Tebow Takes a Stand

Have you heard about the Tebow controversy?  Tim Tebow, of college football fame, is going to be featured in a pro-life ad during the Superbowl, along with his mother, who decided not to abort him all those years ago.  The progressives are trying to fight the showing of this commercial.  Will the showing of this ad, in fact, open up a can of worms for issues ads to be shown for both the left and the right?  I think it's a stand worth taking.  I know the old saying, you can lose the battle but still win the war, but it's heartening to win some battles, too.  Here's Brent Bozell's take on the subject: http://townhall.com/columnists/BrentBozell/2010/01/29/tebow_takes_a_stand

Spring

I know that a couple of days of mild weather doesn't mean that it's spring, but I can't help but be optomistic.  Here are a couple of pictures from our front yard.

Hyacinth plant sprouts:

and rhody buds:

Beautiful Day!

This morning Dave and I went to Concordia University to visit Kiersten and see the new library.  I love libraries!  I'll have to go back sometime and spend some time in the stacks.  We ran into our friend Sarah at the library and it was great to see her.  The spectacular new Concordia library building:

Here's Kiersten in her remodeled Registrar's office:

We ate lunch at McMenamin's Kennedy School which is always a fun place to visit. Then we came home and took a walk around our neighborhood.  It's a beautiful, warm day.  Note the lovely blue sky in this photo that I took of Mount St. Helen's from our driveway:

Prager University

Dennis Prager has a great 5 minute video series available free of charge.  His motto is "Give us 5 minutes and we'll give you a semester".  Check these videos out and let me know what you think: http://prageruniversity.com/

The Complete Works of Shakespeare--abridged

Last night we went to the Slocum House production of "The Complete Works of Shakespeare--Abridged". If you haven't seen this, it's hilarious. We saw it performed in Cannon Beach a few years ago and that production was slightly different but still very funny and zany.

http://www.slocumhouse.com/

 The weather has been surprisingly good during January.  Yes, we've had some very rainy days, but we have also had some non-rainy days, like today.  The sun even came out today!  The temperatures have been warm for January, with highs in the mid to high 50s.  I went for a walk outside today in the sunshine and it felt so good to be out.  I forgot to wear my sunglasses because I'm not used to it being so sunny!

Recovering Scripture

The White Horse Inn is a radio broadcast that I enjoy listening to.  I podcast it every week.  Each year they have a theme.  Two years ago the theme was "Christless Christianity".  Last year the theme was "Christianity in a Post-Modern Culture".  This year's theme is "Recovering Scripture".  I heard the first show in the new series and it was excellent.  Listen to it at the following link: http://www.whitehorseinn.org/white-horse-inn.html

Massachusetts Victory

Scott Brown wins in Massachusetts!  This is excellent news and bodes well for the rest of the country.  Now that this country has seen what President Obama means by "change", it's time to make our voices heard in the next set of elections.  Happy 1 year anniversary, Mr. President.  The people have spoken!