Hardly the Last Word

Micah enjoys some time in the rocking chair

Micah baffled by the hanging toy (note the reflected foot in the mirror–is that artistic photography or what?)

You scored as Karl Barth. The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.

Karl Barth

93%

Anselm

80%

John Calvin

80%

J?rgen Moltmann

67%

Martin Luther

47%

Friedrich Schleiermacher

47%

Augustine

40%

Jonathan Edwards

33%

Charles Finney

33%

Paul Tillich

27%

Which theologian are you?
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Micah’s Sunday nap (Dad’s thinking of one as well!)

Micah’s well-deserved break from taking care of the parents

He can only take so much excitement…

Mom loves Micah! (Micah’s perplexed by the camera.)

I’m ten cantos into Paradise, and once again Dante amazes me. This will be my fourth read through all three canticles, and the poetic power of the man never wanes. Like Milton (my other poetic/theological master), Dante manages to dramatize convincingly some of the theological controversies that just don’t work out in proposition-lists. [...]

Woo-ee!

Micah’s best three-month-old tough guy face

Micah’s latest nose-scratch doesn’t bother him a bit!

He just loves mornings!

Micah doing one-arm pushups (he’s already tough!)

Micah practicing sitting up

One of those diaper pics that’ll be handy for embarrassing the teenage Micah one day

Micah giving me one of his best gummy grins

I think I’ll lead off my ENGL 1101 syllabus with the following quote:
On no occasion call yourself a philosopher, and do not talk a great deal amongst uneducated people about philosophical principles, but do what follows from those principles. For example, at a banquet do not talk about how people ought to eat, but eat [...]

He’s getting so big!

Micah and Bethany having a few laughs before she takes off for Sumatra Monday (we’ll all miss you, Bethany!)

Hey! Put that camera down! I’m in the tub, Mom!