natalie’s blog

Do you love to study the Bible? Do you wish you loved to study the Bible? Several weeks ago, I felt like I was searching for buried treasure as I sifted through hundreds of old books that our church library was getting rid of. Little did I know that one of the books I picked [...]

Well, it worked! They’re married. We arrived home this evening after spending several days in Wisconsin for the wedding and then several days in the Chicago area visiting family and friends. Below are some of the highlights from the trip. You can see more pictures by visiting this web page that I put together. Since [...]

At 5:30 a.m., we’ll be off! Nicole’s wedding is this Saturday, so we’re making our way to Wisconsin today to have a day to prepare and set-up before the wedding. (It was absolutely not my idea to leave this early…it was Andy’s – my soon-to-be-brother-in-law. His family usually leaves at 3:30 in the morning, so [...]

In light of a comment (thank you to whoever posted – it helped me think through this issue in more depth!) posted in response to my post on the ID Movement, I want to clarify a few things. First, let me say that I believe in a literal 7-day Creation as recorded in the book [...]

WordPress is amazing! I’ve been checking into alternative blogging options today for a project I’m working on. Specifically, I wanted a blog that allowed for three columns and that allowed categorization of posts. WordPress has so many features, I feel like I’ve barely even scratched the surface so far (and you wouldn’t believe how many [...]

It’s the compliment that ranks toward the top of the list for most people these days. To hear the utterance of these few words, the soul is flooded with a sense of accomplishment, of self-worth, of purpose. And yet the very thing which procures from others this admiration is that which will be our own [...]

This just about had our family rolling on the floor laughing tonight! If only we would have realized all these years that Mom was just trying to follow this helpful advice… (Note: best read out loud with all family members present!) Take a Teenage Driver Through the Drills by Kevin Cowherd of the Baltimore Sun [...]

All of you who, like myself, have tendencies toward computer obsession, owe a great deal to Mr. Charles Babbage. Known as the “Father of Computing,” Babbage’s revolutionary ideas and persistent labors during his lifetime (1791-1871) made a profound and lasting impact upon our technological world. At one point, Mr. Babbage had developed the concept for [...]

“In Kansas, conservative school-board members are attempting to rewrite statewide standards for teaching evolution to make sure that creationism’s modern stepchild, intelligent design, infiltrates the curriculum.” Don’t you just love the way Charles Krauthammer clearly articulates in this New York Times article to all of his readers exactly what is going on here in Kansas? [...]

Did you know that it is impossible to fear something that will not affect you? I could go even a step further and ask, did you know that it is impossible to fear something that you do not acknowledge as having the potential to affect you? Just think about it. Can you think of any [...]