Tag: baby
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Gideon’s Baptism Exhortation
This Lord’s day Ej and I baptized our new baby, Gideon. Our church is non-denominational and has been historically credobaptist. After having to baptize my first two sons in private ceremonies the leadership finally agreed to allow the households to decide the matter for themselves rather than exclude families based on this particular belief. I am so grateful…
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A Dead Baby Is A Dead Baby
A recent case of forced abortion in China outraged the international community, which only serves to show our hypocrisy. If we remember to take the child into account, all abortions are forced abortions. Sometimes, as in China, the mother and child are both coerced. Other times, as practiced in America, only the child is. But…
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Happy Zeroith Birthday Ephraim!
The time has finally come, he’s here! Ephraim Alexander Ripple weighing in at 10 pounds and an ounce. We knew he was going to be big but nobody knew he was going to break the double digit barrier! He was 21 inches head to toe so for a baby, he was fairly proportionate. Needless to…
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Another perspective…
Since Caleb is neglecting his blog, I’ve decided to update you all. Now that all the framing is finally finished, (Caleb finished it about a week ago! yay!) we’ve moved on to plumbing. Our contractor friend, has graciously recruited one of his employees to come over and guide Caleb through all the specifics of plumbing.…
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Truth isn’t Inconsistent.
Yesterday we were all sitting around on the porch and Ephraim (just so we are all clear, we pronounce it: *Efrum) was majorly rejoicing in his mommy’s belly. We have seen him already moving around plenty in there but yesterday he was dancing like crazy. Ej pulled her shirt up and we could all see him…