My friends the Bayly Brothers have an interesting post on a very good question that was put to Barack Obama in a letter from a 9 year old named Isaiah.
Go read the article here.
I wish someone would put the question to McCain.
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You may download a PDF copy of this guide at my friend Doug’s Blog.
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…but he threw the last one.
Last night, we got together with much of my extended family: My parents, my own household, a couple of random in-laws and outlaws, 8 of my sibs with their respective spouses, friends-of-the-opposite-sex, and a plethora of children.
Perry buddied up with his cousin Rian, who is exactly one year older - [...]
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In sum, our position in opposition to all men who would use the law to murder babies is clear: We think that they are disqualified from receiving the votes of Christians, because our first duty is to the Lord and his non-optional minimal threshold requirements for the selection of civil magistrates, one of which is [...]
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Our deck has a great view. It’s part of the trade-off living here in the Texas Hill Country. Everything washes downhill, so if you live in a valley you have no view but you do own the best soil in the whole neighborhood. Actually, you have the only soil in the neighborhood, because it all [...]
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I noticed there was something like 1,000 photos on the memory card in the camera, and decided it might be a good idea to declutter just a bit. I came across a few that were too cute to lose in the abyss that is our hard drive.
I just love our buddy system. The relationships between [...]
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Didn’t you know? October 28 is National Chocolate Day, and I haven’t a thing to eat. Too bad I already missed International Chocolate Day (9/13), plain old Chocolate Day (7/7), and two of the four National Chocolate Chip days (5/15 and 8/4). But I can still celebrate plenty of other holidays. National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day [...]
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Today the kids are having a “hands-on” school day. They finished their Bible and chores with very little prodding this morning. As they worked, they were excitedly discussing plots, characters, costumes, etc. As soon as they had the go-ahead from me everyone down to the 2yo dashed out the door, dressed in their version [...]
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If you are considering giving your vote to John McCain, next Tuesday, because you think he is pro-life then please read the article I link to below. I believe we have been deceived by many Christian leaders this election year who are so afraid of an Obama Presidency that they have fooled themselves into thinking [...]
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I had an epiphany. You might remember that we have a lot of vomit stories in our family. Don’t believe me? Try searching our blog for vomit. Hubby’s family has weak stomachs, and my family has carsickness. It’s not a good combination.
Usually when somebody starts complaining about carsickness, we start rummaging for an old soda [...]
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Free sample of 8 gourmet chocolate from Haydee Chocolatier
After finding that, I did a simple google search and turned up some more. Some of these are old and might not work, but they were all worth a try as far as I’m concerned. They all gave me encouraging results like, “Thank you for your request. [...]
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I’ve posted about our pizza tradition before, and I’ve mentioned that we found a new-and-improved way to make pizza in spite of the fact that the lower element in my oven isn’t working. We love our new griddle cooked, browned under the broiler pizzas! Even though there is a new oven element on my counter [...]
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Conference in December at Scott Brown’s church: How Can the Church Family? Messages will include:
How Should Your Family Relate to the Church?
What Does a Healthy Church Look Like?
What kind of Home Life Makes for Strong Church Life?
The Biblical Pattern of Family Integrated Discipleship
Surviving Tough Economic Times
How Should We Worship God?
When Cultural Patterns are At War [...]
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Yesterday 6 of the children had checkups at the dentist. This was going to be The Boy’s first official turn in The Chair. This isn’t a scary place for him. He has climbed up during other sisters’ cleanings and let the dentist look in his mouth, just for fun. We are here all the [...]
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you open your lunch to find…
a homemade personal size pizza and a the last of someone’s personal stash of skittles.
thanks gals you made me smile today.
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