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Obamacare, Blessing or Curse: One Family’s Look
After the dust had settled from the government shutdown, I decided to look into the Affordable Health Care Act myself… specifically, CoveredCA since we are California residents. I heard the rumors about websites not functioning correctly, and sadly, I was not an exception. After seven or so attempts, where the site stalled just after I […]
To Judge or not to Judge: Which is God’s commandment?
How do we reconcile the apparent “opposition” of Jesus’ words of not judging others until the plank is out of our eye (Matthew 7:1-5 or so) and “making a righteous judgment” (John 7:24)? Put another way, how can we make a “righteous” judgment when Jesus COMMANDS us not to judge? Jesus COMMANDS us: “Matthew 7:1 […]
The A.J. Show: Episode 2 – Charlotte’s Web and Highs and Lows
Check out our first podcast “Introductions” In today’s episode, A.J. is under the weather and stays home from school. He talks about his latest reading selection (Charlotte’s Web), nightly highs and lows, and a review of the Angry Birds Space Fruit Gummies (just over 9 minutes). Check out Rich Melheim’s “Faith 5” here. His book […]
Why does Santa hate Jewish kids?
I saw this tongue-in-cheek question posted by one of my Jewish Facebook friends, and it inspired these thoughts… “Why does Santa hate Jewish kids?” I grew up a secular Jew, son of a Jewish Mom and agnostic Dad (who was an altar boy at an Anglican church as a kid). We celebrated Christmas every year, […]
Sharing Highs and Lows
A few weeks ago, Rich Melheim gave a message at my church that discussed the importance of sharing highs and lows together as a family. Rich told us to try it out. He said: at night, before bed, share highs and lows, share Scripture, and pray together, reflecting on those highs and lows and -perhaps […]