Last year on Memorial Day we got to travel to DC to help celebrate the American Fighter Aces, of whom my grandfather is one. It was a highlight of my whole life and certainly cannot be improved upon as Memorial Day celebrations go. So here is my post from last year. A blessed Memorial Day to all, especially those living the pain of fresh grief. Happy Memorial Day everyone. So thankful for everyone who has given their lives over these... Read more
Thought I would pick up my thread from last week–that one of the chief purposes of wandering around in the desert being uncomfortable and hot and angry, is so that the people might discover for themselves that they don’t really love God. Moses quotes the people, “because the Lord hated us he brought us up out of Egypt.” Our modern sensibilities shudder at the ugliness of the desert sojourning. No one is supposed to hate anyone. And there is no... Read more
Being, as I am, on holiday, nothing can be expected at the usual time. But be assured that I am fully awake and in my right mind, and ready once again to provide the wide world with links. First up, here is this week’s podcast in which we rant and rave about the trend of Christians trying to hear God’s voice in the heart instead of in the bible. I take wild swings at Sarah Young (again) and Matt bashes... Read more
One Today we will have to go remedy the need of a swimsuit for the oldest child, who, unaccountably, grew since last summer. It should be super fun. I like clothes shopping for swimsuits for myself (joke) and so of course it will be delightful to go with a young teenager who has more opinions than she has years. Even more fun will be all the other children swirling around asking for stuff. I love that. Two Yesterday I sat... Read more
Well, here we are again then, spreading all our stuff all over a bright, cheerfully appointed house while the littlest girl clicks around in an annoying pair of high heels. Did we intend to bring these high heels with us? No indeed we did not. We expected they would be left home. Always amazes me how we can methodically arrange the car and then, in thirty seconds, spread everything everywhere so that it looks like we brought All the Things... Read more
Well, we haven’t perished. So there’s that. And the children are their usual fractious selves. We’ve listened to an awful lot of Pirate Christian Radio. More than I would have believed possible. Counterbalanced against all that pure doctrine and exposition, the children have indulged in the gentle idolatry of “calling” various portions of the cosmos. “I call New York.” “I call Texas.” “I call America.” “Well, then I call the seas and skies and land.” “Well, then, I call The... Read more
Too tired to have words. About to hand out bucket of donuts to children. Surprisingly easy to find donuts at every stop. So there’s that. Pip pip. Read more
Technically this should be a Listicle, but the sanity of a list was lost hours ago. Truly, it is not that big of a deal to get in a car and drive away. But there are mitigating factors…so many mitigating factors. Like I really really had to go out in the rain and fill a laundry basket with rhubarb and then cut it up and cook it in a big cauldron for four or five hours. And then, because, well,... Read more
“Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. And you murmured in your tents and said, ‘Because the LORD hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. – Deuteronomy 1:26-27 If there is one thought that separates the Christian from everybody else, it is the constant and painful acknowledgement of not being a good person. Every... Read more
So much to do today. Discovered that the rhubarb has grown up alarmingly and that I need to scrap many of my cleaning plans and cook a lot of it up, or things will turn out very badly. Speaking of things going badly, here’s the podcast for this week. We argue wildly while making flatbread. Children whining, puppy shrieking, everything you could possibly long for. And Matt’s sermon from Sunday. I tried very hard to pay attention to politics and,... Read more
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