Lord we just....

Amazing post - here - about how many times Evangelicals use the word "just" in their prayers:

This is seriously one of my pet peeves in evangelical pseudo-cultural, pseudo-spirituality: The repetitive use of the word "just" in extemporaneous (is there any other kind?) prayers.

Lord Jesus, we just wanna just thank you for....and we just ask that...and just that you just would just...so just that we just could just...and just then just the pagans just would just...just because just we just love you just so much....

Lego Bible - David's Psalms of Victory

Some of these are hilarious - click here

Wednesday prayer requests - Hayley's eye

Just a quick prayer request from us. This morning (5AM) Sylas crawled in bed with us and in the process scratched Hayley directly in her eye. It hurt so much she couldn't open her eye and it freaked me out so we went to Sunnybook Emergency where they actually got us in to see a doctor in about 15 minutes (perhaps the writhing in pain helped get us ahead of the line). Now we're back home with drops, a patch and some tylenol 3. They say it will heal in 48 hours but she has to go back in tomorrow to get it checked. It's not just like a little scratch on the white part it's directly in the middle so the doctor wants to make sure it heals properly. So if you finish praying for the overwhelming needs of the world and have some spare time left we'd appreciate a quick prayer! Thanks everyone

Need a title v41

Hayley found this pictures the other day. Can anyone think of a good title?

Wiggle Wiggle

Video of the week - It's too late

Yes Alvin & the Chipmunks sing Timbaland, and yes my kids are awesome dancers!

Sad but true...

Monday's hot topics - Darby the Calvinist?

Matt Cook posted some interesting findings on Darby on the forum - here:

just happened upon a neat little letter written by everyone's hero, JND. Here are some neat quotes that grabbed my attention: "To leave him to his free choice, now that he is disposed to do evil, would be a cruelty. "

I've heard from a few sources that Darby was a Calvinist, so if he leaned that way why are the Brethren generally opposed to Calvinism?

Hmmm...why are the brethren generally opposed to Calvinism if one of the main founders of the movement was a Calvinist?

What's a bored kid to do in his room? Joe Cook shows us an exciting new way for a kid to entertain himself:

Improper use of quotation marks

An English teacher friend of mine sent me
this set of improperly used quotation marks - click here

Video of the week - We stand on God for babies

Here is the boys wonderful rendition of O Canada. Wish I would have got the dramatic crescendo on tape too:

Only 26 kindergarten classes

Previously I had reported that Sylas was in one of 32 kindergarten classes. A recent Toronto Star article - here - puts the number at 26:

Thorncliffe Park Elementary School, believed to be the largest in North America, has 26 kindergarten classes – 13 in the morning and 13 in the afternoon. Its teachers tend to work in groups of two or three planning lessons, with Dianne Hillier as a lead teacher for the entire group