Problems are for Solving

Death
Comes as an enemy
Delivering to a Friend

New in the sidebar I have added a few new links, but also a new RSS feed. I use Google Reader, which allows me to share posts with other google reader users called “friends.” This RSS feed (look to the right under recent posts) shows posts on other blogs I’ve read that I [...]

I started to leave a comment on this post from Gabrielle, and then it turned into something long enough that I wanted it here.
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And because of this, even when our lives are pathetic and cranky, Jesus intercedes and redeems those things that are pathetic and cranky.
He gives us:
Beauty for ashes
An oil of joy for mourning
A [...]

Ok.
So last night Theresa and I go over to Seth’s to have ice cream and do the whole Wii thing. This is a first for me, you understand. Busy morning so I only have three things to say:
1. Due to the help of others, my Mii is scary realistic like me.
2. [...]

A while back I started writing some “poetry” down in my blackberry notes and saving it and from time to time I’ll post one here.
It’s not very good. Some of it is “haiku-like,” short, pithy stuff. Others are self-reflective or otherwise. Feel free to criticize any of it–I won’t be posting anything [...]

Great Jehovah
Who fed the children manna in the desert
Feed me till I never want again
Save an endless hunger for You
So that I may be full of Christ
Hear this starving soul and graciously feed me
Amen.

OK. I’ve decided, at least for now, to keep the current theme. It has all of the formatting issues solved, I like the double, rearrangeable sidebar, and everyone seems to like the flames at the top (I can change the color to a few others, but I liked this one best right now–you [...]

Paul Tripp Ministries: Realistic Expectations
There’s no escaping it, this world isn’t functioning as it was designed to function.
Another really good post from Dr. Tripp on Psalm 27.

Previous posts on the dishwasher: One, Two, Three, Four
Thursday I called the Sears repair center to schedule a repair appointment for the dishwasher. I don’t know what’s wrong with it–it just isn’t cleaning the dishes. Thankfully, with the warranty it’ll be at no charge. They were able to schedule an appointment [...]

If anyone took the time to try to comment on posts since I changed themes, I know it’s not working now. I’m contacting the systems admin dude and finding out if there’s a way to fix it. Until then I’ll be switching to another theme as soon as I find one that will [...]