Faith for the New Year

Psalm 78:5-8 (ESV)
He established a testimony in Jacob
 and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
 to teach to their children,
that the next generation might know them,
 the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
 so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
 but keep his commandments;
and that [...]

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Total Recall

My kids have a foggy recollection of things I tried to teach them, and total recall of my phone conversations they overheard from the next room.
Andree Seu, Normal Kingdom Business.

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Forgotten Paths

My observation is that many young parents are befuddled about parenting becasue they have never been parented or, worse still, have been parented destructively. many are from broken homes. Many are first-generation Christians who became believers through high school or college ministries. They were mothered by a generation of women who bought the feminist lie [...]

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Quotes from Musicians

Here are a few music quotes from the website: www.hornandharp.com/publications/ 
Happy New Year!  
It ought no longer be true that the most exalted moments of a churchgoer’s week are associated with music that would not be tolerated in a place of secular entertainment. -Ralph Vaughn Williams
The aim and final reason of all music should be nothing else but the [...]

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The Loot

In contrast to our Pilgrim friends, we had warm Christmas, lots of good food, and presents to boot. So, girls, what were your favorite Christmas presents this year? Here’s my top five:
1. The ESV Journaling Bible
2. Your Home A Place of Grace by Susan Hunt
3. By Design by Susan Hunt
4. Normal Kingdom Business by Andree Seu
5. [...]

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A Pilgrim Christmas

Sunday is Christmas Eve and I will dutifully go to church (I have to; I’m the pastor’s wife). The congregation will be thin and if my husband is still preaching past 11:45, I will probably begin looking at my watch and wondering if we will make it to Christmas dinner on time.
It was exactly three-hundred [...]

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The Statler Brothers – Shenandoah
Jamie, this is for your cultural enrichment.

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Congratulations to Us!

Congratulations, ladies! We are Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, 2006. The honor goes to all those people who use or create content on the internet. We’re part of the new “digital democracy.”

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Christmas Songs for Toddlers

At church, my toddler was learning Christmas songs to sing in our church’s children’s program. At first I was skeptical about having a row of toddlers sing in front of church where they could embarrass their parents, but I soon set aside my fears and began learning the songs along side my own toddler. Then we practiced them each day together. 
The big night came for the children’s Christmas [...]

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On Christmas (A.W. Pink)

It was truly remarkable when man was made in the image of God (Gen. 1:26). But bow in wonderment and worship at the amazing condescension of God being made in the image of man! How this manifests the greatness of His love and the riches of His grace! It was for His people and their [...]

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Christmas Worship

Last night, while I was waiting for the dumplings to finish cooking,  I sat down and began playing through some favorite songs in the hymnal. As I flipped through the Christmas section, I noticed a recurrent theme: the Lordship of Jesus. I usually think of Christmas as a time to think of love, gifts, the greatest gift, peace, and goodwill. But Christians have traditionally thought [...]

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Having a Mary Christmas (instead of a Martha one)

Look at that list of things you have to do for today. You are a busy person. Do you ever wonder amidst the hubbub of the season if this really is “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?” There are cookies to bake, presents to buy, presents to wrap, things to ship off, a Christmas letter to write, [...]

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Boys Will Be Boys, Part 3

These notes are taken from an audio series from Canon Press: Biblical Childrearing.
Academics
We are people of the Word, so we should love words. We are people of the Book, so we should love books. The Christian community should have a high regard for literacy, literature, and reading.
Christian parents have, at the very least, a moral [...]

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The Gift of a Lifetime

If you are looking to get into the holiday mood, the Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach will lift your spirits. They also have an interesting story which makes them even dearer to us at Christmas time. Bach gave these six Brandenburg Concertos to the Margrave (a military governor) of
Brandenburg. To the Margrave Bach writes: [...]

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RBM&W Chapter 2, Part 2

Relinquishing control = Gaining peace 
We are continuing this week through the second half of chapter 2, questions 26-51. In meditating on the fact that God had a purpose in creating specific roles for men and women, it struck me again that there is great peace to be had in submitting to God as Creator and following [...]

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