I have just been drinking in Piper lately. Listening to lots and lots of sermons, reading that book with Sarah. It’s funny – I even found out last week that our pastor at our new church is a huge Piper fan. So I’m getting him indirectly too
His seminal work is [...]
New Theme! I saw Beth talking about Blogger not being able to swap themes, and then I found out how to do it. Except not really. You have to be able to host the images some where, which means having your own web server…
But it is possible. And this is a [...]
Gavin, if you’re reading this – I’m making a formal request to be reinstated in the four wheel drive lawn mower’s club. I know that I’ve been in poor standing for quite some time and that I’ve sorely disappointed my fellow mowers – cutting an almost entirely flat and non-rocky lawn for all of [...]
Things I have seen just outside my office window today:
A pair of jackrabbits.
4 deer, including a young buck with fuzzy new antlers.
A pair of quail (sitting out there right now picking at the ground).
Man I love living here.
Man I love Sundays.
Part of it is that I feel so refreshed after church each week. I really love the teaching at this new church. I come away each week just feeling filled up.
Part of it is the rest. Two kids and Sarah are laying down. Two kids are [...]
Yes, yes. I’ve been talking a lot about John Piper lately. I’m sorry – I’m on a kick.
Over the past 6 months or so I’ve gone from being unsure of him, to kind of liking him, to thinking he may be one of the best theologians of our time. So um – [...]
The events of this past week have had me thinking – quite a bit – about animals, and their place in God’s created order. There have been many questions about whether we’ll see Sierra in heaven. I have answered yes – not because I want to provide comfort – but because I very [...]
Two weeks after we were married, we adopted a little, timid German Shepherd from the shelter in Woodland. She was so shy that she would pee on the floor if we raised our voice.She grew much more bold, learned to wander, and brought me presents from her romps in Colfax. Pairs of gloves, [...]
Heavy is in the process of being potty trained. Always fun.So last week, Sarah and I were in my office talking, and Heavy comes in from outside.“I pooped”. He said.“In your pants?” we asked.“No” he said. “On a tree.”“You pooped on a tree?”“Yep!”“You mean you peed on a tree…”“No! I pooped!”“Are [...]