I know it's been a while since we've given you some pictures to look at. We've actually taken quite a few recently, but we've been having so much fun making picture worthy memories that we haven't taken the time to share them with you.

We've been going down to the pool pretty much every chance we get. The kids are completely confident now (sometimes too confident), which makes it a lot more fun.

Laura has been at her homeschool convention yesterday and today, so I got to take the kids by myself both days. I forgot to take the camera yesterday, but since we finally found a deal on a new camera, I wasn't going to forget to play with the new toy.

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Check out this nifty little GreaseMonkey script I put together: Navigation Top and Bottom. Feel free to suggest other buttons!

My family has been so broke. I just needed to find a better job. So I've been praying and others have been praying that I would find the right job.

And God is so good! He gave me a new job. I'm starting Sunday morning.

The "discussion" of tattoos seems to come up frequently in Christian circles. And often it seems to leave two very divided and opposing sides. Nothing I say is likely to end this highly polarized debate, but perhaps I can point to some truth...

You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. - Leviticus 19:28

While to some, that seems to settle it, for the sake of constructive and proper discussion, I will gladly continue.

I couldn't count on all my fingers and toes how many times I've heard the term "independent fundamental baptist" pounded on a podium. And I have to admit, I've never really cared for it. It always had an air of arrogance to it. But that's just my opinion.

Fundamentalism is rigid, uncompromising teaching and practice about the absolute necessity of being in the right place, at the right time, wearing the right clothing, singing the right songs, and saying the right prayers. Fundamentalism is the fanatical pursuit and exaltation of human performance, insisting that everyone else perform the same religious rituals and rules while arbitrarily and irrationally giving blind loyalty to religious authority... From a Christian perspective, it is necessary to understand that fundamentalism within Christendom is not one and the same as the fundamentals of our faith. [source]

I ran across a website that does blogs for keeping track of fitness training. I am using it to keep track of my physical, spiritual, and mental fitness progress.

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By Kevin T. Bauder

Once upon a time, a band of vigorous tribesmen occupied a high and arid plain. They were surrounded by snow-covered peaks, and what little water they had trickled down from the glaciers and snowfields above. Water was precious to them, for their lives depended upon it. They took care not to waste a drop.

The church has lost her testimony. She has no longer anything to say to the world. Her once robust shout of assurance has faded away to an apologetic whisper. She who one time went out to declare now goes out to inquire. Her dogmatic declaration has become a respectful suggestion, a word of religious advice, given with the understanding that it is after all only an opinion and not meant to sound bigoted. - A.W. Tozer (1897-1963)

I am above no sin. There are many things I could never see myself doing, but I'm not stupid enough to think I couldn't fall into any temptation. God is faithful and always provides an escape route from temptation and trials (1 Cor. 10:13). I just don't want to speed past my exit.

Check out my friend Nick's gripe about The History Channel...

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