Archive for the year 2008
Christmas play and other holiday fare
This morning, after one child had to be called and reminded that it was this morning, we had our annual children’s Christmas play at church. It was short, but enough for my bunch of kids. I was pleased with their overall performance (which included both of my boys). I realized afterward that part of being [...]
past due
I know that I have been remiss in posting updates here. So many things have been going on…visits from family and friends, my sister got engaged!, and a great many church things fill our weeks.
But, somehow, the kids managed to walk around uptown on Halloween as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo (or, once he [...]
agreed
i like boys with strong convictionsalways seriously jokingand rambunctiously soft-spoken-kimya dawson
in her own words
Ellie said: "The baby has a coat blanket."
We would have called it a sweater vest.
I might be Phyllis. He might be Mike.
1960.
Not too shabby.
Or, maybe 1970 is better. especially for Brian.
never heard of this. have you?
I just ran across a new word on another blog: food porn.
Here’s an example:
Any thoughts?
God and the media
In our small group we talked about how we (Christians) are to interact with various types of media: movies, books, video games, music. One of the things that came up in discussion was how important it is to invite God into the experience. So, inviting God to be a part of watching a movie. In [...]
a plot line George Lucas missed
I showed the boys the dvd cover for Star Wars: A New Hope, which we would watch later. I explained who all the characters were and that the guy in the black costume and helmet was the bad guy, Darth Vadar.
Toby pointed to Chewbocca and said, "Well this guy will just chew the bad guy [...]
trying again…
I’ve tried to report my thoughts twice. I think we can chalk it up to one of many weird things happening these days, which leads me to what is on my mind: natural disasters have quadrupled and the song in my head goes, "People get ready, Jesus is coming, soon we’ll be going home…"
on my mind
