December 2008
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“15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the...”
– Ephesians 5
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“The West in general and America in particular is to us a place of plenty, of...”
– David F. Wells, Above All Earthly Powers (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Eerdmans, 2005), 15.
(HT: The Big Picture)
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WatchThis is the 4th video in my wife’s series of videos on her students. Javzaa is definitely one of our favorites. We teach her English every Friday and Kim has had her in both of her photography classes. She is also part of the really great crew that comes over for dinner and movie nights once a month. Javzaa is ridiculously smart (she speaks Mongolian, English, and Turkish), endearingly...
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“One never can see, or not till long afterwards, why any one was selected for any...”
– C.S. Lewis, Perelandra, pg. 22
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Christmas From Mongolia: Incarnation
It was -24 degrees the other night as we walked home. NEGATIVE TWENTY FOUR. The weather at home in California doesn’t even dip close to positive 24, much less -24. Kim and I held each other’s thickly mittened hands as we walked, looking at each other through the small gap for our eyes between our heavy scarves and beanies. Our words were reduced to steamy, muffled vowels. At that temperature...
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My Best Reads of 2008
For those of you looking for books to add to your Christmas list or for a gift for a bookish family member or friend, look no further. Here are a list of books - the majority of which I’ve read this past year - that I’d recommend. The ones I’ve read have kept me well nourished during this past year in M*ngolia. If you choose to pick any of these titles up, I’m sure...
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http://www.kimbogardus.com →
Check out Kim’s pretty new site, too!
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…And despite all the ups and way-downs of his long life, Johnny Cash...”
– Johnny Cash, from MTV.com interview
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it...