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October Baby – Review and Favorite Quotes

This afternoon my wife and I took her sisters and a friend to see October Baby which premiered last Friday. I don’t frequent film theaters, well, frequently anyway. As a matter of fact, I can still count on my two hands the times I’ve darkened the doorway of a commercial movie house. I don’t believe [...]

Bloodlines

This is a great documentary by John Piper.  I’m the 2nd individual in my entire multi-generational, “white”, Western-European descended, family to marry “inter-racially”.  I have always loved the way the Gospel of Jesus Christ tears down barriers and stone-faced ideologies, whether religious or otherwise. John talks about the human family and adoption and race in [...]

Fairview Christian School – Christmas Program

Last night, I rode along with some friends up to Reading to attend Fairview Christian School’s Christmas Program.  Here’s a few snapshots (I apologize for the quality, they were taken with my phone) and some of the music selections from the evening. Fairview Christian School The school was started several years ago by Fairview Mennonite [...]

Age of Accountability in Bible – Children and the Age of Innocence

What is the Age of Accountability? After some recent conversations, I have been re-studying the theory of “The Age of Accountability“.  I was a bit surprised to discover that it is indeed a theory; not a hard and fast Biblical doctrine.  However, it matters a lot which version of the theory you believe to be [...]

Charity Youth Bible School Chorus 2009

Strains of  “There is peace and contentment in the Father’s house today…” replay themselves in my mind as I work, having listened to the newly released album Charity Youth Bible School Chorus 2009 from Altar of Praise Studio.  Here are a few youtube videos (posted by others) of the chorus in action last November.

God’s Time

I have been really challenged in the last two weeks after returning from the Middle East in how I invest my God’s time. Here’s a quote from an excellent message (worth the time investment) that God used to kick-start some changes I’ve had to make in my schedule for the things that really matter.  Full [...]

Lebanon County Youth Chorus – He Still Came

Sherwin Samonte, from Vancouver Canada posts beautiful “music videos” of Anabaptist-Mennonite singing on Youtube and Tangle (used to be Godtube) that break the mold of what music videos are usually known to be.  Here’s one of his latest postings, He Still Came. It is sung by the Lebanon County Youth Chorus on their album, Somewhere [...]

George Brunk – audio recording from 1951 – Revivalist, Evangelist

  George Brunk’s Legacy A friend asked me to convert an audio tape to CD for them.  It is an old sermon recording from 1951 by George R. Brunk, the Mennonite evangelist who spoke to crowds of 15,000+ people under a massive tent back in the ’50s.   You can read more about him HERE and [...]

Spring

Spring is here in PA at least for now.  Yesterday it was 70 degrees and sunny.  This morning I woke to the sound of birds outside my window.  Here’s a short audio clip: Birds Singing in the Morning What a contrast to last week’s snowstorm!

The Man From George Street

I’d heard of THE MAN FROM GEORGE STREET  before, but was recently reminded of it again when a friend emailed me the video. . . Here’s the full story.