Thoughts of a Christian Husband, Father, and Pastor
I just had to post these. They’re some pictures taken from the nursery of our church on a Wednesday night. The older kids in nursery are longingly watching the GraceKids classes outside playing games. It’s awesome. (At least I thought they were looking at the other kids playing… on second thought, maybe they were trying [...]
Sometimes it’s good to do what’s counter-intuitive. In fact, I’ve found that the longer I’ve been a Christian, the more I need to second-guess and examine every motive. Sure enough, there is deep-rooted sin in there somewhere. I’ve found God’s evaluation of humanity in Gen 8.21 (‘the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood [...]
Well this afternoon I’m back in the office, sorting through e-mails and trying to figure how to begin catching up after two weeks of vacation. The highlights were (among other things) a trip to DC to visit Covenant Life Church, and a trip to the cottage this past weekend. More than just doing stuff though, [...]
When people tell you that families are a drag, that kids are a sacrifice, that it’s too much work, or that you should wait and have fun before having kids… don’t believe them. We’re heading to the cottage this morning, so I just thought I’d post some pictures from a couple of our cottage trips [...]
An old professor of mine used to say ‘The teacher’s questions become the students’ dogma.’ In other words, what the teachers fancies with, the students accept and develop. Don Carson puts it a slightly different way. He relates the American Mennonite experience as somewhat paradigmatic of what can happen in any church setting. He says, [...]
Life is better as a Christian… for so many reasons. The other night, when Stace and I got back from our trip to Washington DC and our visit at Covenant Life Church, I had the pleasure of putting my girls to bed. Susannah and Caitlyn have both had special songs that I sing to them [...]
A little while ago, the Challister posted some thoughts he’d been working through on why it is that children of believers are more likely to believe the gospel–and in particular, why they are likely to believe at a young age. Here’s a part of his conclusion: A person’s spiritual condition, it seems, is much like [...]
At 9.53am on Sunday, November 19, 2006, my awesome wife delivered what I happen to think is the world’s most beautiful baby girl. She was born about 55cm (22 inches) long and weighed in at about 3.6kg (7lbs 15oz). The labour was long, hard, and not at all what we expected, but Stacey and I [...]
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