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    Wish I had something pithy and godly to say …

    Well, it’s the end of another year. I’m sure we’ll be asleep by 10PM tonight as usual — we’re not really into late nights unless we’re taking care of a sick child or a sick Golden Retriever. I’ve been wishing that I could drum up some sort of godly, encouraging, and pithy thing to say to you to send you off into 2009. But I’m in pretty much a bare-minimum-survival mode around here, so coherent thoughts are not coming quickly or readily. So I guess I’ll leave you with this … Believe God. More than your feelings or circumstances. Remember what He said. Remember all that He has already done.…

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    Therefore Do Not Worry About Tomorrow (Update on Pastor JollyBlogger)

    Pastor JollyBlogger is home! And his first blog entry post-hospital is worth reading for all of us: 12-30-08 Health Update He closes it by pointing us to Psalm 46 and Matthew 6:34: “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”   A good word for us all, don’t you think? Please do continue to keep Pastor JollyBlogger in your prayers. Sending you love– Tara B.  

  • Hope in Suffering

    Weep with Those Who Weep

    I’m in an interesting season of life right now. For various reasons, I can’t talk about all of the details with you right now. (Although, please know that I want to! Processing through writing on this blog has been a true grace to me these many years. Maybe one day soon …) As I’ve walked through my current challenges, I’ve been on a bit of a high-wire tightrope teetering over two extremes: 1. Pessimism – I just assume this bad thing is going to happen; and 2. Faith – God is sovereign and God is good. I can trust Him. I’m embarrassed to even admit this, of course. But I…

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    New Bible and New Baby

    Want to read a story about living the gospel? Don’t miss this one: Every Year a New Baby–and More Joy In particular, be sure to watch/listen to the audio slideshow. It only takes two minutes, but it’s a sweet, gospel-soaked two minutes.   (HT: TakeYourVitaminZ!)  

  • CCEF Live Blogs

    CCEF Conference Downloads are Available

    Just found out that the audio downloads from the CCEF Conference are now available (and at a very reasonable rate, too!): 2008 CCEF Conference  – The Addict in Us All I hope you’ll check them out–and NOT just to check the accuracy of my “transcriptions” during my CCEF LiveBlogs. 🙂  

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    Blogging the Institutes

    Are any of you thinking about joining the Reformation21 guys and reading Calvin’s Institutes in 2009? I am SO lazy that I hesitate to set such a difficult goal. But I WAS just saying to myself, “I think I’d really like to read the ENTIRE Institutes in 2009.” And  then the Ref21 guys said that they would be “blogging the Institutes” and one of my all-time favorite churchmen, Pastor Anyabwile, just mentioned today that he and his wife are going to read through them together. So … maybe 2009 is the year for me. How about you?