We have officially landed–back into life here in Los Angeles. Mercy and Aaron are running around completely enamored by the toys they have not seen for six weeks; Mow Mow met us at the door, obviously happy to have us back; we were picked up at the airport by Juan and Stacie and Mercy got… Continue reading Home
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Quotation of the Week
Nobody falls down on their face before the god they wanted. Nobody trembles at the word of a home-made god. Nobody goes out with fire in their belly to heal the sick, to clothe the naked, to teach the ignorant, to feed the hungry, because of the god they wanted. They are more likely to… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
Tagged
Rick Meigs at Blind Beggar tagged me, so here’s my go at five things that people may not know about me: 1. I play the hammered dulcimer. I started playing when I was six years old. I asked my parents if we could get a piano and because we did not have room or money… Continue reading Tagged
The real reason dinosaurs went extinct
Aaron got a set of dinosaurs for Christmas. Mercy has been very, very busy with them since…
Top five
My friend, Tyler Watson, has a great question posted on his blog today: if you had to name your “Top Five” books of the Bible, what would they be? Here’s the answer I posted: 1. Matthew: The book of Matthew has been my favorite gospel since the fourth grade. That was when I started reading… Continue reading Top five
Rest
Yesterday was an excellent day. Getting up and opening up our stockings with no showers or apple pie preparations intruding on this sacred event; Seeing the living room quickly filled with dinosaurs and snorts of all shapes and sizes, with mommy and baby giraffes and elephants joining the fun; Being blown away by my husband… Continue reading Rest
Dear friends,
Merry Christmas from Doug, Erika, Mercy, and Aaron Emmanuel…and baby Jesus. May your joy be abundant.
Quotation of the Week
Christianity is not a belief system…Your core values tell me nothing… If you found a religion on beliefs, how you think, very shortly the people who will be in that religion will live and act no differently than anybody else in the culture. And that is exactly where we are today… Religion is a relationship… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
Christmas morning
Last night around 10pm, Doug and I gave in to the epitome of consumer lust at Christmastime: we went to Toys ‘R Us. We had been looking for a set of Snorts to buy for our daughter, and my mom had a toy item she was in search of as well. I had never been… Continue reading Christmas morning
Is there a doctor in the house?
So Aaron decided that he was not to be outdone by his sister on this trip. This afternoon he stuck his fingers into a wall heater in the basement of my parent’s house. At the advice of our pediatrician in Pasadena, we took him to get checked out by a doctor. My mom got us… Continue reading Is there a doctor in the house?