Monthly Archives: November 2006

Name above all names! Alpha and Omega, beginning and end. (From the Tennessean) “We need to forsake the Christendom model,” Camp said. “The most basic Christian commitment … is that we say we believe in the Lordship of Jesus. But, … Continue reading →

This is one of my projects in my Adobe Illustrator class – it’s very basic but the program is fun. (there are way more dots on this than there are on the real project – I had to do some … Continue reading →

“God has delivered us, He has parted waters for us, He has made water gush forth from rocks and sent us our own manna from heaven. He has brought us into our own Promised Land. Will I miss the opportunity … Continue reading →

A couple spoke briefly at our church this morning; Tim and Angie Sliedrecht. Oh yes…and Avalien (Dutch for Evelyn). This couple will be going to serve God in Soroti, Uganda in January (God willing; they only have 75% of their … Continue reading →

Lost 3 3/4 pounds and hit the 10 pound lost mark! (that’s three boxes PLUS three sticks)

This is at Union Station in downtown Chicago…we missed the train and had to eat Ben & Jerry’s while we waited for the next one. Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants. .

I get a couple of devotionals in the mail daily and one that showed up today was by Woodrow Krull from “Lessons on Living”.  The title is “Death of a Child”.  The email says to pass it on, so I … Continue reading →

This is why I lumped 3 chapters together yesterday – today is Thanksgiving Day. Chapter 12 is really about priests and Levites – but talks about thanksgiving. There were priests in charge of the songs of thanksgivings (v.8)… There were … Continue reading →

Chapters 9,10,11. These chapters are spent on confessing and reconnecting. Mourning for time lost; fasting, sackcloth and ashes. Praise for deliverence. A covenant made and more numbers. After I returned to God I went through one of those times. What … Continue reading →

I apparantly woke up a day early…it’s only Wednesday… Thirteen Things I hope to accomplish today: Another cup of coffee Bake my sugar free pumpkin pie (the regular one is done) Shop for the rest of my Thanksgiving dinner stuff … Continue reading →

“And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” So far, I have liked Nehemiah 8 best of all. The wall around Jerusalem is build and the people are settling in. Nehemiah is governer. The … Continue reading →

Lecture exam on respiratory and digestive systems… I think that once I got to the point where I could see what I was studying, my lecture tests got a lot better.  I’m not as uptight about this one because I … Continue reading →

If you don’t like reading a whole lot of numbers, you can skip reading Nehemiah 7. The beginning of the chapter it says that the Lord laid it upon Nehemiah’s heart to take a census and he obeyed.  Nehemiah found … Continue reading →

After seeing Elena’s latest post about me…I can’t do pie (weight watchers and all that). I make the offer to Elena to sit down for coffee, with her and her priest (or other counseling staff person). My schedule doesn’t make … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, John Kerry stepped in it by saying something to the effect that if you don’t go to college and study hard, you’ll end up in the military. Uh…if Charles Rangel, the incoming chairman of the House … Continue reading →

Nemiah, chapter 6. This is where it gets interesting and has parallels in “this week’s news” By this time, there was no breach left in the wall. The bad guys (“Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest … Continue reading →

We’re heading into the season when many single folks do a lot of introspection and lookig/hoping into the future. Because of my passion for singles, and because of some of my own history, I’ve spent countless hours studying the Biblical … Continue reading →

In chapter 5 of Nehemiah we read about another of the problems that the Jews were having – with Jews. Jews were lending Jews money – and charging such an interest rate during a time of famine that the “lendees” … Continue reading →

Most readers here will know that I’m not egalitarian. I believe firmly that God created man and woman – and that He created them with different roles. That does not mean that men and women are not equal – but … Continue reading →

I’m going to cover chapters 3 and 4…I had another post started, but I’m really enjoying Nehemiah. In chapter three, we mostly have a list of who did what – mostly names I cannot pronounce (ask a dear friend about … Continue reading →