The Art of Room Preparation

Army Jon and I have been working almost every night on getting the room ready for the baby. I’ve been learning how much I have to learn about painting, and Army Jon is hoping the baby waits to show up until we’re done with the job. I hope the baby isn’t too picky. Also – [...]

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New Dad in Training…

Yeah, i’m trying to learn how to take pictures – here are some random shots of our house at night… and I’m sure I didn’t annoy Ashley at all by taking 143 pictures of here trying to get some projects done… our house decorations didn’t mind either.

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Teenaged Daniels, Lions and Prayers… oh my.

My Monday musings are full thoughts about Daniel (I’m teaching the book in Sunday School) but mostly of gratitude for brave teenagers who stand out for the gospel in world where Christian conviction is frowned upon. – Here some of the strands that are making up my mental tapestry of young people who are taking a stand. [...]

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Newsday Interview “Asking the Clergy”

So today I heard this conversation a bunch of times: “Sam” (or) “That guy” is in the paper” – and then the follow up question – “what did you do?” – with people eagerly waiting to hear some crazy drunken story about crashing a car filled with chickens into an abandon  porcelain doll shop. Ha [...]

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Look Mom, I wrote in a book again :-)

NEW TESTAMENT resource for YOUTH WORKERS. VOL II Jack Crabtree and some of his youth ministry friends (like Me, Kevin and EmLam and Jimmy)  wrote a bunch of youth group lessons complete with games application, etc – and finally the second volume is published. It’s a pretty huge publisher (that’s right dad, you will probably [...]

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WORSHIP: leaving the shallow world

“How can you cope with the end of a world and the beginning of another one? How can you put an earthquake into a test-tube, or the sea into a bottle? How can you live with the terrifying thought that the hurricane has become human, that fire has become flesh, that life itself came to [...]

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Book Review: To Transform A City (Swanson, Williams)

“The storyline of the Bible may begin in a garden, but it ends in a city.” Book Review: To Transform a City: Whole Church, Whole Gospel, Whole City One of my favorite gifts was a year-long subscription to Time Out New York – It comes to my mailbox once a week packed with events and [...]

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routines and minor wonders.

“Soraya and I settled into the routines–and minor wonders–of married life.  We shared toothbrushes and socks, passed each other the morning paper. She slept on the right side of the bed, I preferred the left. She liked fluffy pillows, I liked the hard ones. She ate her cereal dry, like a snack, and chased it [...]

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for there is no other way.

The other night I was made aware of a situation that got me really upset. There seemed to be so much that was obviously wrong and my initial reaction was to act less than ladylike, less than christian.  I so desperately wanted to take matters into my hand. To execute “justice” on my terms. I [...]

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Happy New Year Friends!

Happy New Year! From the Sutter home to yours – we are looking forward to what God accomplishes this year in the lives of our family and friends. We’ve had a busy end to the year-celebrating with the Sutter and Baker sides of the family, a road trip with Mikey and Bella, a blizzard, a [...]

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