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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Every year, the company I work for holds a Christmas party for the employees. It’s a tradition that’s older than anyone here has been employed. That party is today. Very few things have changed about it, except for probably the location, but here’s how it usually goes:
The party is held during business hours at the [...]
Examples for Our Children: They Need Good Heroes
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Last night, Julie was feeling a need to lie down for a while due to the pregnancy. The boys were playing with coloring books and stamp pads, so I decided I would take that time to read about a famous battle in my copy of The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal [...]
Encouraging the Artist, Not Just Feeding His Ego
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Let me start out by stating one thing: I can’t stand Artists.
I don’t mean all creative people. I really like painters, writers, musicians, builders, and everyone who really enjoys creating.
I just have no stomach for the creative types who take themselves way too seriously – Artist with a capital “A”. You know them. They eat, [...]
Compassion Lacking In Health Care
Monday, December 8th, 2008I just read a blog post from “The Doctor is In” called “Revolution of the soul” and found myself in complete agreement with this doctor’s view of the medical industry, and what needs to be done to truly save it. The post is a little long, and the comments are even longer. But, for me, [...]
Oprah: “There Can’t Be One Way” to Get to God
Monday, December 1st, 2008I stumbled across a clip from Oprah a while back. In it, Oprah tells her audience there can’t possibly be one way to God. Then, when someone stands up for Jesus, she argues a little, and finally says, “I can’t get into a religious argument with you.” The clip bothered me, because she was trying [...]
Thriving for Wilderness and Sanctuary
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008This last week during our hiatus, our plan was to get away from the site, the comic, and anything not related to family, work, or survival. Personally, I had gotten burned out for a time, not feeling driven and just writing for the sake of writing because I needed to post that day. I was [...]
Heaven and Hell. God and Satan. What Does America Believe?
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008What does America believe in? Is God real? If so, how do we picture the nature of the being?
My personal story: When I was a very young boy, our family went to Mass every Sunday, my sister and I went to Catechism (Sunday school for Catholics), and I never thought much about the existence of [...]
Cloistered Homeschool Syndrome and Patriarchal Dysfunctional Families
Monday, November 10th, 2008A friend of mine loaned me a magazine a couple days ago called, “NGJ Ministries”. I just looked up their website and found NGJ stands for “No Greater Joy”. The front of the magazine references 3 John 4: “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” That’s the goal [...]
How to Overcome Inadequacies: Stop Thinking About Them
Friday, November 7th, 2008Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by everything I have to do, and want to, that I end up feeling I can’t get anything done. I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s felt that way. But when I allow a constant “to do” list to stream through my brain, it floods my alertness, and I [...]
Is Celebrating Halloween Wrong for Christians?
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008I’ve heard the arguments my whole life: Halloween originated as a pagan holiday, a grotesque one at that! Christians have no business celebrating a holiday whose origins go so far against God. Even if it has changed, it’s hardly an innocent holiday now! I mean, look at all those children, dressed up as ghosts and [...]
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