Planning For The End Of The World

Here's a word you will read more about in 2010: "Apophis" It's the name of an asteroid detected in 2004 that will come within 30, 000 km of the earth on April 13, 2029. That's close. While it will miss the Earth, it will likely take out a satellite or two on the way by. …

Wordless Wednesday: Photo Essay

This is what you get when you give a nine year old a digital camera for Christmas:

Top 3 Tuesday: Top 3 Christmas Gifts

The results are in! Here are the Top 3 Christmas Gifts received at the Walker House this year: 3. Digital Cameras for Devin and Jacob. Both the older boys have been giggling around the house all week with goofy pictures of themselves. Perhaps I will post the 'greatest hits' from their work on a Wordless …

Jesus in the Old Testament

We wrapped up our Sunday morning class on the book of Amos this past Sunday and I had the pleasure of teaching out of the last chapter.  Chapter 9 is called a Redemption Cycle where Amos writes about God's punishment of sin (v. 1 - 6), how God will provide (v. 7 - 10), and …

A Wedding Sermon

Marriage is a Covenant, and a Confession that was designed by God from the beginning of time. God invented marriage at the very beginning of the Bible. In Genesis chapter 2 God says, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable helper.” It's important to note that God …

Doubting Thomas

This is for a friend: Doubting Thomas by Nickel Creek What will be left when I've drawn my last breath, Besides the folks I've met and the folks who know me, Will I discover a soul saving love, Or just the dirt above and below me, I'm a doubting thomas, I took a promise, But …

Merry Christmas ;)

We are told that Christmas has become a delirium of gift making, that people hate its approach and are glad when it is over. Elmina Atkinson, 1905 Don't get me wrong; I'm all for Christmas. I enjoy giving gifts and watching my four boys sharing in family traditions: some old and some new. Likewise, I …

The Night Before The Night Before Christmas

I checked on the boys before heading to bed last night and found the twins room empty.  O.K. where did they get to?  I had heard a ruckus up there a while back and so I knew something was up.  Jacob's door was still open and sure enough there is Jacob sleeping amid a series …

Wordless Wednesday: Merry Christmas

Top Three Tuesday: Marketing

Over the last few weeks we have seen some of the most spectacular marketing we are likely to lay eyes on (at least until next Christmas). In a season where economic uncertainty is so prevalent, an easy sell is as hard to find as a three legged ballerina. Our family was looking for a digital …