Consumerism Vs Christianity
Here is a bit of a little article I found interesting.
"It is not a stretch to say if you compare a Christian with a non Christian, they will both want the same job and the same money for the same reason resulting in the same purchases of consumer goods and services that produce the same sense of getting up and going to work so you can live in your house so you can sleep there and get up so you can go to work, and so on ad infinitum. Then the Christian and the non-Christian will both indulge in the same forms of entertainment, regardless of the lewdness or blasphemy presented in movies, books and computer games. Does this mean that the only advantage of being a christian is that when you die you go to heaven while the non-Christian goes to hell although you both have lived esentially the same life style?"
http://www.agrarianbible.com/Principles%20&%20Notions/DB27061C-92C8-4F6A-B539-65417890F122.html
Lets just say that I have been questioning the way my brain is wired. The big question for me is how much do I think with a mind of a consumerist?
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Here's a thought
I just love my friends. The older I get, the more people I meet, and the more I appreciate the diversity of Gods creation. I met recently a senorita from Bolivia and had such an enriching conversation. She was saying that when her mother came to America they moved all three of her children into the same bedroom. She talked about how she shared a bedroom with her sister when she was a girl and through the late night talks and the close proximity they formed a bond that still remains today. This struck me because for one I have been learning about how Americans are discouraged to co-sleep.
First of all you could roll over and smother your baby and for another co-sleeping may cause the child to be co-dependent. I find it interesting that co-sleeping is the norm in 90% of the worlds population. A study was done on children at the age of 18 revealed that children who co-slept (shared the same sleeping space or room) were no different from others in any aspect of adjustments. With all of this said, we have some visitors coming to stay with us over thanksgiving and we are combining the boys rooms to create a spare-oom (get the Narnia reference?). But I am thinking about, depending upon those involved (kids), keeping the arrangement until they can't stand it anymore. You could call it an experiment. A life long experiment that I will not get to see the results until my children reach adulthood. How's that for intentional parenting?
First of all you could roll over and smother your baby and for another co-sleeping may cause the child to be co-dependent. I find it interesting that co-sleeping is the norm in 90% of the worlds population. A study was done on children at the age of 18 revealed that children who co-slept (shared the same sleeping space or room) were no different from others in any aspect of adjustments. With all of this said, we have some visitors coming to stay with us over thanksgiving and we are combining the boys rooms to create a spare-oom (get the Narnia reference?). But I am thinking about, depending upon those involved (kids), keeping the arrangement until they can't stand it anymore. You could call it an experiment. A life long experiment that I will not get to see the results until my children reach adulthood. How's that for intentional parenting?
Monday, October 17, 2011
day in the life
Well last night Payton woke up in the middle of the night and was having trouble breathing. I had thought he had strep (from bro) and his throat was swollen so i gave him some medicine and got him calmed down and breathing through his nose. So I took the day off of work and hung out with him. He acted fine all day and said that his throat didn't hurt. I had called the doc to get some meds and she said she wanted to see him because it was past the incubation period for strep to show up. So I took him to the doc and she said he didn't have strep and couldn't find anything wrong with him. She told us to watch it closely. So we went about our day. We ended up going to an activity for boyscouts and sure enough it is night time and he is barking like a seal. Took a trip to the pharmacy for some meds. It sounds just like croup. Not sure what to do now. I gave him some chest congestion medicine and allergy meds in case it was related to that. My cold mist humidifier is broken so that is off the list. He is sleeping but I can occasionally hear this terrible cough. Poor guy.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Nothing feels better than......
getting my homework done. I actually feel like I can breath. The world feels as if it is in order. Last week I was done with everything Friday which left the rest of the weekend for festivities without the big black cloud hovering overhead. We hit the trails for a long bike ride last week. And this Sunday I took the boys to buy more apples and pick pumpkins. I gave away a bunch of my applesauce that I made so I went to buy another bushel to replenish. We have had it everyday for lunch and dinner since Friday. I can see us gobbling it down by the end of the year at this rate. I remember growing up we always had pickled beets, that my mom had canned, on the table at every meal (except for breakfast). It looks like applesauce is going to be a staple at our family table. Sorry dad the beets are all yours!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
littlest scientists
We have had this volcano project on the list to do since this summer. And I was getting sick of seeing the ingredients sit on the counter so I decided to do it this week. In fact I have a list of things I would love to do with the kids. And before life slips away and I am left with memories of doing homework and cleaning house. I decided to do 1 of my "wish I could do this" thing a week. Whether it be food art, science project, crafts or what ever I am going to do it. Sorry house, you loose. My kids are more important!
flag football 2011
Payton told me a few weeks ago that football was his life. The kid can sit and watch a football game with John and be totally interested in what is going on. He has been practicing with his team and goes to brothers practice and practices on their team to! Flag football
Here are the guys this year. Park is enjoying the game. He has written a couple of the plays. He declared today that he is the 4th fastest on the team and seemed quite proud of that. We are heading into the tournament soon. Just in time for the weather to change!All time favorite food
On our little trip to Vancouver we had dinner at the Keg. I tried, for the first time, Lobster Macaroni and Cheese. It has become my top #1 most favorite meal in all the world. I am attempting to make it for dinner tonight. Fingers are crossed.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
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