Monthly Archives: January 2008

I posted the (short) list of how CBMW sees egalitarian teaching: God created male and female as equal in all respects. Gen. 1:26-27 makes no distinction between woman and man insofar as both are equally made in His image (i.e., … Continue reading →

What’s better than a snow day? We all like the extra day off, and a chance to stay at home… What’s worse than a snow day? A snow day with no internet service… ;-( The snow has pretty much stopped … Continue reading →

Poems in English and Spanish by Jane Medina. A very nice book with poems (either side by side or one after the other) in English and Spanish. Grade 3-7-A collection of 27 insightful poems that limn the migrant experience from … Continue reading →

I noticed something “funny” and sad a while ago. I didn’t even realize it at the time.  GoogleReader sets up folders for categories of blogs.  I have the usual: “funny stuff”, “favorite”, “mom-blogs”, that sort of thing. I have two … Continue reading →

I tried. I really did. After attempting to explain why Godly complementarian marriages are not “dictatorial” (and the response was [more or less"] “yeah…but they are”). I followed with an illustration with the difficulty of trying to apply political terms … Continue reading →

I’ve been looking at the matter of subordination within the Trinity (what is being called “heresy” today, what was declared “heresy” historically, what the term means today and meant then and Biblical support for either side) Last weekend I read … Continue reading →

Since I do not wish to ascribe personalities, I won’t put a name to the quote, but I do have some thoughts (no, I will not comment on that blog; there is a reason that has been explained privately. Commenters … Continue reading →

this blog is currently set to allow commenters to NOT enter name and email address (although a name would be appreciated) I’ll make  another public statement when I turn the option back off (or on, whichever way you look at … Continue reading →

For reasons that have been covered off line, I will not be commenting on the comp-egal blog.  I welcome readers, commenters, I will read there and comment here.  Email addresses will not be disclosed (shoot, I have an alternate email … Continue reading →

PhotoHunt“> This is an “Old Fashioned” (aka Antique) billiards table in the officer’s quarters at Fort Michilamackinac (Mackinac City, MI)

I just copied and pasted the comment thread… (edit:  if there is one who would like to use this post (11 pages long in a Word doc) as a post body, feel free to email me [ellen (at) domain name.com].  … Continue reading →

on my Spanish test… Preterite tense Present participle indirect pronouns a boatload of vocabulary words reflexive verbs “time marking” words (now, then, after, etc.) indefinite words (none, some, never, nobody, anybody) Sentence structure that I haven’t gotten right yet… me, … Continue reading →

download speed: 1417 kb/s upload speed: 1115 kb/s yesterday, during a good connection time my download speed was around 11,000 kb/s and another time was a shade over 6,500. AND… I thank and praise God every time my furnace kicks … Continue reading →

(my Christmas gift from Phil is on the bottom, Tom’s “thank you” reward for doing some handy-man stuff) is on the top) Our latest hobby…and some great “Tom and Mom” time.

Not anybody else’s…just mine. It’s pretty spotty, we have a guy coming out on Friday to look at our modem.  In the meantime, I’m taking my laptop to BiggB’s (coffee), college, Red Hot Inn and a couple of other hot … Continue reading →

(Edit:  I don’t want this to get lost in the com-box so I’m putting it up here. Can you rephrase the quote so that it can be easily understood what you DID mean?  If I substituted other words and said … Continue reading →

First, let’s define “blasphemy”: from Answers.com A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity. The act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God. What brought this question on? Paula, from Words … Continue reading →