One thing I do to "tell the story" to my children is send an email to my family several times per week, with insights I have had from the Word, often with a quote or two from my reading. I started this just a few months ago, and they comment to me when I start …
Month: June 2006
Father’s Day #1
In my wide margin Bible, I mark an "F" in the margin to denote verses about the family. As I have done this, I have seen more clearly my responsibilities as a father. The most common command or exhortation in the Scriptures in regards to parenting is to teach our children about the wonders of …
On the Road Again…
The reason I haven't been posting much on The Earth is Not Flat! lately is because we have been traveling. We drove from Missouri to Utah for a few days of camping and exploration, and are now in Montana to visit family and supporting churches. We have spoken in ten of our twelve supporting churches, …
Abortion Simplified
I got this from World Magazine Blog (they were quoting columnist Nat Hentoff): A longtime friend of mine is married to a doctor who also performs abortions. At the dinner table one recent evening, their 9-year-old son — having heard a word whose meaning he didn't know — asked, "What is an abortion?" His mother, …
The Earth Has a Future
We usually think of the science of geology as being about the past: geologists often reconstruct events that happened thousands, millions, or even billions of years in the past. Sometimes geologists are called upon to project into the future as well. Examples of this include earthquake prediction and finding sites for long-term (>10,000 years) storage …
Bonhoeffer Quotes #2
Some more quotes to ponder, from The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer: No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more …
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