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Friday, August 26, 2005
all about eve - wednesday
when we arrived at the hospital wednesday morning at about 3am, julie was still at only 2 centimeters, but was now 100% effaced. because the sleeping pill didn't work, they gave her some stronger pain medicine, and checked us into a room (bed #14 at U of M).
the room was HUGE... much bigger than we were expecting, with a very large bathtub. a stark contrast to the small triage rooms where we had been the previous hours! comfortable lighting, windows to the outside, plenty of chairs... not bad. unfortunately it didn't include a cot or mattress for me, so i had to try sleeping in a reclining chair.
the pain meds helped julie get some sleep between contractions. i, however, didn't sleep at all... maybe if i were 5'6" instead of 6'6" i could have managed a few hours, but the darn thing just didn't go back far enough for me to spread out. so this was night #2 without any sleep at all.
in the morning julie got checked out again, and was up to about 4 centimeters, so things were coming along, but very slowly. for the rest of the morning and early afternoon we worked on various positions to help with the labor. by the afternoon she was up to about 6 centimeters, but was really tired and in a lot more back pain.
the exhaustion and pain was just too much (at this point it's been over 36 hours), so we opted for an epidural. this was a blessing from heaven! julie could still feel the contractions, but the pain was largely eliminated.
in order to speed things up, they broke julie's water early that evening. that did the trick... pretty soon she was up to 8 and 9 centimeters, and by about 10pm she was ready to start pushing.
(more later)
the room was HUGE... much bigger than we were expecting, with a very large bathtub. a stark contrast to the small triage rooms where we had been the previous hours! comfortable lighting, windows to the outside, plenty of chairs... not bad. unfortunately it didn't include a cot or mattress for me, so i had to try sleeping in a reclining chair.
the pain meds helped julie get some sleep between contractions. i, however, didn't sleep at all... maybe if i were 5'6" instead of 6'6" i could have managed a few hours, but the darn thing just didn't go back far enough for me to spread out. so this was night #2 without any sleep at all.
in the morning julie got checked out again, and was up to about 4 centimeters, so things were coming along, but very slowly. for the rest of the morning and early afternoon we worked on various positions to help with the labor. by the afternoon she was up to about 6 centimeters, but was really tired and in a lot more back pain.
the exhaustion and pain was just too much (at this point it's been over 36 hours), so we opted for an epidural. this was a blessing from heaven! julie could still feel the contractions, but the pain was largely eliminated.
in order to speed things up, they broke julie's water early that evening. that did the trick... pretty soon she was up to 8 and 9 centimeters, and by about 10pm she was ready to start pushing.
(more later)
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
the week eve came to town - the first 24 hours
i'm going to try to write down some of what i remember from the last week, from the time julie went into labor. sleep has been little and far between, so this won't likely be the most coherent or eloquent recollection, but who cares about that anyway?
THE FIRST 24 HOURS
the contractions began at about 2am on Tuesday morning, August 16. julie woke me up saying that she thought they were the real thing. i was really tired, and not expecting our baby to arrive until later that week, so i tried to convince us both that they would probably go away.
they kept coming, about every 9 minutes. i hadn't gotten to bed until about 1am that night, and was already sleep deprived... i thought "this is not a good time"... i was actually hoping that it wasn't *real* labor, but simply the early stuff.
by morning the contractions were speeding up a bit, maybe every 6-7 minutes. we called our nurse-midwife. she told us to just hang in there until the contractions were about every 2-3 minutes. wow! in the movies you just drive your wife to the hospital with that first contraction--what a load of bunk!
for the rest of the morning they kept coming about every 5 minutes or so. we decided to go to the mall, walk around... hopefully speed things up. whenever julie would walk, the contractions would speed up. at the mall they started coming every 3-4 minutes during walking time, so we decided to leave and get ready to go to the hospital.
once julie sat back down, they slowed to every 7-8 minutes or so. how confusing!! we called the midwife again. she told us to just keep laboring at home, and wait until the contractions were every 2-3 minutes. OR, we could come in that evening around 8 so that they could give julie something to help her sleep.
by about 8 the contractions were still only every 5 minutes or so, but we were exhausted... we headed to the hospital. once there, we waited around for an hour while the more obviously laboring women were admitted first. once we got in, julie was checked... only 2 centimeters and 60% effaced! argh... they gave julie something to help with sleep, and we got out of there around 11pm.
at about 2am wednesday morning, julie was in some really serious pain... the contractions were really strong now, and the pain was mostly in her lower back. i was out of my mind trying to help her... not having slept since sunday night. i packed her up and headed back to the hospital.
[more to come]
THE FIRST 24 HOURS
the contractions began at about 2am on Tuesday morning, August 16. julie woke me up saying that she thought they were the real thing. i was really tired, and not expecting our baby to arrive until later that week, so i tried to convince us both that they would probably go away.
they kept coming, about every 9 minutes. i hadn't gotten to bed until about 1am that night, and was already sleep deprived... i thought "this is not a good time"... i was actually hoping that it wasn't *real* labor, but simply the early stuff.
by morning the contractions were speeding up a bit, maybe every 6-7 minutes. we called our nurse-midwife. she told us to just hang in there until the contractions were about every 2-3 minutes. wow! in the movies you just drive your wife to the hospital with that first contraction--what a load of bunk!
for the rest of the morning they kept coming about every 5 minutes or so. we decided to go to the mall, walk around... hopefully speed things up. whenever julie would walk, the contractions would speed up. at the mall they started coming every 3-4 minutes during walking time, so we decided to leave and get ready to go to the hospital.
once julie sat back down, they slowed to every 7-8 minutes or so. how confusing!! we called the midwife again. she told us to just keep laboring at home, and wait until the contractions were every 2-3 minutes. OR, we could come in that evening around 8 so that they could give julie something to help her sleep.
by about 8 the contractions were still only every 5 minutes or so, but we were exhausted... we headed to the hospital. once there, we waited around for an hour while the more obviously laboring women were admitted first. once we got in, julie was checked... only 2 centimeters and 60% effaced! argh... they gave julie something to help with sleep, and we got out of there around 11pm.
at about 2am wednesday morning, julie was in some really serious pain... the contractions were really strong now, and the pain was mostly in her lower back. i was out of my mind trying to help her... not having slept since sunday night. i packed her up and headed back to the hospital.
[more to come]
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
baby Bromley
introducing...
Eve Chilimigras Bromley
born Wednesday, August 17 at 11:36pm
9 pounds 2 ounces, 20 1/2 inches
we had quite an eventful week, with a 46 hour labor, and a couple of scary days due to Eve's hyperbilirubinemia (caused by ABO incompatibility of the blood types). she's fine now... i'll say more later when i can gather myself and reflect. we just had an appointment with the pediatrician this morning, and she's doing wonderfully... she's 95% for weight and 97% for height!
Eve Chilimigras Bromley
born Wednesday, August 17 at 11:36pm
9 pounds 2 ounces, 20 1/2 inches
we had quite an eventful week, with a 46 hour labor, and a couple of scary days due to Eve's hyperbilirubinemia (caused by ABO incompatibility of the blood types). she's fine now... i'll say more later when i can gather myself and reflect. we just had an appointment with the pediatrician this morning, and she's doing wonderfully... she's 95% for weight and 97% for height!
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
the pool of siloam
it appears that they've discovered the pool of siloam in jerusalem! i love it when archaeology confirms the biblical story.
check out this link to the LA Times article:
Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. (John 9:1-7)
check out this link to the LA Times article:
Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. (John 9:1-7)
Saturday, August 06, 2005
a poem for my little girl
a little girl,
yet descended,
a new soul
newly founded.
eyes closed
to my world,
still she dreams,
thoughts impearled.
what dreams
can yet unlived
life design,
or hope uplift?
and how can i,
being passing by,
hold her gaze,
sight's first supply?
the giver's choice,
can i demur?
no, i can but take
and to god offer
yet descended,
a new soul
newly founded.
eyes closed
to my world,
still she dreams,
thoughts impearled.
what dreams
can yet unlived
life design,
or hope uplift?
and how can i,
being passing by,
hold her gaze,
sight's first supply?
the giver's choice,
can i demur?
no, i can but take
and to god offer
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Surveys - Fun
here are a couple of online surveys you can take... i'd be interested in how you scored, and what category that puts you in.
Spiritual Type Survey
i scored an 82, so i'm a 'true believer'! woohoo! however, i'm 8 points shy of 'candidate for clergy'... darn.
What Kind of Christian Are You?
i scored 342. i'm not even going to tell you what that makes me, according to them!!!
[oh, this is neat... sam's club called for 'copyright release' on a couple of 'studio pictures' that i uploaded there for printing. the funny thing is, they were a couple pregnancy pictures i took of julie, that i did some minor photoshopping on. guess i'll have to open a studio!]
Spiritual Type Survey
i scored an 82, so i'm a 'true believer'! woohoo! however, i'm 8 points shy of 'candidate for clergy'... darn.
What Kind of Christian Are You?
i scored 342. i'm not even going to tell you what that makes me, according to them!!!
[oh, this is neat... sam's club called for 'copyright release' on a couple of 'studio pictures' that i uploaded there for printing. the funny thing is, they were a couple pregnancy pictures i took of julie, that i did some minor photoshopping on. guess i'll have to open a studio!]
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
online discussions
ugh... i'm thoroughly disappointed in myself. i should have known better than to engage in an online 'debate' on an atheist website with people using pseudonymns. not suprisingly, the 'debate' quickly degenerates into aspersions and insults. i can't say i'm totally innocent on that count either, as i'm somtimes... eh... sarcastic. this doesn't surprise anyone who knows me. anyhow, the experience was fun for a while, and they did give me some interesting things to think about. the also gave me some interesting feedback on my master's thesis (which they had access to because i shared my 'don's corner' with them). of course, they all preferred to remain anonymous, so it wasn't really a fair fight.
it reminded me a lot of when i used to get into those online discussions in college, but i was coming at them from a completely different angle.
ta ta,
don
it reminded me a lot of when i used to get into those online discussions in college, but i was coming at them from a completely different angle.
ta ta,
don
Friday, July 29, 2005
atheist blogs, davinci codes
amy, thanks for the tip... i'm having fun at nogodblog.com.
i'm halfway through 'the davinci code'. it's pretty good... not the best dialogue in the world, but chock full of action and suspense. great summer reading (listening in my case). they're just getting into all the BS about The Holy Grail and the mystery of who/what it is. Dan Brown is way off on early church history. Constantine invented the Divinity of Christ? Methinks not. The 'Hymn of Christ' in Philippians 2 is perhaps the earliest saying we have about the nature of Christ, and even there we have "[Jesus], being in very nature God". i'm still listening to it.
'beyond belief' by elaine pagels is decidedly less fun. she's basically going through and picking all the best verses out of the Gospel of Thomas, to create the impression that here we have a genuine alternative to the four canonicals. Okay, how about this verse from Thomas:
(114) Simon Peter sais to them, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life."
Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
Yikes! and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
i'm halfway through 'the davinci code'. it's pretty good... not the best dialogue in the world, but chock full of action and suspense. great summer reading (listening in my case). they're just getting into all the BS about The Holy Grail and the mystery of who/what it is. Dan Brown is way off on early church history. Constantine invented the Divinity of Christ? Methinks not. The 'Hymn of Christ' in Philippians 2 is perhaps the earliest saying we have about the nature of Christ, and even there we have "[Jesus], being in very nature God". i'm still listening to it.
'beyond belief' by elaine pagels is decidedly less fun. she's basically going through and picking all the best verses out of the Gospel of Thomas, to create the impression that here we have a genuine alternative to the four canonicals. Okay, how about this verse from Thomas:
(114) Simon Peter sais to them, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life."
Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven."
Yikes! and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Friday, July 15, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
from Ashland newsletter
hey, i had a cool little write-up in Koinonia, Ashland Seminary's newsletter.
if you're interested, i scanned it here
if you're interested, i scanned it here
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
"cows, constitution, and carlin"
from george carlin:
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.
CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment!
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington, and they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give them all a cow.
CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery", and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians! It creates a hostile work environment!
Friday, July 08, 2005
my dissertation notes
if you're interested, i'm keeping a running log of all my dissertation notes and conversations at:
http://aavineyard.annarborvineyard.org/donscorner/dissertation/index.html
http://aavineyard.annarborvineyard.org/donscorner/dissertation/index.html
Thursday, July 07, 2005
sermon
i had a great time preaching this past weekend. if you're interested, the sermon audio and notes are available under "recent sermons" at http://www.annarborvineyard.org/media/sermon_music.htm
julie and i went up to jim & shannon niedzinski's parent's place on Shannon Lake up north near Fenton. truly a blast... swimming, basketball (in the rain), good food, lots of friends... very nice.
i've seen 'war of the worlds' twice now... once with julie, once with jesse. loved it! awesome sound, special effects, constant action. definitely two thumbs up, four stars. only possible complaint (and it's a minor one) is that the ending is somewhat anticlimactic.
the baby is kicking like crazy... can't wait to meet her. i saw a commercial for disposable baby washcloths--how cute!! were babies always this cute, or is it just because i'm expecting my own?!
julie and i went up to jim & shannon niedzinski's parent's place on Shannon Lake up north near Fenton. truly a blast... swimming, basketball (in the rain), good food, lots of friends... very nice.
i've seen 'war of the worlds' twice now... once with julie, once with jesse. loved it! awesome sound, special effects, constant action. definitely two thumbs up, four stars. only possible complaint (and it's a minor one) is that the ending is somewhat anticlimactic.
the baby is kicking like crazy... can't wait to meet her. i saw a commercial for disposable baby washcloths--how cute!! were babies always this cute, or is it just because i'm expecting my own?!
Friday, July 01, 2005
Friday, June 24, 2005
lamaze class
okay, thanks for enduring my brief foray into a political topic there. i definitely have some convictions about public and foreign policy, although i'm actually less 'partisan' than i have been in the past. i now have friends who are much more liberal than i, and also friends who are much more conservative (yes, it's true). besides, i wear one of those white 'ONE' wristbands, so you know that i'm a good and loving person. ;)
julie and i attended our first lamaze class wednesday. i really liked it, although the class was way too crowded. what's with all these people having babies these days, for god's sake?!
the class was much better than the la leche league 'class' we attended (which was actually more of a sharing session). this was extremely educational and interesting. i really did not know what was going on with the uterus and cervix during labor--very interesting stuff (my johnny carson routine here)... i'm glad i'm not having the baby myself.
the teacher was great, the other couples were nice... not too long... liked it. CAN'T WAIT for the baby! the lamaze teacher talked about how when the baby is born, if he/she hears the father's voice, he/she will turn her little head toward the voice. i seriously got choked up even thinking about that--hmmmmm.... wonder if i'm going to be a crying mess in the delivery room. probably not, because i usually 'ice up' during stressful situations.
julie and i attended our first lamaze class wednesday. i really liked it, although the class was way too crowded. what's with all these people having babies these days, for god's sake?!
the class was much better than the la leche league 'class' we attended (which was actually more of a sharing session). this was extremely educational and interesting. i really did not know what was going on with the uterus and cervix during labor--very interesting stuff (my johnny carson routine here)... i'm glad i'm not having the baby myself.
the teacher was great, the other couples were nice... not too long... liked it. CAN'T WAIT for the baby! the lamaze teacher talked about how when the baby is born, if he/she hears the father's voice, he/she will turn her little head toward the voice. i seriously got choked up even thinking about that--hmmmmm.... wonder if i'm going to be a crying mess in the delivery room. probably not, because i usually 'ice up' during stressful situations.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
benny hinn
i went with mark lafave to see benny hinn on thursday evening at the joe louis arena. i've seen him on TV, so was really curious to experience it live. i'm also doing my dissertation on miracle in the church, so this seemed like appropriate research!
here's my take on it, both the good and the bad. i saw a lot of folks there worshipping and praising God, and it looks like a lot of people overseas are having genuine conversions and new relationship with Jesus. Benny also seemed fairly balanced in what he spoke about--that God's forgiveness is the greatest miracle, etc. the videos from overseas were just fantastic... i'm talking crowds of several hundred thousand in india, huge crowds in japan, the philippines. people crying, talking about relationship with jesus and forgiveness from sin; getting healed. very cool stuff.
my biggest disappointment is (of course) with how flashy and hyped-up everything was. Benny comes out midway through worship, right at the height of things, like some kind of rock star... the gleaming white outfit, etc. etc. neither did i care for the guy who was speaking when we entered at 7pm... he was really trying to hype things up--yelling, shouting... basically encouraging us to be as loud as possible. basically I saw everything that I don't really care for in the Pentecostal church (although they're certainly not all that way). Benny also preached some of the "prosperity Gospel" stuff that I don't care for--that if you give money to his ministry you are *guaranteed* a blessing (financial/material) in return. While that may be true in some ways, there's no guarantee that financial giving will automatically generate a financial return.
i do believe that there were some genuine healings, but i think they also overblew this and hyped it up... i watched through my binoculars as Benny's entourage went through the rows of wheelchairs, and I know for sure that some of those people could already walk. one lady in particular i had just seen standing; before Benny's "deputy" went over to her, literally threw the cushion that she was holding on her lap into the air, pulled her to her feet, and took her up front. then they take the wheelchair up front as if a complete cripple were healed. to be fair, they didn't specifically state that each person was crippled before, but that's the impression given. i also watched one set of parents with a severely handicapped child, and you could tell they were quite disappointed that their son wasn't healed. It seems like the staff gravitated more toward the people with milder forms of disease, and away from those with obviously withered or deformed limbs. like I said, i do think that there were some genuine healings there, i don't think any of the guests were "planted", and i do think people experienced the holy spirit; but the whole show was just over the top.
anyway, those are just my thoughts. i do like what's happening overseas in Third-World countries; I think maybe he should focus his ministry there, because people in the U.S. are too cynical for his kind of show. i would never take someone who was wavering in their faith, or already skeptical, to see him.
here's my take on it, both the good and the bad. i saw a lot of folks there worshipping and praising God, and it looks like a lot of people overseas are having genuine conversions and new relationship with Jesus. Benny also seemed fairly balanced in what he spoke about--that God's forgiveness is the greatest miracle, etc. the videos from overseas were just fantastic... i'm talking crowds of several hundred thousand in india, huge crowds in japan, the philippines. people crying, talking about relationship with jesus and forgiveness from sin; getting healed. very cool stuff.
my biggest disappointment is (of course) with how flashy and hyped-up everything was. Benny comes out midway through worship, right at the height of things, like some kind of rock star... the gleaming white outfit, etc. etc. neither did i care for the guy who was speaking when we entered at 7pm... he was really trying to hype things up--yelling, shouting... basically encouraging us to be as loud as possible. basically I saw everything that I don't really care for in the Pentecostal church (although they're certainly not all that way). Benny also preached some of the "prosperity Gospel" stuff that I don't care for--that if you give money to his ministry you are *guaranteed* a blessing (financial/material) in return. While that may be true in some ways, there's no guarantee that financial giving will automatically generate a financial return.
i do believe that there were some genuine healings, but i think they also overblew this and hyped it up... i watched through my binoculars as Benny's entourage went through the rows of wheelchairs, and I know for sure that some of those people could already walk. one lady in particular i had just seen standing; before Benny's "deputy" went over to her, literally threw the cushion that she was holding on her lap into the air, pulled her to her feet, and took her up front. then they take the wheelchair up front as if a complete cripple were healed. to be fair, they didn't specifically state that each person was crippled before, but that's the impression given. i also watched one set of parents with a severely handicapped child, and you could tell they were quite disappointed that their son wasn't healed. It seems like the staff gravitated more toward the people with milder forms of disease, and away from those with obviously withered or deformed limbs. like I said, i do think that there were some genuine healings there, i don't think any of the guests were "planted", and i do think people experienced the holy spirit; but the whole show was just over the top.
anyway, those are just my thoughts. i do like what's happening overseas in Third-World countries; I think maybe he should focus his ministry there, because people in the U.S. are too cynical for his kind of show. i would never take someone who was wavering in their faith, or already skeptical, to see him.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
the master negotiator
we received our new dishwasher a few days ago... a stainless steel model from LG. after i opened the packaging we noticed a large dent on back side of it, like it got squeezed during shipment. because dishwashers are mounted under the countertop, you'd never see it, and i highly doubt it would affect performance in any way...but it was an unpleasant discovery nonetheless.
to make a long story short, we called the online company we ordered it from, and when they called me back i was offered a $150 refund and a replacement for one of the items broken/dented on the back. i was pretty happy with that, but deferred to my wife. good move on my part, because she called them today and now they're giving us a $300 refund!
my wife is the master negotiator. here's the basic difference between us: my goal in negotiation with retailers or contractors is to obtain what i consider a 'fair' solution--where both parties are equally happy (or unhappy) with the result. julie's goal is to obtain the best solution that they're willing to give us--whether or not they're happy about it. so her negotiations are usually more beneficial for us! i think there's a strong family influence on this trait, because the people i know who are good (aggressive) negotiators also tend to have more aggressive negotiators as parents.
to make a long story short, we called the online company we ordered it from, and when they called me back i was offered a $150 refund and a replacement for one of the items broken/dented on the back. i was pretty happy with that, but deferred to my wife. good move on my part, because she called them today and now they're giving us a $300 refund!
my wife is the master negotiator. here's the basic difference between us: my goal in negotiation with retailers or contractors is to obtain what i consider a 'fair' solution--where both parties are equally happy (or unhappy) with the result. julie's goal is to obtain the best solution that they're willing to give us--whether or not they're happy about it. so her negotiations are usually more beneficial for us! i think there's a strong family influence on this trait, because the people i know who are good (aggressive) negotiators also tend to have more aggressive negotiators as parents.
Monday, June 13, 2005
alpha group
this is just too cool... scott w. sent me pictures from a recent alpha group (a small group that formed from an alpha course). just incredibly encouraging to me... to see real friendships, community, love for Jesus, baptisms... makes it all worthwhile:
http://www.wolfington.net/vineyard/pictures/
http://www.wolfington.net/vineyard/pictures/
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