Ted’s Place Vox 2009-05-13T20:10:25Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf7ec4d45094f/ - a blog for my friends and family Adopted for Life tag:vox.com,2009-05-13:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f01101648d27b860c 2009-05-13T20:09:23Z 2009-05-13T20:10:25Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Adopted For Life

This book comes highly recommended for anyone that has ever considered adoption or has been involved in the adoption process. But the book goes beyond promoting adoption. In the author's words: “In this book I want to call us all to consider ...

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]]> Just Do Something tag:vox.com,2009-05-13:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f01101648c2ed860c 2009-05-13T17:35:08Z 2009-05-13T19:38:02Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Just_Do_Something

Recently I've been thinking about the issue of "finding God's will", and came across this book. It offers a refreshing perspective that counters the paralyzing notion of waiting for God to directly guide us in all of our major life decisions th...

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]]> Parenting continued ... tag:vox.com,2009-05-08:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f011017c2183b860e 2009-05-08T16:55:43Z 2009-05-08T16:57:27Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Parenting

(2nd post - taken from my notes from a parenting course we took in 2007 called "Growing Kids God's Way") The Parent Factor Unfortunately, many adults parent in response to their own unresolved childhood fears, conflicts and disappointments. A...

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]]> Parenting tag:vox.com,2009-05-06:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f011018203cee860f 2009-05-06T19:23:25Z 2009-05-07T00:27:30Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Parenting

My son Benjamin recently turned 2yrs (Feb.23) and has since made it clear to us that he is now in a new stage of life - the "terrible twos". His will of defiance is constantly testing the patience of his parents. Although his vocabulary has incre...

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]]> Sacrifice in Parenting tag:vox.com,2009-05-04:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f011016001a87860b 2009-05-04T20:31:11Z 2009-05-06T17:11:16Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Here's a helpful nugget for parents taken from a recent Tim Keller sermon: When we are raising children, if we push them away and keep them at arm’s length in order to preserve our freedom and independence, they will grow up emotionally dependen...

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]]> Choose Life tag:vox.com,2009-04-29:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f0110167e14f3860d 2009-04-29T17:49:56Z 2009-04-29T19:39:26Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Choose Life

I have a good friend, Peter, who recently took up the cause of defending the unborn in the Vancouver pro-life movement. He has been raising awareness about abortion in his community and has committed to approaching every church in the greater ...

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Pastor Walter Hoye

Here's an inspiring story of someone following through with their convictions - Pastor Walter Hoye, a pro-life advocate chooses jail over a plea-bargain. The full article is below: For 19 days in March and April, Walter Hoye was locked in a c...

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]]> Good Friday tag:vox.com,2009-04-09:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f011015f88f50860b 2009-04-09T16:23:14Z 2009-04-10T12:02:43Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cross

Good Friday marks the day when Jesus Christ was crucified, and is sometimes called Black Friday. It is the central event of the Christian faith - the one event that Jesus himself asked his followers to remember over all others. It is the day he ...

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]]> Keller on 3 traits of a Spirit-filled life tag:vox.com,2009-04-09:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f0110163d5757860c 2009-04-09T16:15:17Z 2009-04-10T12:03:41Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Timothy Keller

In one of his excellent sermon series on marriage, Tim Keller reviews three qualities of a Spirit-filled person who has accepted the gospel. I don’t want to forget them: able to receive criticism without being crushed able to give criticism ...

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]]> Welcome Bethany tag:vox.com,2009-03-30:asset-6a00cdf7ec4d45094f011015f5e19e860b 2009-03-30T09:29:24Z 2009-03-31T00:37:30Z Ted http://tedandjeanie.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bethany

It's been more than a week since Bethany was born (Mar. 20), and although I've been through this once before, the experience of becoming a father for the second time has not been diminished for me by the first. From the moment I heard her first c...

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