At breakfast on Sunday, we were discussing the difference between real laws and “Mama’s laws” (I objected to how this was stated, because my laws are real).
So Tim asked Evan to recite one of Mama’s laws.
He thought for a moment. “You may not swear in the house, unless you’re a parent.” Then he started giggling.
Tim [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 26, 2009
No Swearing in the House
June 25, 2009
Status Update
Lisa is…
Sending Evan to soccer camp every day this week. Kendall decided not to play anymore, so I don’t have the week to myself. She and I are spending the week making a Herculean effort to finish her fifth grade schoolwork.
Planning a vacation. We’ll be enjoying the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland again, seeing The [...]
June 8, 2009
Snippets: Portrait of a Disciple
“The beatitudes paint a comprehensive portrait of a Christian disciple. We see him first alone on his knees before God, acknowledging his spiritual poverty and mourning over it. This makes him meek or gentle in all his relationships, since honesty compels him to allow others to think of him what before God he confesses himself [...]
