Here is one of the sonogram pictures. It's pretty amazing, really. I'll post more soon.

So, we've known for a couple of months, but we haven't made it to the doctor yet. Our appointment keeps getting pushed back. When they called us yesterday and pushed the appointment back again, we just decided to go ahead and tell everyone. I'll try and update this thing occasionally for a change.

Stop Hating on the Emergent Church!
Given the results of my "theological worldview" quiz, it's no secret that I find the emerging church movement interesting. Before you throw up your guard and stop reading my blog, think about why I have come to this conclusion. By conclusion, I mean this stage in my life-I'll never have it all figured out to the point that I am done seeking. Anyway, we Christians too often disown one another when our beliefs don't coincide. We hear something that challenges us or our way of thinking and we immediately write it off as nothing less than heresy. We forget that there are many opinions and many influences that shape a person's theological worldview. **News Flash** None of us have it exactly right! I won't go into the details, but one of the main reasons I have found a breath of fresh air among my emergent brothers and sisters is because of the way my home church treated the community in which it was placed. this includes the way I treated the community, I am not innocent. This is just an example, I've got many more and if you care to discuss them drop me an email. Remember, we are all on this journey together and it pains me to see such hateful conversation between followers of Christ.

On another note, I found a post about the ongoing conversation between a couple of theologians concerning this very issue. You can find it on amazon here. I bought Carson's book last night and plan on reading it this weekend. I'll let you know what I think next week.

Link

I don't even know what to say.

Post for stress relief
It's been a stressful day, so I thought I might try my hand at a funny story. (Inspired by lexrob.com)
I started college in the Fall of 1996 at HSU; traveled the 2.5 miles from my house to Anderson dorm. Anyone who knows anything about a small private University knows the "bubble" mentality present on these campuses. All this to say that it felt like I was miles away from home. One day I was walking across campus to to class (must have been in the afternoon) and a receipt was blowing across the lawn. Well, I say it was a receipt, I didn't know what it was until it blew right up to my feet. I picked it up. I suppose I could write another blog discussing why I picked it up. The only item on the receipt was a package of condoms. "No way this is one of my fellow students', we're all Christians here!" That's not the funny story, that didn't come until my second semester.
After having divorced my two roommates, (my two high-school buddies) I re-located to the room next door-it was conveniently connected to my old room by a shared bathroom. I was extremely cozy in my new room and my new roomie was a lot easier to deal with, though I could just walk through the bathroom to check up on my old homies and get a dose of the stinch that seemed to linger despite weekly room checks. I think the RA was mysteriously hypnotized upon entering the room due to the fact that he never punished the boys-I mean, the room could have easily been used as a biology project.
Back to my story. One night, I woke up in my new room feeling extremely warm in the center regions of my body. I franctically looked across the room to make sure my roomie was asleep and begin to formulate a gameplan. Funny, they don't cover situations like this in Freshman orientation-maybe I skipped that day to comb the lawn for stray receipts. I changed my drawers, flipped my mattress and went right back to sleep. I was 19 at the time-and to think I made fun of those plastic covers they put on the beds.

My wife is out of town

She always gets to go to these cool conferences! What do I do when she leaves? I stay at work until 10pm playing on the computer trying to think of creative blogs and new design ideas. There’s no indication of that on my blog-I know this. Now my wife is calling, I guess I’ll see how the conference is going.

Way outta my league...

I have the privilege of being on a board at the local newspaper. We meet every other week during lunch and discuss issues facing our community. Most meetings we invite a city official or other person that holds a public position to join us. Some of our guests have included the mayor, school superintendent, head of economic development and various board members. Oh yeah, I almost forgot about Cheech Marin, not really. Seriously, you think we would choose Cheech before Chong? The meeting usually consists of the editor asking questions and the city official attempting to answer these questions without jeopardizing their chances of re-election/keeping their job while avoiding answering questions entirely. I have noticed that some of these guests are so rehearsed in their responses, so callous to genuine conversation that they seldom connect with the group. Granted, the board is made up of normal citizens that could break confidentiality and blab every response to the town. Nevertheless, we converse for about an hour, never really getting a solid response.

I was thinking that this isn't much different from most of my conversations throughout the day, even those with my best friends. When someone says something that I disagree with or think is really stupid, I keep my mouth shut with hopes that they find the truth (or at least better logic) somewhere else. My own silence condones their statements--as long as I don't have to speak up, I'm relieved. I don't want to be overly-opinionated, someone who pops off at any hint of dissension, but dang, stop being a wuss. Who the heck is going to tell them if I don't? If I can't speak up about mere opinions--especially in a country that allows me to have an opinion, what the heck would I do in a country that wouldn't?
Here's another scenario: what if my neighbor was being verbally abusive to his wife and I happen to see them and I'm worried about her safety? You think I would be willing to speak up right to his face? Nope, I can't even disagree with a friend, much less an angry, beer-guzzling, wife-beater sporting, receeding hairline, (i'm having so much fun here, you can feel in the next blank)_____________.

How many people have I neglected to speak up for that have no voice? What about those who I know are lost and haven't bothered to tell them the message of Christ's love for them? All this to say, it's on. That's right, I am going to wake up in the morning with a backbone and take a stance on something, maybe.

Here are my results, I'm sure I just lost about a dozen readers! You scored as Emergent/Postmodern.So, here are my results. I'm sure I just lost about half a dozen readers! You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don't think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take place in relationships rather than through crusades and altar-calls. People are interested in spirituality and want to ask questions, so the church should help them to do this. Emergent/Postmodern 75% Neo orthodox 61% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 57% Modern Liberal 46% Classical Liberal 39% Reformed Evangelical 39% Roman Catholic 29% Charismatic/Pentecostal 29% Fundamentalist 14% What's your theological worldview? created with QuizFarm.com

I won't apologize...
So I haven't been around in a while, big deal! There has been a lot going on, I'll get you updated on that soon enough. If only I had a waterproof laptop to take to the lake with me, I'd be a blogging fool. Here's a few tidbits to hold you over: 4th of July is over and so is my vacation even though I spent half of it yacking my guts up, we consolidated our school loans, we did our third wedding (photography), visited old friends and made some new ones, and we are expecting...

Expecting what? Glad you asked, we are expecting to go the lake and sail tonight. :)