Archive for February, 2009
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009The time has come. Julie has finally given birth to a new baby boy. 6 pounds 15 ounces of pure manly man at a stunning height of 20 inches, born at the manliest time of the day: just after 2am. Truly a spectacle to behold.
We’ll be taking it easy for a little while to get [...]
Let’s Go Life Typecasting: Fishing for Stereotypes
Monday, February 16th, 2009If you ever watch a movie or television show that features a church scene, there are some things you pick up on. They are things I don’t think I would have picked up on before I became a Christian.
What are these things? Read on; I’ll get to them a little later.
But, I noticed a lot [...]
A Valentine for My Sons
Friday, February 13th, 2009I made another Valentine video using Anime Studio, this year just a quick one for my boys. They love watching the one I made for Julie last year over and over, so they’re sure to get a kick out of this one. I didn’t spend as much time on it and I reused their heads [...]
Abe Lincoln’s 200th Birthday
Thursday, February 12th, 2009On February 12, 1809, President Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. 200 years is an awesome milestone.
How are we celebrating?
Our city, which is named after him, is holding a celebration, which started yesterday and will go on until Sunday. There are photo exhibits, lectures, PBS specials, music, theater, and other stuff.
Springfield, Illinois is [...]
How to See God Work in Your Life: Live Expectantly
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009For the past couple months a theme keeps repeating in my life: Live expectantly and you will see God work in your life. It was the topic of a sermon at church around Christmas time. It has come up in several sermons I’ve heard on Bott Radio. Different people in my life have said essentially [...]
Not Bread Alone, but Every Word
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009This last Sunday at church, one of the speakers made comment about a verse, Matthew 4:4, we’ve all heard in some form or another. The setting is this:
Jesus is fasting for forty days in the desert. Obviously he’s hungry. Satan tempts Jesus to prove his divinity by changing some rocks into bread.
Jesus answered, “It is [...]
Love Covers Over a Multitude of Sins
Monday, February 9th, 2009In honor of Valentines Day week, we wanted to do a re-post from something written last year. One of the ultimate proofs of love from the Bible…
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
That is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. It’s [...]
Dean Rankine: HOLY COW! Christian Comics
Friday, February 6th, 2009Today there won’t be a comic, but I thought I’d take this time to talk about a creator who unknowingly inspired me to start “One of a Hundred”: Dean Rankine.
Take a little time and read through some of his stuff in the above link. There’s quite a lot there to peruse. Go ahead. I’ll wait [...]
A Few Nagging Questions
Thursday, February 5th, 2009When will Matt finish the 2008 Advent Calendar?
Is the creator of this game, 6 Differences, from Lincoln? It includes the Nebraska state capitol building, the lesser-known abandoned Kmart on 56th and Highway 2 that has had a “For Lease” banner on it since 2003, and other locations that feel eerily familiar.
I thought Lux died years [...]
God: The Creator of Creativity
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Last Sunday in church our minister did a sermon called “Work of Art.” He talked about how God, the Creator, was the ultimate artist. As we sat listening, Marc immediately looked up in Genesis the story of the creation of the Earth. (On the first day God created…) Then he looked at me and said, [...]
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