November 2009

Happy St. Andrews Day!

November 30, 2009 Scotland
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Today is St. Andrews Day! It’s a celebration of Saint Andrew, Scotland’s official patron saint. It is therefore a delightful national holiday complete with national festivities and lots of ceilidhs…an all-around smashing good time! I am sorely missing the land of the Scots these days (though I am not particularly missing the weather). Check out Google’s [...]

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Christmas-tastic Decorations on a Budget

November 27, 2009 Hometastic Goodness
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There was such a prodigious plethora of stuff being given away when we left Edinburgh I cannot remember who ended up with our Christmas tree. Or just about anything else. Except I remember Agnes’ happy dance when she tried on the pink puffy vest I gave her. But that may have been for the wellies. [...]

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Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks

November 26, 2009 Baby Photos
Thankful Bear

Ya know, it might be a little hard to celebrate Thanksgiving in the southern hemisphere at the moment. I don’t know where to find cranberry in a can or canned pumpkin for pumpkin pie or that special topping everybody seems to use for green bean casserole. And I definitely don’t have any Jiffy Cornbread mix [...]

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Another Great Pretender: Facebook Fraud

November 25, 2009 Stories
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It is so funny that I was talking the other day about being a pretender and sometimes saying everything is fine when it isn’t. Because I came across another Great Pretender — even better than me — today in a conversation on Facebook. A friend I haven’t spoken to in quite some time sent me [...]

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Travelling Tuesday: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

November 24, 2009 Travel..ling Tuesdays
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We’re taking it off the beaten South African/Scottish path this Travelling Tuesday with a few shots from an adventure to Amsterdam and a few other parts of Holland I had a couple years ago. I had the privilege of travelling to Holland for an academic conference that was held on the grounds of a very [...]

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An Addendum Justified by Grace

November 23, 2009 Stories
Lord, please help me to rest in your grace.

If you will excuse me, dear reader, I would like to make an addendum to a previous post. I have been thinking a good bit about the law and grace, and the promise of God, and I am continually realising my tendency to move away from the grace of God into a desire to earn [...]

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Get Smart

November 20, 2009 Baby Photos
Getting Smart

I was mulling over some verses in Proverbs 4 this morning, and while I’m not sure I have anything profound to say, I just thought I would share. Wisdom is the principle thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you. She will bring you honor [...]

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Guard the Wellspring of your iTunes

November 19, 2009 Stories
Too Hip for High Chair

Okay. So you guys might think I’ve totally lost it, but I’m going to share this story with you and do my best to explain anyway. Fire away with comments at will! So last night, we had our mid-week weekend, where we enjoy dinner together and watch a movie and relax a little. I was [...]

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