Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Do families today really understand their core values?
Bringing families together builds values that are really important to the family and makes it strong. Family Table Time creates family "unity" by setting time aside each week for sharing, discussion, debate, laughter and best of all, communication. Creating a personal mission statement helps families focus on what's important to them.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
The Traditional Church vs. The NT Church
There are some major differences between the traditional church of today and the New Testament church in the Bible. Brian Anderson has compiled a list of those differences on the Milpitas Bible Fellowship Web site. I encourage every Christian to read this list, and do a in depth Bible study using the verses included in the list. Maybe you should do as I have and re-evaluate what, or who, the "Church" is.
Monday, December 06, 2004
Does Your Child Have The Edison Trait?
by Lucy Jo Palladino
He was a boy who learned only by doing. At age six, he had to see how fire worked and accidentally burned his father's barn to the ground. The next fall he began school, where he alternated between letting his mind travel to distant places and keeping his body in perpetual motion in his seat. Because he was distractible and restless, he did not last long in a formal classroom. His teacher called him "addled." Eventually, his mother had to home-school him. As an adult he would recall: "My father thought I was stupid and I almost decided I must be a dunce."
The core of his learning was his passion for experiments. As his new teacher, his mother gave his talent free rein. At the same time she infused him with the disciplines of study. With time and determination, he mastered his runaway mind. He grew up to become a prolific inventor, bringing the magic of electricity and sound recording into the world. He either invented or improved hundreds of practical conveniences. It is said that Thomas Alva Edison succeeded where others failed or never tried, because it was his nature to dare.
There was once a man who drove a truck on a road through a town and got stuck under a bridge that had a low clearance. The men of the town gathered around the wedged truck to think of ways to dismantle the truck or the bridge. Finally, a young boy came up and asked, “Why don't you let some air out of the tires?" That is what they did, and the truck went on its way.
This was a child who had the Edison trait. He saw an element of the scene that no one else saw, because they were busily and systematically focused on what to them was relevant to the solution.
Today, a growing number of children have that nature to dare. Like young Edison, they are easily distracted and disorganized, but also wildly imaginative and inventive.
They have minds that are at home with meanderings and leaps of vast proportions. They make unexpected, sometimes startling, connections.
All children are imaginative and enjoy make-believe, but children who have the Edison trait live even closer to their imaginations. It is their lifeblood.
Children manifest the Edison trait in various ways. Some are quiet and reserved and live in their own worlds. Others are loud, interruptive, and bold.
Your child may be a Dreamer, a Discoverer, or a Dynamo. Or he may combine features of any or all of these patterns.
Source: The Elijah Company
He was a boy who learned only by doing. At age six, he had to see how fire worked and accidentally burned his father's barn to the ground. The next fall he began school, where he alternated between letting his mind travel to distant places and keeping his body in perpetual motion in his seat. Because he was distractible and restless, he did not last long in a formal classroom. His teacher called him "addled." Eventually, his mother had to home-school him. As an adult he would recall: "My father thought I was stupid and I almost decided I must be a dunce."
The core of his learning was his passion for experiments. As his new teacher, his mother gave his talent free rein. At the same time she infused him with the disciplines of study. With time and determination, he mastered his runaway mind. He grew up to become a prolific inventor, bringing the magic of electricity and sound recording into the world. He either invented or improved hundreds of practical conveniences. It is said that Thomas Alva Edison succeeded where others failed or never tried, because it was his nature to dare.
There was once a man who drove a truck on a road through a town and got stuck under a bridge that had a low clearance. The men of the town gathered around the wedged truck to think of ways to dismantle the truck or the bridge. Finally, a young boy came up and asked, “Why don't you let some air out of the tires?" That is what they did, and the truck went on its way.
This was a child who had the Edison trait. He saw an element of the scene that no one else saw, because they were busily and systematically focused on what to them was relevant to the solution.
Today, a growing number of children have that nature to dare. Like young Edison, they are easily distracted and disorganized, but also wildly imaginative and inventive.
They have minds that are at home with meanderings and leaps of vast proportions. They make unexpected, sometimes startling, connections.
All children are imaginative and enjoy make-believe, but children who have the Edison trait live even closer to their imaginations. It is their lifeblood.
Children manifest the Edison trait in various ways. Some are quiet and reserved and live in their own worlds. Others are loud, interruptive, and bold.
Your child may be a Dreamer, a Discoverer, or a Dynamo. Or he may combine features of any or all of these patterns.
- Dreamers drift from place to place, on a schedule of eternal time.
- Discoverers have to find things out for themselves and do things their own way.
- Dynamos are always in motion, with a flair forsurprises, power, and speed.
Source: The Elijah Company
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Daily Family Worship Service
The Elements of Family Worship Service
A. Bible Reading
The head of the household takes a portion of scripture and reads it to the family and make comments on what was read.
B. Prayer Time
Take some time to pray about matters
C. Hymn singing
Sing some of your favorite hymns.
D. Close in Prayer
Source: The Christian Life
A. Bible Reading
The head of the household takes a portion of scripture and reads it to the family and make comments on what was read.
B. Prayer Time
Take some time to pray about matters
C. Hymn singing
Sing some of your favorite hymns.
D. Close in Prayer
Source: The Christian Life
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Welcome Back Dave Black!!
David Black just got back from his trip to Ethiopia, where he and his wife have been working with the churches and the people in Ethiopia. It's good to see him back and to see his site updated once again. Be sure to visit both the front page and his blog to get all of us updates. I emailed Dave shortly before he returned, to let him know that he was in my families prayers ant that we had missed him while he was gone. While we have never met him personally, we do feel like we know him, I guess it's because we seem to think alike on so many issues.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Take a look on e-bay, and you'll find some cheesy items up for sale. But probably none as "cheesy" as this one. The on-line auction website, e-bay, took a grilled cheese sandwich listing. It's half of a sandwich the owner claims is ten-years old and bears an image of the Virgin Mary.
Click here to see this eBay listing.
The funniest thing is all of the eBay listings that are taking advantage of the "Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich" in their auction keywords.
http://search.ebay.com/virgin-mary-grilled-cheese
I was "rolling on the floor" after seeing some of these listings this morning!
Click here to see this eBay listing.
The funniest thing is all of the eBay listings that are taking advantage of the "Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich" in their auction keywords.
http://search.ebay.com/virgin-mary-grilled-cheese
I was "rolling on the floor" after seeing some of these listings this morning!
Friday, November 12, 2004
Free Bible Study Software!
e-Sword is feature rich and user friendly with more capabilities than you would expect in a free software package. The fact that e-Sword is free is just one of the blessings and does not speak of the quality of the software.
Click here to download e-Sword today!
Click here to download e-Sword today!
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Nobody Said This Would be Easy
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Friday, November 05, 2004
KidRocket Web Browser for Kids
The KidRocket KidSafe Web Browser, is a simple & effective way for kids to safely surf the internet. It will only go to the hand picked web sites programmed into the Web Browser. The rest of the internet & WWW, along with its many safety concerns and hazards... are completely LOCKED OUT!
Its one of the simplest & most effective parental controls, internet filters available. Give it a try today...its free!
http://www.kidrocket.org/
Its one of the simplest & most effective parental controls, internet filters available. Give it a try today...its free!
http://www.kidrocket.org/
What is Christian Fellowship?
I like what Jim Davis has written about Christian fellowship:
Church attendance is often substituted for fellowship. To some fellowship is like a jar full of marbles. The marbles are in the same jar but there is little togetherness. The marbles have little effect on each other as they roll around in a jar. They just bump into one another. But real fellowship is more like a jar of grapes that bleed on one another. Fellowship should allow our faith to rub off on one another. The first believers had real spiritual needs that led them into fellowship with others. As they came into this fellowship of other believers with the same needs, they naturally bled on one another.
Too often church attendance turns us into iceberg Christians where we just float around and bump into one another. One fellow visited a church and gave his description of those in attendance. He said, "I don't want to say that it was a cold church, but the ushers had on ice skates." The first fellowship meeting had little to do with church attendance and everything to do with togetherness.
Church attendance is often substituted for fellowship. To some fellowship is like a jar full of marbles. The marbles are in the same jar but there is little togetherness. The marbles have little effect on each other as they roll around in a jar. They just bump into one another. But real fellowship is more like a jar of grapes that bleed on one another. Fellowship should allow our faith to rub off on one another. The first believers had real spiritual needs that led them into fellowship with others. As they came into this fellowship of other believers with the same needs, they naturally bled on one another.
Too often church attendance turns us into iceberg Christians where we just float around and bump into one another. One fellow visited a church and gave his description of those in attendance. He said, "I don't want to say that it was a cold church, but the ushers had on ice skates." The first fellowship meeting had little to do with church attendance and everything to do with togetherness.
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