tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127506182012-01-17T08:17:30.066-06:00Tumbling Monkey Cafe is my home - named after my kids. These are my random ramblings as I chase after my five kids and love on my husband.Mx5http://www.blogger.com/profile/05252209541546634027noreply@blogger.comBlogger1531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12750618.post-33985867797998201162011-12-10T17:06:00.000-06:002011-12-10T17:06:48.829-06:00

I recently wrote a little article for our local MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) newsletter. We have a Mentor Mom corner, and I happen to be a mentor mom. The question asked was how to maintain focus on the real meaning of Christmas. I remember what a struggle this was for me when my kids were toddlers, and I wish I would have had a calm mentor mom help me through it. So with that in mind,

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Recently I was sitting at one of my favorite places, Panera Bread, with a few of my girlfriends. We have a crochet club, but only two of the five of us crochet. One knits, and the other two are just there for the entertainment. We even have a not-so-secret hooky hand shake. Ha! As we were talking about everything but yarn crafting, one of the gals began to talk about an upcoming Women's

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My husband recently completed a ten-week sabbatical. "Sabbatical" here not meaning vacation, but working at something other than his regular pastor job/calling. In his case he worked on a bachelor's degree in Christian Education. For a guy who's dyslexic, this was quite a feat, but he did it, and managed to rest a bit, work on his GTO a bit, and even do a 2-day getaway with me. Nice!During

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It's Mother's Day. I've been able to celebrate this as a mother now for twenty years. It's typically a day of homemade cards, sloppy kisses and lots of hugs. I awakened this morning to find that the kitchen was clean (a rarity here, as my teens go to bed hours after I do, and they EAT... a lot...after I am snoozing). I popped open my laptop and my 17 year old daughter had taped a simple "I

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I will admit to a fascination with all things "space". A reasonable explanation could be my early introduction to the original Star Trek TV series back in the 60's. Then in 1977 I fully immersed myself in the Star Wars saga, for better or worse. Now, years later, after enjoying many more cool science-y shows & movies, my inner nerd seems to be doing quite well.Yesterday I read an amazing

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I have an iPod Touch. I've had it for about a year. It is a fun toy for me, but it can be and often is quite useful. For instance, last week my daughter had a job interview at a local mall. I dropped her off, and the plan was that she was going to text me when the interview was done. The problem? My trusty several-year-old Tracfone didn't have enough power left to even receive a text, and

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Over the years my husband and I have made little silly traditions to make certain occasions or days fun for the kids. For instance, on Saturdays when our church hosts their men's ministry meetings, my husband got into the habit of bringing home little donuts for the kids. This started about 5 years ago, and to this day ALL five of my kids - ages 20 to 10- love it when it's "donut day".

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Last November I decided I wanted to learn how to crochet after seeing some beautiful prayer shawls my friend Shelly had made. So, I picked up some yarn and some hooks, and immersed myself in Youtube how-to-crochet videos. I snooped around at Crochetville and Ravelry, and lots of little cute blogs, like Attic 24. Seriously, peek into Lucy's attic and you'll be blessed with wonderful colors and

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Twenty years ago today I gave birth for the first time, and held my son. I had no idea of how many delights and discouragements would come over the next twenty years. I had no idea that kids could be so much FUN, and I certainly didn't know how utterly wonderful newborn babies smelled. Ahhhhhhhh!Now instead of giving my boy Barney tapes or Legos, I scour the Xbox 360 games. Instead of having

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OK, so I am back at my comfy Tumbling Monkey Cafe blog after a 14 month posting hiatus. Why? Not TwitterificWell, I had a very brief dalliance with Twitter.... ugh, really, do I want to know everyone's every thought, location, opinion? I think my Twitter fascination lasted for about a day. Facebook Faces & SilenceFacebook has been a major distraction for me, too. At first it was a lot of fun

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I will be speaking at our local MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers) this Thursday. The topic is based on Carolyn Mahaney's Feminine Appeal book, featured a few posts down from this one.Since there are seven virtues discussed in the book, and I only have 20 minutes to speak, I chose one and will run with that. February is the month of love, so I thought I'd talk about the admonition Paul gave

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BUT... Jack is back.

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Carolyn Mahaney has a fabulous book based on Titus 2 entitled, "Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother". Recently I had the great privilege of facilitating a book study group of mostly young (40 and under) wives, mothers and one precious teenage girl. It was amazing to hear stories, week after week, of how these women had epiphany-type moments in their lives due to the

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Interesting post over at Beliefnet.Who Are The Obamagelicals?

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I recently discovered that I can "share" blog articles by other people. I love my Google Reader, and subscribe to many different blogs. Occasionally someone has something really great to say that I wish I could share with my friends without the hassle of emailing links and all that. Enter Google Reader's sharing tag. When I am reading something I love & want to share, all I have to do is hit

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Some of you might be familiar with the Pyromaniacs blog. It's one of my favorite "reads" when sifting through my Google Reader. Today Dan Philips posted "Why You Need To Be In a Church This Sunday". I can't add to his words - he is masterful in attacking the whole "I am the church" or "My family is the church" ideals. Below is a small snippet of his blog article. Head on over there to read

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I love it when Charles Krauthammer is on the commentary panel of Fox News. He usually speaks last, of the three panel members. And what's so great about him is that he is not only brilliant, but articulate.Today Krauthammer said why he would be voting for McCain. Read the article here. The case for McCain is straightforward. The financial crisis has made us forget, or just blindly deny, how

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I originally published the little blog blurb below about a year ago. The tips are still effective! It came to mind because of last Sunday being Pastor Appreciation Day. There are a lot of tips out there to show your appreciation for your pastor, but in my opinion (as a pastor's wife and one who must patch him up and send him out ;-) one of the very best ways to show appreciation is to disagree

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I discovered Professor Robert P. George today. I don't know a lot about the man, except that he's a Professor at Princeton and serves on the President's Council on Bioethics, among other things. A few days ago an article by George appeared on The Witherspoon Institute's Public Discourse page. Entitled "Obama's Abortion Extremism", Dr. George cites just how extreme Obama's views (and voting

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I occasionally run across brothers & sisters in Christ who tell me that they will be voting for Obama because they see all the hurt in society... those who are poor, or uninsured, or are in some other horrible circumstances. Their hope is that by putting Obama in office, that the government will step up and help some of the people they see suffering everywhere. One said that she'd vote for him

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I know I've babbled a lot on here about how much I love to read Dr. Mohler's blog.Well, today I'm actually speechless...er, typeless?Dr. Mohler is discussing the rights of plants on his blog. I am not kidding you. Apparently the Swiss are leading the way in this revolution.What rights would plants have, you ask? The right to reproduce. The right to not arbitrarily be deprived of its life, and

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I've been thinking a lot about all the hoopla about Sarah Palin's nomination as the Vice Presidential candidate for the GOP. Haven't we all?I read an article today by Peggy Noonan on the Wall Street Journal website, where, in part, she was trying to explain why Palin is a real and present danger to the Democrats. Enjoy this tiny section...Because she jumbles up so many cultural categories,

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I frequently check over at the Well Trained Mind forums for tips on homeschooling, mothering, and more. Today someone mentioned a fairly new book entitled, "Passionate Housewives Desperate For God" by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald. I haven't read the book myself, but it certainly does stir up women... either with excitement and challenge or with anger. Since I haven't read the book, I

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I started the day in the usual way - smooched my hubby, hugged my youngest (who is always the first kid awake) and headed to my computer with a nice hot cup of coffee.My oldest kid needed iTunes help. I needed to draft several emails asking people to teach Sunday School or help in MOPS. I spent an hour on the phone with a dear friend who's going through some stressful times. Sons needed

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Last week my husband and I discovered that we both have Lyme Disease. The area in which we live is a veritable deer tick haven, and we know many people who have this disease. We started our round of doxycycline and now we're hoping that the initial ten day course of the medicine will get us on the road to recovery.Lyme disease seems to be one of those "personalized" things. My husband's

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I usually blog about heavier issues, but I really wanted to share with you all a light-hearted entry with a frugal recipe. A few months ago my dear doctor, the best doctor in the world, told me I needed to cut back on salt due to some blood pressure issues I have. Problem is, I love salty crunchy snacks. Love 'em! When I looked on the nutritional breakdown of the average bag of microwave

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There's a woman whom I've never met who has taught me so much about being a God-loving, gentle, strong woman of God. Her name is Laine, and I have no idea where she lives, and I know very little about her except that which she's put to pen (so-to-speak) on her computer. Some years ago someone talked to me about this woman and her wisdom. Laine's Letters is the compilation of some of her

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I regularly receive blog feeds from Sovereign Grace Ministries. Currently I've been reading transcripts from an upcoming podcast, "Sovereign Grace Leadership Interview". This podcast features a conversation on theology and leadership with C.J. Mahaney (president of Sovereign Grace Ministries), Jeff Purswell (dean of the Sovereign Grace Pastors College), and Joshua Harris (senior pastor of

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I confess. I am a rabid list writer, and a rapid list loser. I plan and plan, and scribble lists, notes, reminders, then I usually lose them. This is VERY frustrating for me. My dear mom is quite organized, and for whatever reason, I didn't inherit her abilities with that, or with sewing (rolling eyes and remembering the failed apron attempt in 8th grade Home Ec.). Fortunately I did inherit

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I'm in the midst of preparing for our oldest son's high school graduation party. If 90% of the people invited show up, we'll have upwards of 120 people coming on through. I am so excited!Naturally, when faced with the stress of having family and friends milling around one's home, I am in panic mode. Are the light bulbs dusty? Will the dog behave when locked away in our room during the party?

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We've been told that our cars, our factories, and our energy habits are causing climate change. We've been told that the methane (translated: burps and flatulence) released from the cows we eat causes global warming, and that we should eat kangaroos. I don't even want to discuss the topic of kangaroo flatulence being earth friendly. You can read about it here. I am not making this up. Earth

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My best friend's son died this week. He was 18 years old. He didn't die in the way most of us think might be expected for one his age. He died peacefully, on his mom's lap, looking into her lovely face, then to the face of Jesus.LeRoy was born with a very rare condition called lissencephaly, which means that during his development in the womb, something caused his brain to be smooth, rather

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We've all been in these types of situations: a friend or acquaintance approaches us, and tells us what someone else has said about us, or one of our family members, or one of our friends. The teller usually is very concerned, feeling that they thought we needed to know what was being said. After this, the average hearer usually goes from being calm to being furious.This happens many times in

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NPR ran an article today in the environment section of their website in which Josh Willis at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory stated that the data from some 3,000 scientific robots indicates that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years.Not 3 robots.Not 300 robots.3000.You can read the article here.

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I've been homeschooling for, let's see... thirteen years now, and the best advice I ever got was from Inge Cannon herself, at my very first homeschooling conference. When I told her of my intention to teach my 5 year old eldest child, she said, "Whatever you do, DON'T sit the boy down for two or more hours a day and make him follow a curriculum."A few years later, while pregnant with my fifth

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On February 28 there was a ruling by the 2nd District Court of Appeal in California which, in part, stated that parents must have a teaching credential to home school their children. This was a juvenile case with parents who apparently had a long history of accusations against them by child protective services, so the court ruled that the children needed to be in brick and mortar schools, more or

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One of my friends, who happens to be a recent transplant from New York talked to me today about the lovely Midwest. She said people told her about the wonderful weather, and how there wasn't ever much snow. Then she looked me in the eyes and said, "I didn't realize I was moving to HOTH!" I laughed so hard, being a scifi dork and "getting" her joke.Where's a decent tonton when we need one?

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Recently, I read some little blurb on my Lifehacker reader feed about grocery lists. Yeah, I know, it sounds really boring, but to a domestic engineer like myself, a great grocery list means less time fumbling around at the stores, and therefore less frustration.What I didn't realize, though, was that there are people who collect other people's discarded grocery lists. I am not kidding.

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Angela over at Lux Et Veritas blog has an excellent entry regarding how much we push our kids in terms of academics and activities. Her words are wise, and I find her balance to be inspirational.Here's some of what she wrote:One of the trends that I most enjoy studying is the educational changes that people make. I watch the trends of public schools, national education, homeschooling methods

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I'd like to display this sign after VBS, when parents forget to pick up the kiddos on time. LOL!

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I grew up in the Catholic church. As a little girl, I was taught about the liturgical practice of "Lent". From Wiki:Lent, in most Christian denominations, is the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where, according to the Bible, he endured temptation by Satan. Different churches will calculate the forty

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Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics)created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)You are a light and humorous person. No one can help but to smile to your wit. Now if only the improbability drive would stop turning you into weird stuff. Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 94%Moya (Farscape)

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There's an article in the Washington Post today indicating that scientists at a California company reported that they created human clone embryos from skin cells.Healthy embryos.Why?The closely held company hopes to make embryos that are clones, or genetic twins, of patients, then harvest stem cells from those embryos and grow them into replacement tissues. When transplanted into patients, the

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Those of you who know me in real life, or in the oft-times surreal life of online forums, know that my oldest child is seventeen years old. He will be eighteen in the spring. When kids reach certain milestones, moms and dads tend to reflect back on many things. Lately I've been thinking a lot about all the fear and trepidation I've had over the years as my oldest son has trudged through

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All I can say is, WOW.

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I wonder how much press this will get?This past Monday a bunch of scientists converged on a conference of the UN in Bali. Their issue? That climate change is a non issue."Climate change is a non-problem. The right answer to a non problem is to have the courage to do nothing," Monckton told participants. "The UN conference is a complete waste of our time and your money and we should no longer

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What can I say? The kids and I think this is hilarious. Turn up your speakers... and Shake the HOLIDAY SNOW GLOBE"

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I read today the First National Proclamation of Thanksgiving given by the Continental Congress in 1777. It's fascinating. Why? Well, growing up in America, you'd think I would have read this before. Nope. In fact I don't think I read the complete Constitution until I was an adult. Not something I'm proud of... ugh. Regardless, what struck me about this proclamation of thanksgiving was its

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I can't tell you how happy I was to find out about the work Dr. Shinya Yamanaka has done in reprogramming adult skin cells into embryonic stem (ES) cells. Dr. Yamanaka has joined California's Gladstone Institutes to continue his groundbreaking work.Here's a brief excerpt from an article in the UCSF Medical Center News from August 2007:In August 2006, Dr. Yamanaka was the first scientist to

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After working for a week on his Lincoln Continental, a man in Washington decided to take matters into his firearm's hands when he couldn't loosen a fourth lug nut. I am not kidding you. He tried to loosen the lug by using his 12 gauge shotgun, which ended up sending him to the hospital. No word on whether or not the lug was loosened.Read the article here.I shared this article with my husband,

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Just when I thought these things only happened in Wisconsin or in the movies (thinking here of Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail cow flinging trebuchet scene) something strange happens in real life.Apparently a couple were driving along a highway in Washington state, and a 600 pound cow fell from the sky and crushed the front of their mini van. I kid you not. Read about it here. When

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Well, Happy Reformation Day to all of you! Oh wait - there's another thing celebrated on this date.Ever since I crossed the line of faith as a 19 year old, I have not celebrated Halloween. For me, it just has never made sense to celebrate an occultic holiday. I don't fear evil things, for greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world. I know of the pagan origins of some of our

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The New York Times featured an article today entitled, "A Principal Who Cracks Down on Stress".From the article:NEEDHAM, Mass. — It was 6:30 p.m. The lights were still on at Needham High School, here in the affluent Boston suburbs. Paul Richards, the principal, was meeting with the Stress Reduction Committee.On the agenda: finding the right time to bring in experts to train students in relaxation

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What happens when the model that so many of our churches followed for many years questions what it has done?Christianity Today's blog has an article entitled, "Willow Creek Repents".What happened? Willow conducted a multi-year study, trying to determine what programs and activities were actually helping people mature spiritually, and what were not. The results were published in a book, Reveal:

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Yeah, I know. I'm a pastor's wife and it's probably bad form to be talking about Pastor / Clergy Appreciation Month (which is right now, by the way). I'm going to blog about it anyway.My dear hubby has been in full time ministry since 1983. Of the past 24 years of ministry, only the past three years have been spent as a solo pastor of a small but growing church. The rest of the time was spent

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Albert Mohler brought yet another fascinating article over on his blog regarding the falling birthrate of Europe. It seems that a lot of people don't want the constant interruptions of their fun filled lives that are inherent with having children. As a woman who can rarely have alone time in a bathroom without being interrupted, I can appreciate to a degree, that mentality. Honestly, though, if

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This is so troubling that even I don't have anything to say.British stem cell scientists celebrated the end of a lengthy battle to create embryos which are part-human and part-animal yesterday after the research was approved by the government's fertility watchdog.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority ruled that scientists should be allowed to create the controversial embryos to

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This is a random post. Chaos has been at an all time high here, with the start of homeschooling for our five kids and having a torn-apart basement (we had a little water here, enough to displace our boys for 2 weeks). When things get chaotic, I start thinking about strange things. I think it's a coping mechanism... or it could be that I'm still waiting for my next 24 cd from Netflix.I was

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I found an excellent article on Web Worker Daily (ht to Lifehacker) entitled, "The Not-To-Do List: Bad Habits to Stop Now".Although the article is intended for use in the workplace, I bet I could customize it a bit for the busy life of moms, especially homeschooling moms. My modifications would read like this:HS Moms' Not-To-Do List1. Do not answer unrecognized phone calls.2. Do not answer

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Check out this link to make your own Shrinky Dinks! I am laughing so hard at this, and haven't done it yet, but it certainly made my morning.DIY Shrinky Dinks

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Over the course of my 22+ years of married life, my husband and I have had our share of money worries. A person can know in her mind the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:25 yet still have some struggles - battles of the mind - when it comes to personal finances.I remember one time when my children were very young when I had a huge battle of the mind over "things". I was visiting garage sales in a

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I stumbled upon an excellent website called Parent Previews which gives parents a little help in trying to decide what movies, DVDs, and video games their kids should and shouldn't be allowed to see.Parents, don't assume that a PG-13 rating is mild. I was reviewing "Hot Rod" today, and was surprised to see what a PG-13 rated movie allows in terms of swearing. (Hint: swearing with God's name,

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Barna Research is one of my favorite websites. Yeah, I like statistics.According to Barna, 38% of us overall consider ourselves to be "evangelical". However, there seems to be a big difference between thinking we are evangelical (38%), and actually BEING what Barna calls a 9-Point Evangelical (8%). Here's a brief quote on the differences between self-proclaimed evangelicals and 9-point

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A few years ago I was asked to speak at a small women's retreat. I came to the retreat a bit early to take part in some casual activities - if I remember correctly it was scrap-booking or some other crafty thing. You can really learn a lot during those activities because people tend to just chat away about pretty much anything.During our craft chat time, one wife commented to her friend, "I

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I just have to go ahead and say this...er, type this, out loud. Being a mom is really hard work! Over the years the Lord has convicted me of many things which were brought to light simply by virtue of giving birth to someone.One of my most shameful confessions is that occasionally I would fall into the habit of only talking to some of my kids was when I was correcting them. Perhaps it's easy to

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A dear friend of mine is one of those super encouraging types of gals who loves to send greeting cards. She always ministers joy and faith to my soul. I had recently talked to her about some trying times I have been going through, and she sent a beautiful card in which the famous "Prayer of Jabez" quote from the bible was printed along the inside cover."And Jabez called on the God of Israel

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There has been a LOT of excitement here at our house as we anxiously await the premeire of the Transformers movie. I mean, what could be "cooler" than vehicles turning themselves into giant fighting robots? I think I am almost more excited about this than the kids.This movie has definitely been targeted at the under 13 crowd, as exemplified by Burger King Kid Meal Transformer toys, to name just

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Here's my Frugal Friday Tip - We recently joined the high speed internet revolution... yeah, I know. It's 2007. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for my dear ones to stumble upon inappropriate content. :-( In my search for filters to keep the kiddos safe, I found this EXCELLENT free download called K-9 Web Protection. What it does is filter at the server level, and you can set the filter to

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R. Timothy Patterson is professor and director of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University. According to him, our issue isn't global warming, it's global cooling.Huh?From the article:Climate stability has never been a feature of planet Earth. The only constant about climate is change; it changes continually and, at times, quite rapidly. Many times

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I probably shouldn't be surprised by this kind of talk, yet I am. I'll admit it up front, I am not a fan of Nancy Pelosi. At all. I also get nervous when a politician whom, to my knowledge hasn't invoked "bible talk" much in her twenty year long political career starts talking about gifts from God and things of a biblical nature.It's a free country. She certainly may speak about whatever she

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Below is an interesting quote from Albert Mohler's blog regarding the increasing percentage of humankind who live in cities. Apparently only about 13% of us lived in cities in the year 1900. Within the next few months, roughly half of us globally will reside in large cities. This, in and of itself, creates an interesting dynamic in terms of culture. It almost seems that the veneration of

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I literally guffawed out loud at this, being a closet Trekkie and all.Kirk & Spock Ride The Bus

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I found a little treasure online... Hormel Foods has a Kitchen Tips page that is LOADED with great ideas. Do you need to know how to soften rock-hard brown sugar? Or the secret to removing the core from a head of lettuce? How about finding out where the best placement is in your oven for baking cakes and cookies?You will find all these tips and more in one handy spot. Thank you, Hormel.

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I love visiting Crystal's Biblical Womanhood blog. Crystal is a godly young wife and mother who is really leading an exemplary life. Today she posted in reference to questions she received from an anonymous mom of a 17 month old son who was, well, kinda going crazy chasing after the boy.Since many of you out there in the blogosphere are in the same predicament as Anonymous, I'll let you in on a

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The kids (and I) are counting down to you-know-what. All 5 of my kids will be in costume. Yo ho yo ho...If you have high speed internet and want to see a really cool trailer, click here.

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Pastor Mark Lauterbach (Sovereign Grace in San Diego) has an excellent little series called "Killing Church Politics" over on his Gospel Driven Life blog. One clearly senses that this man has walked the path of pastoring for many years.If you want to encourage your pastor and elders, send them a link over to these blog entries. Read them before you send them.Be blessed, and be blessings!

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I love to read Al Mohler's blog. He writes with amazing clarity. Today I read his post from April 27, 2007, about several churches who are so deep into the gender-neutral movement that they have rewritten much of the language they use in worship and theology. I was sadly amazed, yet not surprised. Dr. Mohler wrote,The movement toward gender-neutral language for God has picked up steam in

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Seventeen years ago today was the due date of my very first baby. As it is with me, all five of my children decided to come later than their respective due dates, not that I'm bitter.Seventeen years ago today I was scared. What would my baby be like? Was the baby a boy or a girl? How would labor and delivery be for me? What kind of mother would I be? What if I messed him or her up?Every

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Hope deferred makes the heart sick, penned the writer of Proverbs 13:12. Something we rarely talk about these days is envy, yet it's something I've seen not only in myself but in many of my friends, male and female.Nicole Whitacre has an excellent post on this over at the Girltalk blog. Nicole wrote:One sure indicator as to whether or not a good desire has morphed into an idol is how we respond

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It's Stargate Friday!!! The long awaited second half of the LAST season of Stargate SG1 is upon us. Tune in to Scifi channel tonight.I know it's all pretend, but it's cool. Well, OK, the past few seasons have been, in my opinion, not stellar, (What's the deal with the Ori? B O R I N G!) but now we'll get a chance to see how the powers that be chose to end an excellent and entertaining science

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I love books. I also happen to love to not pay a lot for books. Enter Book Burro, a plugin for Firefox users which, when it senses you're looking at books, will pop up a little panel in the corner of your screen and it will work on finding the prices for the book you're looking at from various bookselling sources you choose, such as Amazon, Half.com, Buy.com, etc. You may even enter your zip

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Every now and then I actually agree with iMonk Michael Spencer. Today he put an excellent post on his blog entitled, A Second Look at the Ordinary Pastor in which he has responded to a letter a woman wrote to him with complaints about her pastor. The woman had recently moved and naturally was attending a new church. Her complaints? 1)The pastor's sermons were longer than her old pastor's

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I was chatting recently on one of my very favorite homeschool mom discussion boards over at Teaching Mom and the subject came up about loving oneself. The question was actually twofold: 1.) "Are you allowed to 'love' yourself? To be happy and pleased with your physical appearance/state of health/etc? You are fearfully and wonderfully made, and God loves us just the way we are...but, is to be

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Free Google TisP in-home wireless broadband service. How TiSP WorksGoogle TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.Reminds me of the time they were cleaning the phone lines here and

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Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, has been very transparent. He’s burned out. He’s been going at full-throttle for ten years. You can read his own words about what’s going on here.There have been interesting responses to Mark’s frankness. Some, like Adrian Warnock (preacher at Jubilee Church in London, UK) have called for us to pray for Mark. Kevin D. Johnson over at

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I've been super busy lately, and hope to post a few thoughts later this week.

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I was reading one of my favorite blogs today, Pyromaniacs. When I read today's entry, I wanted to stand up and shout "Amen!" right here in my computer room.Take a look at Pyromaniacs: A Recipe For Church GrowthHere's one of my favorite sections:How shall souls be caught? They shall be caught by preaching Christ. Just preach a sermon that is full of Christ, and throw it unto your congregation, as

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There's a really neat blog which I love to visit called The Purple Cellar, by Lydia Brownback. Today's devotional is entitled "No More Fears" and boy, does it ever hit home for those of us who lean toward fear.I won't try to reinvent the wheel here, so-to-speak. Just hop over to Lydia's blog and read the entry. The Purple Cellar: Daily Devotional: No More FearsThe most painful comment she

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The guys 'n gals over at Thinkgeek.com have some pretty amazing stuff. I discovered today that they are offering "Rocket Chocolate". More zip than a sip, indeed. Each chocolate contains 150 milligrams of caffeine - which is roughly as much caffeine as you'd consume in a cup of coffee.Where was this product when I was struggling through the baby years? Rocket Chocolate is pricey - almost $25

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I had to take a moment and let you all know about a fabulous godly woman named Laine. I have been receiving her emails for a couple of years now, and I am always encouraged by her meek and gentle spirit. She is gracious and kind, and shines the love of Christ. Not only that, she also has LOTS of great tips for wives and mothers on how to have true hospitality, not only to strangers but toward

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As I was making my coffee this morning, the Holy Spirit brought to remembrance a verse in Proverbs 31 which describes one aspect of a virtuous woman. As I opened my Bible to refresh my memory, something that caught my eye again was the fact the words written describing this kind of woman were not some guy's ideal dream girl. They were words given to King Lemuel from his MOMMA about what to look

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If you've read my blog for a while, you know I love technology. Recently I discovered that I could sign up for a daily memory verse to be sent directly to my blog reader, Google Reader. I scan 25 different blogs daily, and Google Reader has saved me a ton of clicking time by letting me know when any of my fav. blog authors have posted anything new. Now I get a nifty weekly memory verse sent to

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Oh boy! I think I have found heaven in a can! ;-) I picked up some of this delicious chocolate whipped cream from the store yesterday, thinking it would be a nice surprise for my kiddos, and then it struck me... wouldn't this be great floating on top of my nice hot cup of coffee? Mmmmmmmmmmm. Spray-out whipped cream is cool enough, but for it to be chocolate, in my opinion, is brilliance,

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"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness." Proverbs 31:26I was looking back at a brief article I wrote for Jesus Cafe entitled, " The Law of Kindness: A Standard for Christian Mothers." I wrote this piece way back in April of the year 2000. At that time, my kids were quite small. I had an 8 month old baby, a 3 yr. old, a 5 yr. old, a 7 yr. old and and almost

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I'll admit it. I have never been one for scheduling. I felt like a great big rebel when I refused to schedule-feed my firstborn son waaaay back in 1990. I think that was the beginning of my "fighting the power" as my teen daughter would say.Some people, including a couple of my very best friends, find a great deal of comfort and control in keeping their planners within reach at all times. My

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I am laughing so hard at the thought of using this, that I can barely type. It's a "Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker".Brilliant!As the mom of 3 ninjas, I'm thinking this little item could be really useful. Hopefully my next post will be something useful for parents of non-ninjas... oh, and I do think that this clock would work well for teens, whether ninja or not.Some may be thinking, "But

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I did my weekly grocery shopping today. It happens to be the day before Valentine's Day, and I saw a LOT of moms in Walmart grabbing flowers, cards, and stuffed animals. Then I hopped over to our little Aldi store, and there was a ratio of probably 5:1 of men:women. The guys hovered around the bargain flowers, then stared glassy-eyed at the various kinds of chocolates. It was so cute to see

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OK, I'll admit. It was a little strange for me to see a game entitled "Missionaries & Cannibals" but I took a look anyway. It frustrated my 16yo. son and yours truly so much that we thought it was a game that couldn't be won. But alas, our logic failed us. Give it a try and see if you can figure out how to get everyone across the river.

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I was struck recently by the recurrent themes in the "My Husband Is The Best" postings that have cropped up on the blogs of Christian wives. I am betting they are things most guys wouldn't think were impressive at all to their ladies. Since I'm not a guy, I can only take a shot in the dark at this, but I assume most men think that things like romantic dinners, body-builder muscles, romance

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I was reading over on Dan Philips' Biblical Christianity blog about a few women who have posted on their own blogs why they think their husbands are the BEST husbands. Dan contends that: "Contrary to the bitter carpings of feminists, a wife has great power. I have often said and preached (and probably written) that, if a woman has a half-decent husband, but wants to get rid of him, there's an

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