Entries from December 2009

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

A brief review of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

This was a read-aloud book to my daughter, which I hope will become a yearly tradition.  I cannot recommend this book highly enough.  The book isn’t just a story about a Christmas pageant; it’s the gospel lived out.  Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners.   The Herdmans were the worst kids in […]

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Prayer of Praise (Drawing heavily from 1 Chronicles 16)

He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. Remember His covenant forever, the word which He commanded, for a thousand generations. The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac, And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, fulfilled not merely […]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The wacky, circular world of ACC football, part 2

It has happened for the second year in a row.  Last year, on this very day, I observed that you could start with any ACC football team and go in a circle all the way around to the beginning.  This year… Maryland beat Clemson Clemson beat Boston College Boston College beat Virginia Virginia beat North […]