Category Archives: culture
To Knit Like Mrs. Weasley
Ever since I started reading Harry Potter, I have longed to knit like Mrs. Weasley, charming my needles to do all the work while I bustle about doing other things. As I work on a knit Christmas gift, worried I … Continue reading
You Might Be Emerging If…
Mike sent this link to me yesterday and it cracked me up, probably because we are both reading A Generous Orthodoxy at the moment.
Tea
I like tea. I’d love to try Portsmouth Tea as I’ve only heard good things about it. Right now I am drinking a lot of red raspberry leaf tea (like a pregnant mama ought!) and my old standard, Good Earth … Continue reading
Husband on husbands
Mike (using his laptop on the bed) – “We really need one of those pillows with the arm rests that you put behind your back.” Kristen – “You mean a husband?” Mike – “I hate calling them that. How weird … Continue reading
Being Fruitful and Multiplying
A month or so ago, Mike and I went to the dental school at MCV for a screening. He needs his wisdom teeth pulled, so we went to the screening to get evaluated by professors and make sure we qualify … Continue reading
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Five Songs I’m Currently Loving Meme
I got tagged by Kelly. THE RULES: List five songs that you are currently loving. It doesn’t matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really … Continue reading
Happy All Saints Day!
For all the saints, who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confessed, Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed. Alleluia, Alleluia!
Happy Day of Fall Festivities!
We hope you have fun celebrating whatever you celebrate or don’t on this last day of October. Our church and friends aren’t doing anything special and Kate’s not permitted to eat candy by her mean mom, so we’ll take that … Continue reading
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Kiddie TV
Before I got pregnant, Kate watched a Baby Einstein or two a week. Not quite the AAP recommendation of no TV under age two, but not very much at all. Then, I got pregnant and sick and she started watching … Continue reading
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We Love to Hate It
Check out Jib-Jab’s latest — Big Box Mart.
Got Soul?
I had a discussion yesterday with a few college students about the classic Soul of the 60s and 70s. Soul is such a universal genre. I know few people of any generation who loathe Soul. It’s just good fun. What’s … Continue reading
Pelagianism and the Pearls
This week there’s been some buzz this week in the Christian blogosphere about the Pearls and their theology. I have *mostly* avoided them on account of the few things I have read or encountered from their ministry striking me wrong. … Continue reading
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