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January 13, 2017

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Evolution and my Conversion

This excessively long post is actually an e-mail that went out to a group of earnest ladies wading through Nancy Pearcey's book: Total Truth. It was in response to the origins debate within and outside of faith circles. I am posting it because it came up recently with a new friend at my church. She is highly educated. She works at a prestigious hospital in Ottawa and knows more about physics than I ever will. She's struggling with aligning the Biblical narrative (Ahh.... narrative or historical? Therein lies the rub) and her understanding of the age and origin of the cosmos. So here is my unedited list of resources for anyone also struggling with this weighty and implication-heavy topic: Written: On Aug 10, 2017, at 9:54 PM, As per tonight’s book club ramble mostly by me : Here are some links that have helped me grapple with creation. I really REALLY struggled with the Biblical account and it has been a slow process for me, like 39 years long... These resources helped

The Forth bi-annual Kidd Road Piano Recital

We had an age range of 8 years old to 92 years young at the recent Kidd Rd piano recital. The Van Boys, as they are known, have started taking lessons from the amazing Yulia Brenar, and you can tell. I am very thankful for musical parents, neighbours, teachers and friends who have loved and supported my kids, and to my long-suffering mother, who made be practice and talked me off several ledges through this journey that is taking piano lessons.

Deborah

I won’t out them here, not full names at least, but I can name four women who I knew personally while I was in the military who were on par with the men at RMC: Tanya, Clare, Evelyn, and Barb. I can remember their names, 30 years out, because these were, and are, really exceptional women. Many of them are still in the ring, holding their own. Given the events of this past weekend, there’s questions about women in a secret service capacity. Only a few days prior to the current discussion, which was brought on by Trump's assassination attempt, the House of Representatives passed an updated version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which allows the U.S. government to automatically register men ages 18 to 25 into the Selective Service, or draft system. This new version of the bill opened up the possibility of women being drafted for mandatory military service. As a Christian… golly, how awkwardly ironic that must seem to the guys I served with, God have mercy… I

Salamanders

Saved from an untimely "death-by-lawn-mower" accident For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature. Romans 1:20

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