‘Family’ Archives
The Advantages of Apartment Living for the Christian
A little airing of laundry: our family recently foreclosed on a house we had attempted to purchase 7 years ago. The house had sustained foundation damage prior to our attempted purchase, and having escaped the careful home inspector's eye, and not willing to file suit against a brother and sister [...]
Be a Man (if you are a man), Be a Woman (if you are a woman)
We had a Valentine's Banquet at RML this past week, and by all accounts, we had a GREAT time! It was a lot of fun, and at times, downright silly. But some of the themes discussed throughout the evening pertaining to marriage need to be taken very, very serious. As a pastor, I desperately want to [...]
Noah’s sentences (7 years old)
These are real sentences my 7 year old has written and saved on the computer. Spacing and spelling are both his, preserved exactly. He thinks a lot like I do, I think. Noah is a boy. he likes to jomp in the [...]
Catechism
The past few years I have been training Noah and Anna, primarily on the Westminster Shorter Catechism, complete with some of my own modifications, not in the theology but in the language. We got out of the habit through the Spring and Summer, but now we are back at it. However, my frustrations [...]
On Loan from the Lord
This photo, taken and edited by my wife Page, communicates a couple of major things to me. First, that the Lord is good. He creates life for his glory, he loves children and wants them to come to him, and he calls parents to lead their young ones into the Father's care. Second, Page has [...]
Birth of Laughing Wasp
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. -Psalm 78:4 My son Isaac was born yesterday, on my birthday. It was thrilling. His first and last name means Laughing Wasp. His middle [...]