The Auldridges

I have now seen the Lifehouse ‘Everything’ - Skit being discussed online in a couple of different places. It is a production by a group of what I believe are real and well meaning Christians, but I think it misses the mark. I refrained from posting a reply in either of the places […]

…a very merry Christmas. I didn’t post a Merry Christmas message yesterday because I wasn’t on the computer much. We had a great time as a family, first at our house in the morning with just Shari and the boys and me, then at my parents with them and my own gang along […]

Jeph and Heidi have written a very nice blog posting about God’s adoption and make some parallels to our current process of adopting a little girl from Panama. Go read it!
And as long as we’re on the subject, I’ll go ahead and write an update on our process. Shari got an email from […]

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in book 5 chapter 5 of The Lord of the Rings:
Master Warden: “…the world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”
Lady Eowyn: “It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, Master Warden. And those who have not swords can still die upon them. […]

Good morning and Merry Christmas! We hope you enjoy this special day and that you know the reason for the celebration. We hope that you not only know the reason, but that you actually know Him!
The boys had us up at 6:00 and the presents are open! They got new bikes, some […]

Have you ever heard that phrase uttered from the mouth of a child? Perhaps an adult? With Thanksgiving having come around again, I thought maybe I could help remove that vocabulary from your personal lexicon.
What does the word “fair” mean? The dictionary mentions the idea of being “in proper or legal […]