for inquiring minds

Just to inform everyone of the latest news...
Got back from my last OB apmt. for this pregnancy.  Next time I see my Dr. I'll either be in labor or in the operating room.  I've been hoping (a lot) for another natural labor and delivery.  I've tried many of the "techniques" for getting labor started (yes, including castor oil -- I'm very committed).  I still have hope it could happen before Sunday.  But if it doesn't we've decided to go in and get her.  So one way or another we'll have a baby by Sunday!

We know God is sovereign over all things and we're praising Him for the crazy abundance of blessing He's already given us.

Say tuned for baby info...

Rick Warren? I thought it was a joke

Last week I saw bloggers posting things like "Rick Warren to Speak at Desiring God Conference." I thought it was an April fools joke. I guess it's not.

Here's a link to a thoughtful discussion of the issue by Challies. What do you think? Is it a good idea? bad idea? bad idea but not a big deal? Or is it a big deal? Here's some excerpts:

John Piper inviting Rick Warren to speak at the conference is not that big of a deal. It matters, to be sure, but not enough to get too riled up. It's important that we put it in its proper context. Piper did not invite Robert Schuller or the Dalai Lama, someone who outright denies the gospel. Warren professes faith in Christ and professes an evangelical understanding of that faith.

Having said all of this, I still believe it would have been best for Piper not to invite Warren. In inviting Warren, Piper is implicitly downplaying the reasons that many Reformed Christians have expressed concern about Warren and his ministry and have separated themselves from both.

Warren has proven repeatedly that he does not and will not honor the Bible. He preaches from the Bible, he knows vast amounts of Scripture and I'm sure he loves studying the Bible. But his ministry makes clear that he does not truly honor it in the way he uses it. I hardly even know where to begin here. Turn to any of Warren's books and you will see that this is the case. Time and time again he has misused and abused the Bible.

Second only to my concern about Rick Warren's consistent history of misusing Scripture is this: he seemingly seeks to be all things to all men. As you might perceive, I am not using this phrase in a complimentary way. I want to be careful here, but what I have seen from Warren is not so much that he will claim to be both A and B, but that he will claim to be A and Not A. There is a strange kind of subjectivism in his allegiances and in his beliefs.

Piper is understandably excited about Warren's regard for Jonathan Edwards. Yet we canot deny that his ministry looks nothing like a ministry influenced by Edwards. Can you even imagine what Edwards would say about The Purpose Driven Life or an Easter church service featuring the Jonas Brothers? A and not A.

While I don't doubt that Rick Warren loves the church and loves the Lord, neither do I doubt that he does harm to the people and to the Name he loves so much. To invite him to this conference is to downplay all of the harm brought about by his unbiblical and pragmatic style of ministry.

 

I kinda think it's a big deal.  But maybe I'm just looking for something to get upset about besides the fact that I'M STILL PREGNANT!

Does he know how good he's got it?

Phillip asked to participate in a summer academic program at Sac State where students in grades 6 - 9 can take classes for a few weeks at a time in subjects such as computer programing, Japanese, cooking or robotics engineering. We, of course, said, "sure!"

In order to determine if the students are qualified to participate in the classes the program has them take a "College Ability Test." It's a shorter SAT-type test with verbal and math sections. Phillip didn't feel like he did very well on the verbal -- word analogies -- he could use some extra work in the vocabulary department. Well, compared to the other students that took the test he scored in the 81st percentile for verbal and 91st percentile for math. In other words, he did better than 81% and 91% of the other 65,000 6-9th grade students in the greater Sacramento area.

Ok, so I'm bragging about the boy a little. We've always know he's had a good head on his shoulders. But he's also been known to do some stupid stuff too. For example, when attempting to make a pizza a few weeks ago he got frustrated at the instructions to "pat the dough into the pan." "Sharon," he asks, "what's a pan?" Ugh. We also had an epic fail on a science project last quarter due to systemic procrastination disorder.

Test results do not necessarily predict future outcomes. In the next 5 years Phillip will have a demanding academic program, search and apply to colleges, decided how to support himself, and, with God's grace, become a man.

So, this test is a good encouragement to us as parents and to Phillip as a student. He's got the brains, now comes the real test...

I am fallible

Every date on the calendar is mocking me. I was "sure" this baby would arrive before April. Unless something dramatic happens in the next 24 hours this is looking unlikely.

Here's proof that I am not God. Just in case I thought otherwise.

Ahh, Reagan (sigh)

HT: Hither and Thither

Ready, set, go!

No, I'm not talking about having a baby.

This is a little game I caught Paul playing all by himself one afternoon:

The he would turn around and go back the other way. I thought it was cute.

Just incase you thought you were the only one

Fun to laugh along with someone else on the other side of the country.  I can't relate to any of this (yah, right.)

From Amy's Humble Musings:

You know, the best thing about staying home with your kids (besides being able to cyber stalk The Market Ticker) is that you are with your kids all day long. And the worst thing? I am with my kids all….day….long.

It messes with your mind.


While I am typing during “quiet time” and trying to ignore the background noise, someone is yelling, “McGregor is squirting us with the hose! Mom!!!!”

In between making sure two preschoolers don’t drown, drink bleach, and/or play in the toilet, I’ve finished correcting the following grades: kindergarten, second grade, fourth grade, and complex six grade math fractions of which I am very good with now. Go, me.


And someone is squirting someone with a hose. Clearly, these kids do not know Where The Line Is.


While fantasizing about being young, single, and loving to mingle*, I am sewing the strap on Kid #3’s shoe. It is a perfectly good shoe, and it is wrong to buy new ones if I can just… get… this…OUCH… needle through some thick Chinese canvas.


Lunch was store brand frozen pizza. I offer carrot sticks on the side when it’s the third time in a row we’ve had fake food in a week. Clearly, I am an overachiever. And no, nobody ever takes the carrot sticks.


I bought a package of overpriced organic raw almonds in another burst of “taking care of myself.” Then I turned over the empty box and read the caloric count.


The needle broke, and I am out of options since the staple gun, rope, and duct tape are at the other house. Good thing.


* (I did NOT just say that.)