Christmas Baby. I was born on Dec 21 and they brought me home in a stocking.Here is Isaac in the very same stocking!
(left ) Samantha was excited! "Baby, baby, baby . . ." (right) photo opportunity
Isaac is Born!
After waiting 9 days past the due date, Isaac David is finally born! We arrived at the hospital around 3am. At 3:15 our midwife checked Dana and told us she was already 10 cm. dilated! The rest was smooth and quick and Isaac was born at 3:58am. He is 8 lb 4 oz, 21' long. Both mom and baby are in perfect health. We are thankful for this answer to many prayers beforehand. Here are the beautiful baby and mom:
N. T. Wright on Fox News
N. T. Wright appears on Fox News discussing his new book, Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters. What is impressive to me about Dr. Wright's discussion is that he presents an intelligent and rational view of Christ without compromising the spiritual truth of his identity. Also, he is able to articulate who Christ is without the traditional, religious terminology that much of the world has already dismissed.
Snow!
The Christmas tree is up.
Snow is falling.
The chickens like it.
Still waiting on Isaac (5 days overdue) . . .
Giving Strategy
Highland Christian Fellowship finally has a presentable website (but there is still work to be done). We have added to the site a link that explains our "Giving Strategy." Similar to the article "Ministry and Money," this is the practical outworking of our conviction concerning how a church might handle finances in a biblical fashion.
We also started a community Facebook page.
Teaching on Eph 1:5-6
We are studying through the book of Ephesians together as a church. This particular message includes teaching on predestination, but the main idea is that God has blessed us by adopting us. You can listen to it, download it, or subscribe in the teaching audio box in the right side bar.
New Chicken Coop
Today we built a new chicken coop for our much smaller flock and for winter protection. We bought all our supplies at the ReStore for less than $20. You can see the laying shelf inside, the door for collecting eggs, and handles on the sides for moving.
Baby Countdown
We have two weeks until Isaac's due date (Thanksgiving Day)! I'm not sure what that means since he probably won't actually be born on that day, and there always the possibility he is not a he. So . . . we are nearing the general vicinity of the time that our next baby will be born! If he is a boy, then we will be even with four boys and four girls. We are getting ready and excited around here. We are all grateful for God's blessing of this new life.
But this addition will actually make #11 in our household. We have added another family member this year. Brock Buchanan is a young man who moved to the area to attend ASU and ended up coming to our church. The short story: he lived with us over the summer, moved into an apartment this Fall, but decided he liked living with us better! So now he's back and part of the family.
And now for an unrelated, random, cute picture. Kathryn is three (front) and Samantha is one (back).