Out of Order

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties.... Our computer is toast! ):

Sorry, but it might be a few days...

Grain Process

So who's got groceries to pick up?! :)
This truck just left me with $1000 worth of food in our front hall... This is the biggest order I've received yet. Every few months, I order bulk items like oats, flour, & rice for myself & a dozen other moms. Great savings for growing families!!

Wise Words on "Doing" Church

Here is a great quote from Sinclair Ferguson on the need for us to be lights in the world, as a community that is radically different from the world.

"I think it's written all over the way in which we do church today that we are far more interested in ourselves as individuals than in the life of the community. And if I were to spell out why I think that's true, I would lose friends. Everywhere. My own position is, I don't think a New Testament believer would begin to understand why we do church the way we do church - instead of the way they did church. So, there are serious questions here. About the extent to which we are self-fascinated evangelicals - rather than God-centered and community-, fellowship-oriented. Has it never struck you that the New Testament almost nowhere tells you how to do evangelism? Almost nowhere tells you how to do evangelism. Why? Because it understood that being the church was to do evangelism. And our problem in our community - if I can explode for a moment - is that we don't do evangelism because we're not convinced at all - and often rightly we're not convinced - that our Christian community is really radically supernaturally different from the rest of the world. But they were so obviously radically supernaturally different from the rest of the world."

From Ferguson's lecture on the "New Perspective on Paul".

Thoughts?

(Photo by E. Ilchenko)

Cousins

Yesterday, Esther and Sarah were able to play with their cousins between services (We brought lunch along.) Lots of laughter! They also had a chance to play together on Saturday afternoon, at Opa & Oma's -- we even had a short but beautiful walk on the Caledon Trailway. (Opa & Oma conveniently live beside it.) John & Betty are spending a few days in Ontario, then it's back to Chicago so John can finish his studies this spring. They are waiting for the Lord's guidance for their future -- please pray for them.

Content baby James

Being Mocked: The Essence of Christ’s Work

Read John Piper's thoughts on the recent events around the world in response to the cartoons of Muhammad: Being Mocked: The Essence of Christ’s Work, Not Muhammad's. As usual, his insight is refreshing.

Florida - Five Years Ago

James & Joseph

(photo by their mother Rachel, when they were over a couple weeks ago)