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Happy Mother’s Day to EVERYONE!
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast, and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" - God, Isaiah 49:15 Here's to a God who loves us even better ...
#Kony2012, Sour Fufu, and All God’s Children
In case you've been hiding under a rock for the last few days and haven't seen Invisible Children's viral film about Joseph Kony, I'll embed it here. Go ahead and watch it. I'll wait... Of course there has been a flurry ...
Living in the Mess: The Problem With Outcome-Based Christianity
My post about the orphan crisis and world missions is up at Red Letter Christians today. I've always struggled a little with that post, feeling that it didn't quite express what I wanted to get across, so imagine my delight ...
Can I make a generalization? Women sell themselves WAY short. To themselves, as well as others. I remember the first time I wanted to teach a Bible study (and I use this term loosely) for adults. I was petrified. I reasoned that surely ...
Kim Jong Il, Horton the Elephant, and Human Nature
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas! I had a wonderful time, and even realized that is possible--and rather relaxing--to go over a week without opening your computer (as long as you're on vacation)! The bad side of that ...
My crazy schedule delayed me posting this, but here is the promised guest post by my fellow Redbud Vivian Mabuni. It ties in with my previous post on Christ and culture, and raises the question of how our cultural lenses ...
Christ and Culture: Can You Tell the Difference?
'Tis the season for frantic busyness, so I'm recycling a post that I wrote about this time two years ago. Tomorrow, I will be featuring a related guest post from my fellow Redbud Vivian Mabuni. How much of our belief ...
But He Never Hit Me: How Should the Church Respond to Emotional Abuse?
Emotional abuse is one of those sticky topics that Christians don't like to talk about a lot. We prefer to stick to clear-cut, black-and-white issues, and emotional abuse doesn't fit neatly into the categories most of us are familiar with. ...
If I Wanted to Destroy A Woman…
Today's guest post is from my fellow Redbud Connie Jakab, a writer, dancer and Culture Rebel from Calgary. I've loved her posts on bullying, and asked her to write something to share with you. THIS is amazing and insightful: If I ...
Why I’m Not Here
Hi cyber-friends! (Doesn't that sound a little bit like "Spider Friends?" I loved that show when I was little--but if you're under 30, and have no idea what I'm talking about, just forget I said anything, okay?) I thought I ...
Liberia has not been leaving me alone for the last month or so. I haven't been there since 1988, since I was a confused, hurting 11-year-old with nut brown skin and white-blonde braids. But it has been chasing me down. I ...
Urgent Request! Stop Child Trafficking in Haiti
Hi friends, I have an urgent request for you. Jeff Goins has been popping up all over the blogosphere for the last several months, but I remember him as the sweet, red-headed guitar player from one of the CTI Music Ministries ...
Helen Lee, author of "The Missional Mom: Living With Purpose at Home and In the World," wrote a fabulous post today about how Steve Jobs relates to missional living. The world needs more of the "crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the ...
What is Idolatry?
From one of my textbooks, "The God of Promise and the Life of Faith" by Scott J. Hafemann:"...In other words, idolatry is the futile way of thinking that results from mankind's failure to honor the One who has revealed himself ...
Hi all! Sorry to be AWOL for so long, but in the time since my last post I have:Gotten through the JAM and all its attendant craziness.Applied to (and been accepted to!) Northwestern College. (Paperworkpalooza!)Started two new, large-ish writing projects.It's ...
Heard at my House
Clay: *frantic knocking* "Jamie! Jamie! You've gotta come help Grant!" My ears perk up as Jamie growls at his annoying little brothers to go away. Grant "Red alert! Red alert!" I run to the great room to find out who's ...
Remodeling…
I'll be making some changes around here over the next couple weeks. Hold tight, dear readers, and don't be freaked out if you log on and find something that looks completely different. Thanks!Read more at http://jennyraearmstrong.blogspot.com.
One Dollar a Week…
I'm adding a "red cup" to my sidebar so my wonderful readers (and myself) can donate to the UN's World Food Programme directly from my blog. If I understand correctly, one euro a week (about $1.50) from every person in ...
Vote, Vote, Vote!!!
Thanks to their punk rock prowess and the tireless fingers of their loyal fans, Pierced3 has made it all the way to final round of the USAA Garage Band Playoff! But they need your help to nab the grand ...
And Round One Goes To…
Pierced3, for their fantastic song "Just Drive!" *mad cheering and clapping* Way to go, girls--two more rounds to go!!!Edited to add: Rumor is, they took it by a landslide. Like, a 71% of the total landslide. :-) Go girls--and go ...
Girls Rock!
I've talked before about Pierced3--an uber-talented, uber-adorable sister act Aaron has been working with since they were 8, 11, and 13. (They're 11, 14, and 16 now.) Spunky, quirky, vegetarian homeschoolers who write, play and sing feel-good punk rock--what's not ...
Emerging Women
My article "Bumper Sticker Theology" is up at Emerging Women today, under the heading "It's Been a Rough Year."It's nothing my "blog buddies" haven't read before--it's the same article I posted here about a year ago, and that appeared at ...
The Conservative Bible Project? Oh No They DI’INT!!!
You had to know it was coming. I'm just shocked that anyone calling themselves Christians could be so brazen about their agenda.The Conservative Bible Project is, evidently, the backlash against "politically correct" translations of scripture. It will, among other things, ...
The First Day of the Rest of My Life
Well, today is one of those days when the entire world shifts suddenly under your feet, and you're standing in an entirely different spot than you were the day before. This morning the whole family walked down the hill, and ...
It’s My Kind of Town
Well, it's finished! (Or half-finished.) No, not my book--after many all-nighters pulled by my amazing (if I do say so myself) husband, Arise the Dawn's pre-release CD is ready to go, just in time for their show in Gurnee, Illinois ...
Tis a Gift to be Simple…???
I have a new life strategy.I've been rather overwhelmed lately by a neverending morass of tiny things, both good and bad, that are battling for space in my life, my mind, and my schedule, including (but not limited to):My parent's ...
Book Review: "40 Minute Bible Study" Series by Kay Arthur
The 40 Minute Bible Study series from beloved Bible teacher Kay Arthur and the teaching staff of Precept Ministries tackles important issues in brief, easy-to-grasp lessons you can use personally or for small-group discussion. Each book in the series ...
Book Review: "The Friends We Keep" by Sarah Zacharias Davis
During a particularly painful time in her life, Sarah Zacharias Davis learned how delightful–and wounding–women can be in friendship. She saw how some friendships end badly, others die slow deaths, and how a chance acquaintance can become that enduring ...
Book Review: "The Hope of Refuge" by Cindy Woodsmall
I recently started reviewing books for Multnomah Books, a division of Random House. (Hey, free books--gotta love it!) The first opportunity they sent me was The Hope of Refuge by Cindy Woodsmall. Here's Multnomah's summary of the book:Raised in ...
He’s Mad as a Hatter
I like Alice in Wonderland.I like Johnny Depp.I'm just not sure I like them together.Evidently Johhny Depp is playing the Mad Hatter in Disney's live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, coming out in 2010. You can watch the trailer here ...
