Support Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries

July 29, 2011

иконописПодарък икона Philadelphia Lutheran Ministries (PLM) is a partnership of Lutheran congregations that is funding and directing a domestic mission in the greater Philadelphia area. Below is a video by Worldview Everlasting video-blogger extraordinaire, Rev. Jonathan Fisk detailing the vision of PLM. To help promote PLM I’d like to make you an offer. Go to their site [...]

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Confusing Vocation and Mission

July 22, 2011

In my quest to build a technology business around confessional Christian products and service, I’ve come across lots of advice from other Christians about how to find what God has called you to do and build a business around that “calling”. What this typically leads to is the idea that you need to look at [...]

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Be Wary of Those Who Say God Is Doing a New Thing

May 11, 2011

мека мебел Or in this case, a “Nu Thang.” I know some parents like having embarrassing pictures and videos of their kids they can pull out at graduations or weddings, but in the age of YouTube we might want to rethink that as the shame could go global. :0

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In Case You Needed More Reasons to Get an iPad

April 11, 2011

икони Concordia Publishing House has just released 16 titles from its Arch Book series as iPad apps. Each one is $1.99. I bought The Parable of the Prodigal Son for the girls to try out. I’ve been considering doing something similar so I hope these are successful. I quickly put the app through it’s paces and [...]

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Let’s Take a Bath with Jesus

March 23, 2011

As soon as I open the garage door my 4-yo greets me with, “Let’s take a bath with Jesus!” My first thought was, “What in the world have the girls been doing today? I hope this isn’t some type of ‘Jesus is my Homeboy‘ thing.”  Turns out my wife had gotten her a toy set [...]

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I’m Not Good at Potty Training

March 21, 2011

Last night we were at some relatives house and while I was throwing my nephew (3 yo) around and tickling him my wife warned me to check to see if he had on a pull-ups or underpants. “You better check because you know what happens when you tickle your daughters,” was her warning. Well, later [...]

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Daylight Savings Time => Unhappy Church Goer

March 14, 2011

So everyone set their clocks an hour forward on Saturday night which means everyone lost an hour of sleep. 4 year olds do not understand this concept. All my daughter knows is that Daddy woke her up while she still wanted to go nenne (Japanese for sleep). Needless to say, she wasn’t the most active [...]

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The Makings of a Good Lutheran

March 10, 2011

Just before last night’s Ash Wednesday service my 4 year-old pulls me aside and tells me this: 4yo: Let’s go to church. That’s where Jesus is. Between saying “no” and being defiant in general she must be listening a little.

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A Reminder to Talk to Your Children

March 8, 2011

While drying my 8 year olds hair last night we had this conversation: 8yo: Dad, tomorrow is Fat Tuesday. Me: What’s Fat Tuesday. 8yo: It’s when we get to eat sugar all day! Me: What?! . 8yo: Yeah, we get to eat whatever kind of food at school. Me: Okay, I’m not sure about that, [...]

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Quote on Catechesis

January 31, 2011

With 2 young daughters who I want to raise as Christians who understand that they are sinners in need of God’s grace and love found in the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ, I’ve started to focus my studies on understanding catechesis. I’ve found some very interesting books via Google Books and I’m going to start [...]

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