“In the media today, the Christian media, there’s too much triffling with God, too much slapstick, too much triviality. There aren’t enough tears. There isn’t enough seriousness. The Joy has a light silly flavor to it. Not the kind of flavor that out to be there when you have suffered and died with Jesus. We ought to be calling the world to a kind of joy which has tears on it’s face and can walk through dark valleys. Instead of trying to sound like the silly banter of primetime, drive time, world.”
John Piper, “Looking at the Kindness and Severity of God 2
A study found some components of the “new car smell” are toxic.
We already know that new cars are the worst investment on earth. They loose a huge percentage of their value in the first years of ownership. Apparently you could be loosing your health too! This adds another great reason to buy used cars.
Read the full article on CNN’s website: Click Here
Matthew is getting a swinging start into the New Year!
We’ve passed by this swing many times on our walks. We never thought to try putting Matthew in one. God forbid our precious little boy get injured!
As we were passing the swings on our walk, I had the idea to go over and swing on one of the adult swings, holding Matthew in my lap. Being the old fart that I am, I easily get motion sickness from the whimpiest things, including swings.
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I look next to me and there are these plastic bucket, diaper looking swings that just might work. So I stick Matthew in one and carefully swing him back and forth. Sure enough, it works like a charm. He can wiggle around as much as he likes and he stays right in there. You know Matthew is having fun when he’s kicking and his mouth is wide open.
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WebMD posted some Question and Answers to the Bird Flu. Click Here
The questions and answers are very informative and answer most questions that people would ask.
NBC decided to cancel that horrible “Book of Daniel” show. Not only were they receiving hundreds of calls from Christians expressing the disgust with the show, but they were also loosing 2 million each time they aired the show. So they cancelled it! Yeah!
Read the full article at the AFA Website, Click Here
You would think he would be upset to have his feet and hands and head all wrapped up, but he really loves it.
We occassionally bundle him up like this when we go out for a walk. We bought this Columbia outfit from Ebay. They are hard to find in the stores out here in California. I suppose it’s not really cold enough to use it often. But when he looks like a little eskimo, it’s hard to resist using it! 
