I wasn't really awake...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

7 long long takes

OneIt's the end of June. A great fog is clinging to the hill and the...

June 20, 2014

7 Takes About Some Stuff

One Elphine is down burning french toast. It smelled really glorious for about thirty seconds...

June 17, 2014

Why do Bad Things Happen

Matt had a really helpful section in his sermon on Sunday about the sovereignty of...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

7 Quick Takes

OneGrateful to be coming to the end of a long week in which it seemed...

May 27, 2014

Men are Human: try not to hate them for it

The internet is down so I don't know if or when I shall be able...

May 22, 2014

The Courts of The Lord

Ever notice how no matter how hard you work you can never get to every...

May 13, 2014

Men are Human but so are Women

Slept through Song of Solomon last week so had to go back to it again...

May 08, 2014

Sheepish Works

Inevitably when the topic of justification arises and, in particular, the reformed doctrine of Justification...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

7 Rambling Takes

OneJen's book is coming out next week! The cover looks very pretty. As I was...

April 04, 2014

Seven Quick Takes

OneClassrooms are built and almost completely painted. Actually, they probably are painted. I left church...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Various Vulgarities

I've had this on the wall of my school room for a bunch of years.It...

March 27, 2014

David and Saul

Having made it out of the weeds of the Pentateuch, through the shock and horror...

March 05, 2014

a true fast: sermon for ash wednesday

I commend you all for being here this cold cold morning for the inauguration of...

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

Stages in the Wilderness

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

February 22, 2014

Mercy and Muttering

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

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...