Last week at Awana the kids in Drew’s class were assigned to read Judges 11:34-40 and answer a question (Did Jephthah do to his daughter what he vowed to do? i.e. did he sacrifice her?). We, his parents, didn’t hear about this, but last weekend at Opa’s (Grandpa’s) house he asked Opa to read him […]

Ok, this is a guilty pleasure…Chick Tracts. Who hasn’t liked Chick Tracts since they were little? Well, maybe growing up in a Christian home makes me a little off-the-mainstream, but I always liked the comics and the stories and then read over the message at the end (‘cuz I already knew it, right?). And I […]

“They [the children of God] do not misuse their liberty, for from the heart they aim to serve others and rejoice in doing so. It is not that the new man is required to serve his neighbor, any more than that a tree is required to bloom, or 3 plus 7 are required to equal […]

Pueblo Nuevo wasn’t the ideal place for learning to ride a bike and we never got around to getting a bike for Drew. So we were just bad parents… So when we got to Tacoma last year we found a bike (two, actually) at a garage sale and set out to teach Drew. Well, we […]

While in the seminary library yesterday I browsed a couple archaeology magazines. I think I could have been an archaeologist if the opportunity had presented itself, but God didn’t give that to me (for the moment, I always tell myself). Anway, there were two articles that caught my eye. One was about maybe the earliest […]

I am a helpless addict to reading. Just ask Barbara-Lee. And I’m even more addicted to reading on the Internet. Not real good at writing, but that’s another story… sooooo, here are some things that caught my eye the other day (pulled and edited from an email to my little list of co-readers who put […]

Today, walking home from taking Drew to school, I saw a bald eagle gliding over the trees just past our house. There’s one that lives somewhere near here. We’ve seen it (and another) many times. And that got me thinking about how much we’ve enjoyed being here. University Place is definitely “suburb”. It’s definitely not […]

8 hours driving time. 528 miles. 3 states. 2 time zones. 1 stop for gas and food. 2 mountain passes. 2 stops for the views. 2 snowstorms. 2 rain”storms”. 129 strong gusts of wind. 5 Adventures in Odyssey stories. 2 Thomas the Tank Engine episodes. 1 movie. That’s our trip from Boise by the numbers! […]

Well, after a full day here, we’re mostly packed, the kids are in bed (Gavin’s fall-asleep time: 5 min; Drew’s: 15; Fiona’s: 30), the gas tank is topped up. We’ll take off about 8:30 am and gain an hour pretty early on (!). Hopefully we can find a place to eat at roughly the five-hour […]

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