What is Disney teaching us?
We recently rewatched the fox Disney Robin Hood because we talked about the word “alms” in language lessons and that led to the phrase “alms, alms for the poor” and on to Robin Hood. During that and at the end I was musing on the things it teaches; today we were playing some music from… Continue reading What is Disney teaching us?
Welcoming 2015 with Friends
God our servant
This year we are doing some advent readings – today’s was one of the most powerful things I’ve read all year. It’s worth posting entire. Get the book here. He Came to Serve Whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. – Mark 10:44 Jesus expects his disciples to be radically different from the… Continue reading God our servant
Our city from above
We headed out from work the other day to go see the botanical gardens, because it was probably one of the last sunny days we’ll have for awhile. However, due to a public transportation mishap (and an inexact knowledge of where the gardens are actually located) we ended up at the park up on the… Continue reading Our city from above
On missing things:
Thursday was the first time in my life I’ve ever missed Thanksgiving with my family. Over the past decade it’s been hit or miss which of my siblings would be there, but I always made it, because Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s the holiday where my family all goes somewhere together, somewhere away from… Continue reading On missing things:
Jephthah’s way out
If anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these; when he realizes his guilt in any of these and… Continue reading Jephthah’s way out
White stuff
View from our balcony this very foggy morning. (Admittedly a long way off. We didn’t get any down here in the city.) Photos courtesy of Ben, because I left for a workshop before it was light enough to see.
Thanksgiving prep
We hosted our teammates and friends for a Thanksgiving celebration (a week early) and it was fun, but man was it a lot of work. I had every intention of taking photos, but turns out I’m not very good at cooking and photoing simultaneously. Or hostessing and photoing simultaneously. Despite the lack of photographic proof… Continue reading Thanksgiving prep
Celebrating culture
This past weekend the city held the annual cultural festival celebrating its heritage and diversity. There were a lot of very cool sounding things on the schedule that we didn’t get to see, but we enjoyed it nonetheless. Glad we went on Saturday though because it was rainy and cold on Sunday (even though our neighbor… Continue reading Celebrating culture
Some thoughts on Daniel
This morning I was reading in Daniel and the story in chapter three struck me in a new way. This perspective requires straightening out many things that are twisted about this scene in order to see another scene in the future. In Daniel, the wicked king Nebuchadnezzar (whom God will humble and make a worshiper… Continue reading Some thoughts on Daniel
Church History
Today we got to enjoy going around the town of Chester, England, which is well over a thousand years old. We were able to walk most of the way around the old town walls and saw a rather unimpressive Roman amphitheater and two churches that were close to 1500 years old. In one of these… Continue reading Church History
Anniversary trip to Colorado
God is in control
Recently we had to do some child safety training for our job, Tim Challies shared that he doesn’t allow sleepovers, and I’ve seen a lot of discussion on pedophiles on Facebook. All of this has made me realize and think about a number of things. First, I’m very thankful for the environment in which I… Continue reading God is in control
Turning the other cheek
Last week as we were road-tripping to Colorado we stopped for gas and I choose gas stations very poorly. If you pulled up so the gas pump was next to your tank, the station didn’t have enough room between the front of your car and the end of the parking lot for anyone to your right… Continue reading Turning the other cheek