Posted in Capitalism, Faith, Food, Random Thoughts on Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | No Comments »
As The World Gets Hungrier The Big Name Food Companies Get Richer
I get tired of hearing how Free Market Capitalism is somehow The Most Biblical form of economy on the planet. Capitalism, like every other type of economy or form of government, is not immune from sin. In the case of capitalism, greed rears its [...]
Posted in Faith, Hidden Art, LCMS on Friday, 28 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Radio Silence
By MOLLIE ZIEGLER HEMINGWAY
As synod bureaucrats support congregations that hide their Lutheran identity while terminating the strong witness of “Issues, Etc.,” members of the denomination are asking if they can have their grandfather’s church back.
Yes, I want my grandfather’s church back!
The crazy politics of the synod are a loud reminder that my faith comes [...]
Posted in Faith, Homeschooling, Random Thoughts on Monday, 24 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
In memory of David, Madeline, and Megan McGrath.
Posted in Faith, Homeschooling on Thursday, 20 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
From the March 22/29, 2008 issue of World Magazine:
“If you’re going to send your kids to Caesar, you’re going to get Romans back.”
Ron Gleason, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Yorba Linda, Calif., who is spearheading a movement in Southern California to encourage Christians to withdraw their children from government schools.
Exodus Mandate [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Home on Saturday, 15 March 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a Newsweek article about the new television show The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom.
Okay. I’ve BTDT. Nice salary, dress-up clothes, built-in three-syllable-word-conversation friends, office with a door, flexible hours, restaurant lunches. Yea. Travel away from home twice a quarter, two preschoolers and a baby, deployed dh, daycare, sick kids, really sick kid, LAUNDRY, [...]
Posted in Faith, Random Thoughts on Friday, 7 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kim blogged about ‘affluenza’ this week. She brought up one of the points that swirls around in my head frequently.
One thing that is really bothering me is the idea of the exploitation of the poor unskilled laborers of the world. America’s fixation with acquiring things isn’t healthy and it’s done at the expense of those [...]
Posted in Faith, Family on Monday, 3 December 2007 | 5 Comments »
When you think your children are oblivious to your feelings, think again.
I said Merry Christmas to our car-hop at Sonic tonight. Very thoughtfully, Princess turned to me and said, “I can’t believe how often you say ‘Merry Christmas’. Last year you were so anti-Christmas.”
Dh and I truthfully believed that we were doing a good job [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Random Thoughts on Sunday, 25 November 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Saturday before we left on our Thanksgiving adventure was more than just a little hectic.
With the last load of laundry in the washing machine (Or, “wash machine” as I call it. Can’t remember which part of this beautiful country gave me that bit of dialect.) and a load nearly dry in the dryer, the [...]
Posted in Faith on Monday, 20 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
Once again, the ELCA has made headlines. (For you non-Lutherans, that would be the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, also known as that Liberal Lutheran Church.)
Frank Pastore has some great comments in his article, S x and the Lutheran Youth Group. Thanks, Cheryl, for sending this to Loopers!
This is what happens when sin and the Bible [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Home on Saturday, 11 August 2007 | 5 Comments »
I am not a Baptist nor do I play one on tv…. but news that a Baptist seminary is going to offer a homemaking program is too good to pass up.
The Rev. Benjamin Cole, pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Arlington and a frequent Southern Baptist critic, wrote about the homemaking program on his blog. [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Homeschooling on Wednesday, 23 May 2007 | No Comments »
(Okay, I’m surfing blogs instead of making jam. I’ll get to it, I promise!)
But, see, as I was resting after doing a major bedroom overhaul, I somehow ended up at Father Hollywood’s blog. And then I saw a link on the left to his Goodbye to Girlhood post. AND being a homeschool mom it’s hard [...]
Posted in Faith on Wednesday, 23 May 2007 | 1 Comment »
Lutheran Carnival turns 50 this week! It seems important to mark (and link to) this momentous occasion.
There are a lot of great Lutheran thinkers out there in blog-land and I love to read what they write. Personally, I avoid writing about stuff like that ’cause I’m just not smart enough!
Posted in Faith, Family, Random Thoughts on Wednesday, 16 May 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon I got the news that the 11yo son of a fellow Sonlighter was killed in an accident. Tears streaming down my face, all I could do was mutter “Oh my G*d!”
Two and a half months ago, my husband and I were broadsided by a semi running a red light. In the aftermath of [...]
Posted in Faith on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | 4 Comments »
Mother Teresa gave these rules to her Sisters to help them develop the virtue of humility:
1. Speak as little as possible about yourself.
2. Keep busy with your own affairs and not those of others.
3. Avoid curiosity.
4. Do not interfere in the affairs of others.
5. Accept small irritations with good humor.
6. Do not dwell on the [...]
Posted in Faith, Family, Home on Thursday, 29 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Why are we so afraid to say this out loud? Thanks, Mr. Bayly!
To purport to be faithful to this task by packing our children off to “professionals” is often dishonest and disobedient.
Its dishonesty consists in the fact that, although many Christian parents give high-minded reasons for turning over the nursing, discipline, and instruction of their [...]
