Making the Cross-Country drive was not as painful as it has been in times past. I have a few fairly short audio stories I’ve been saving for a trip, and Lee and I were both surprised at David’s ability to follow along. This is a new development. He still kept asking for clarification, but he [...]
Filed under: Attention, In the Car and on the Go
Are results a valid measure of good, biblical discipline? Are you thinking “pragmatism” at this moment? Now, notice that I do not say “the” valid measure, but “a” valid measure. Are you still thinking “pragmatism”? Let’s take a look at Scripture and see if it gives us the answers we need. Colossians 3:21 says “Fathers, [...]
Filed under: Discipleship, Uncategorized
Well, I thought Lee’s conference was later in the week, but we realized we had to leave Tuesday. I had a busy day yesterday trying to get everything ready on the spur of the moment. We did okay. There are crumbs on the floor, and I ran out of laundry soap, but we managed to [...]
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I have two stories on anger today. Yesterday I was attempting to troubleshoot our computer, so I could print out a bird template for my scissor-happy children. It was moving extraordinarily slow, and I had already bypassed the “safe boot” once in hopes that a simple solution would suffice. David casually walked up and punched [...]
Filed under: Obedience
I finally succumbed to the sickness that graced our Thanksgiving feast day, so I’ve not been productive the last few days. This will be a busy week. I still have catchup to do from Thankgiving and a houseful of company. Lee tells me that we’ll be at Nellis Air Force Base (near Las Vegas) this [...]
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The cousins have left. I found that when I took the time to read my Bible faithfully (a weakness of mine when company comes), I did better at sinful comparing (another weakness). I actually noticed a difference, so that’s growth. All our Thanksgiving plans were rather muddled. In the morning, the guys watched football while [...]
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Today’s Wisdom Wednesday isn’t about a single verse or passage, and it’s not very deep. I think God must be working on this specific area in my life, because the last few times I’ve been reading Proverbs, all the slothfulness verses keep leaping out at me. The slothful man roasteth not that which he took [...]
My two children were happily eating a midmorning apple at the table, while I sat and tried to concentrate on writing the next Pulitzer quality blog post. After awhile, I became aware of a curious noise of something small hitting the kitchen floor. A child must have found some dried piece of food on the [...]
Filed under: Manners, Uncategorized
I’m glad for a set-aside feast day expressly for thanking God. It’s a good opportunity to think specifically about this one topic, draw from our history, and use it to focus on a biblical responsibility. The other day in the car we talked about the upcoming day. Until now all they knew about Thanksgiving was [...]
Filed under: Discipleship
There’s something approachable and winsome about somebody who has the bravery to publicly look at one’s self, laugh, see the faults, work on what’s workable, and learn from what’s done. This nice lady had the courage to write just such a post. I don’t agree with everything she has to say, but it takes humility [...]
Filed under: Introspection
