shrimp with 12 retina – evolution or design?

God - the shrimp. A great article. Have we gone from gods of wood and stone to scale and bone?

Furious Enough to Kill

A good friend of mine, Chad Barrett, lost his daughter to cancer last year. He has been expressing his pain, and the grace God keeps pouring out to endure it, on social media. I've been learning and praying with each post. However the last one had a new twist that I thought needed to be …

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Canadian Halloween Explained By One ‘Merican.

Halloween blog by my daughter Megan. Proof that appalling parenting can result in amazing kids. Maybe we’d do better if we were harder on ’em?

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Tucsonians to Canadians. A very bad idea!
One day my dad announced to us that our family would be uprooting from Tucson Arizona and moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada.

Manitoba, is much like a frozen Texas. Actually, exactly like a frozen Texas. It’s flat. It’s frozen. What more do I need to say?

Winnipeg can reach -50F, and then comes the wind-chill making it feel even colder. We plug in our cars during winter so the battery doesn’t freeze solid.  For whatever reason, American friends think I’m lying about the car batteries. I lie, but not about that. And I prefer the word exaggerate.

Although Winnipeg Manitoba can get cold there are places that get MUCH colder. Yes, people actually live in those places too, I’m not sure how.

My Family’s Education on Canadian Halloween – Churchill

We were home-schooled and my mom, being the perfect homeschooling mom that she…

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Mennonite Hunger Games

Not Mennonite? Me either. This kind of makes me sad I'm not.This is my daughters latest post on her latetoeveryparty blog. I changed the title. Dad's privilege. Click on her blog to comment or follow.Mennonite Hunger GamesPosted on August 22, 2014“About Mennonites: The Book for Outsiders” is coming along nicely. Many people have been sending me …

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Daughter’s Awesome COMPASSION Post

This was posted on my daughter Megan's blog. If you don't follow her, you should. We were able to go see our compassion child - this is her take on the day, way better than I could write it. Compassion Sunday: Bregard’s Story Posted on July 11, 2014 This Sunday at our church is Compassion Sunday …

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The Worlds Three Best Blogs

1: One thing I love about my job is keeping in touch with people long after we have moved apart. Chad Barrett was in my youth group back in the 80s and I got to teach him rappelling at Turkey Peak in Enchanted Rock State Park in TX. He has a great blog that mentions …

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