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July 7, 2009
Our company arrived about 9:30 last night. Most of today everyone just hung around the house. S and the kids went for a walk. W and family came over for most of the afternoon. I got out all the toys we packed up (for our move…), and have been . . . → Read More: Your love… universalism? … I want Your Truth! June 18, 2009
Good morning, Lord! The sun is shining and the temperature rising – even as the rain water is still dripping from the roof, the air smells so fresh, and the temperature inside is just 19 C in my room, and 18 C in my son’s room – hasn’t been that cool . . . → Read More: Small l liberalism, autonomy, freedom, equality, liberty… semantics May 14, 2009 (again) A friend of mine loaned me a book, The End of Religion, by Bruxy Cavey. Although I didn’t agree with totally everything in the book, there was a lot of stuff that I thought was really worth reading and considering… and so I sent an email to some of my friends whom I . . . → Read More: My thoughts about “The End of Religion” by B. Cavey February 21 So yesterday I gave the living room hideabed away, and we moved the daybed down from the spare room to take its place. The spare room is turning into storage of packed boxes, ready to go when the time comes. It’s beautifully sunny out today, but chilly. The temperature still goes down to around -7 to . . . → Read More: Life, truth, downsizing, church… February 4, 2009 Isn’t it amazing how our presuppositions can blind us to the truth even when the truth is right before us and clear and obvious? First thing I read this morning: (which I’d recorded 7 years ago… and yet these are lessons I am still learning…) “The opportunity is often lost by deliberation” (but … not by . . . → Read More: Big questions… simple answers? paradox… God: my friend… and THE ANSWER! January 30, 2009 “…we can stand with authority and power, knowing He [God] will take care of us.” (Robert Soto, “Words from the Creator”) Reading and studying in Deuteronomy: although I understand the theological explanation of God’s necessary judgment and destruction of those who choose evil – I can also see why people “choke” over the destruction (“putting . . . → Read More: falling empires, genocide, survival of the fittest… you think? January 29 (yes, again…) Here’s something I’m wondering about… is there some connection between “self actualization” (and self-esteem, etc etc etc) and “assessment for – and as – learning” and “positive formative assessment” (the goal of the latter apparently being to create a self-motivated, self-monitoring, self-managing, self-efficacy, internal locus of control and self-motivation type learner? (lots of . . . → Read More: Schooling/ education … disconnects… questioning… truth… wisdom… joy! January 25 “A local church has no right to define itself. It is the prerogative of Jesus Christ alone to define the church, for it is His church and it is designed to fulfill His purpose.” (Charles Price) Something I just realized… ___ asking me to sew skirts for her, and ___ asking me to show her how . . . → Read More: Unexpected thoughts … and great hope! January 22, 2008 Didn’t write yesterday! What did I do? Typing, typing, typing… In the evening I went to watch the first and second parts of The Truth Project I was not sure what I’d think of it since I haven’t always been terribly fond of some of the stuff produced by the group that put this project . . . → Read More: Truth… and “robber’s dens” …. |
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