tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:22:56 +0000http://www.annarbour.net/christo/noreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)Blogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-814392586187987207Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:18:00 +00002008-07-03T13:22:56.298-04:00I am starting to look at some blogs again for the first time in a long while and can't remember who all I used to read. Here are a few I looked at today, of which I recognized a couple: Dry Creek Chronicles - of course Tabletop Homestead Sugar Mountain Farm Homesteader Life Trying to regain some of the head knowledge I had accumulated and I think it will come back slowly. Picked up 5 Acres http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2008/07/agrarianfarming-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-6384702672382248541Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-06-30T09:46:55.210-04:00Could it be time to look back North?http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2008/06/back-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-116174033443696622Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:37:00 +00002006-10-24T21:39:38.116-04:00Hello...Just a quick update to let you know that we are expecting bambino #4 in March...daughter #2!http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/10/hello.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114858317327991373Thu, 25 May 2006 17:49:00 +00002006-05-25T15:14:44.983-04:00By Faith, Not By Sight Last Friday my church hosted Dr. Richard B. Gaffin of Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) for a conference entitled "By Faith, Not By Sight: the order of salvation in Paul." It was only a one-day conference and Dr. Gaffin did not get to cover all that he had planned, but it was a very profitable and enjoyable time. I found Dr. Gaffin to be very charitable in http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/05/conferences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114770482118257835Mon, 15 May 2006 14:48:00 +00002006-05-15T10:53:41.183-04:00OK, not that you have noticed, but yes, I am reading a bunch of books that I already read not even a year ago. I have my reasons...http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/05/ok-not-that-you-have-noticed-but-yes-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114665975385934891Wed, 03 May 2006 12:25:00 +00002006-05-03T08:35:53.873-04:00I took a break from my slow laboring through Milton Terry's Biblical Hermeneutics to read/skim through M.G. Kain's Five Acres and Independence again. This has good to be one of the best books that I own. It is very informative and helpful, and should be a must have for any first time homesteader or farmer. There is information ranging from how to choose the right land, to how to lay out a drain http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/05/i-took-break-from-my-slow-laboring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114605357176523888Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:48:00 +00002006-04-26T08:12:51.780-04:00 I have been in a dialoguewith Trevor from "Of Kirk and Ale" regarding some land/tax/economic issues. Trevor has some interesting ideas, although I can't say that I would agree with all of them. Of Kirk and Ale was where I first heard of New Urbanism. From Wikipedia: New urbanist neighborhoods are walkable, and are designed to contain a diverse range of housing and jobs. New urbanists support http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/04/new-urbanism-and-agrarian-ideal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114493384378236554Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:02:00 +00002006-04-13T09:10:43.936-04:00On another website that I run, I describe myself ideologically as a 'slow-burner.' I think this is term that describes much about who I am, who I want to be, and how I view life in general. I think it is a term that could be used of most agrarians as well, and all those who wish to savor the good life. The term slow-burn, for me, I think comes from my distant remembrance of listening to Glenn http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/04/slow-burn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114467996139255323Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:00:00 +00002006-04-12T13:25:25.913-04:00 I first heard of this book about a month ago on Buried Treasure Books, and so I put a hold on it at my library. I started reading the book this weekend and have thoroughly enjoyed what I have read so far. This is an almost must-read for all the "conservative" agrarians out there. It'll make you think. You can find some quotes over at The Deliberate Agrarian, or do a blogsearch to see all the http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/04/crunchy-cons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114347495259968222Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:40:00 +00002006-03-27T10:55:52.663-05:00Please forgive me...again. I have not been in the office for the last two weeks, because of a job going on out "in the field." We were pulling some underground storage tanks and I so I wasn't sitting in front of a computer all day like I normally am. It was a nice break, something to look forward to I guess. The gardens are coming along. Just to give you an idea what I mean by "backyard garden"http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/03/back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114132621519111796Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:45:00 +00002006-03-02T14:03:35.246-05:00It's nice to see that I'm not the only one balancing sleep and reading time. My body wants to do the balancing for me, hence the sleeping propped up with a book resting on my tummy. Cindy has discovered that "smart people just drink a lot of coffee," if only...Although I drink plenty of coffee in the morning, I discovered in college that coffee just doesn't perform late at night for me. I have http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/03/more-reading-and-sleep-talk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114105978584924376Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:15:00 +00002006-02-28T21:57:37.940-05:00I finished "Death of a Nation" the other night. It was a very good book on the Battle of Gettysburg, written as an apologetic for Robert E. Lee. I enjoyed it. Then I read A Place on Earth, a novel by Wendell Berry. You know, I don't know why I keep reading fiction. I thoroughly enjoy reading them and love getting to know the characters, but I am never happy with the ending. It is always a let http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/in-which-i-provide-another-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-114011974097987501Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:52:00 +00002006-02-16T14:55:40.990-05:00This is the webpage of an improv comedy group that does "missions" (not in the evangelical sense) in NYC. Quite humorous if you ask me.http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/its-good-to-laugh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113959884487215602Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:03:00 +00002006-02-10T14:14:04.920-05:00Here is an interesting post regarding an article in the PCA's By Faith discussing the place of women theologians in the church. As the article states: The dilemma facing the PCA is what to do with this growing population of female theologians. What should be our response to this influx of female seminary graduates as they begin arriving on our doorstep with their gifts, training, and theologicalhttp://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/place-of-women-theologians-in-church.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113950062262775939Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:49:00 +00002006-02-10T12:41:35.120-05:00Galatians 6:6 "One who is taught the word must share all good things with the one who teaches." (ESV) Through my own studies on elders I have come to a definite position on elders/salaries/payment/etc., but it is not my intention to explore that here or even to attempt to define my views. Here is an example of someone who is doing that (use discernment - just found this through a quick search http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/share-all-good-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113942108668378812Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:50:00 +00002006-02-08T18:15:47.016-05:00For any of you that have 'small-groups' or similar meetings at your church (and those of you that don't, but want to comment as well I guess): do your groups have to have a church officer present at them? A small group meeting is a time of incidental, but great teaching. Everyone's theology kind of comes out without meaning to. It's easy to leave thinking to yourself 'I didn't know he believed http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/elders-and-small-groups.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113941558800128114Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:16:00 +00002006-02-08T11:19:48.016-05:00As someone at church recently noted in our conversation together, it is very important to have an alert mind when reading books by writers such as Van til and Vos. But you see, the problem is that with three young children I have two chances to read during the day: early in the morning and late at night. Neither of these times are moments of particular 'alertness' for me. I desperately want to behttp://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/if-you-got-time-to-read-you-got-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113934229530818654Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:18:00 +00002006-02-07T15:00:29.263-05:00Not a whole lot going on down here lately. We've been a tad sick, reading alot and having a good time with our precious children. I have been preparing the gardens for planting and actually planted some lettuce last night. I will have two gardens this spring, one on the south side of the house that gets full sun all day long and one on the east side that I used last year that only gets about 1/2 http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/02/welcome-to-february-2006.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113838957885706647Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:10:00 +00002006-01-27T14:19:38.870-05:00From C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity: I remember once when I had been giving a talk...an old, hard-bitten officer got up and said, "“I'’ve no use for all that stuff. But mind you, I'’m a religious man too, I know there's a God, I'’ve felt Him: out alone in the desert at night; the tremendous mystery. And that's just why I don't believe all your neat little dogmas and formulas about Him. To http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/because-i-just-saw-it-for-first-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113828075438747122Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:59:00 +00002006-01-26T08:05:54.386-05:00So I finished The Idiot last night. My mind is still processing everything, but as usual the last 20 pages were a disappointment to me. I think maybe I'm not a very literary kind of guy, because I'm never satisfied with the ending; well, I can't really say never. At least with both of Dostoevsky's books that I have recently read (Brothers Karamazov and The Idiot). Overall though, I thoroughly http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/idiot_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113822198156072920Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:42:00 +00002006-01-26T07:59:28.470-05:00I have been waiting about 5 months for this. I'm not sure I'll be able to make it now though, it's a bit pricey in my opinion. But still, I'm definitely going to try and make it, I just don't think I can bring the fam now. Anyone who is interested in meeting up with me, let me know.http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/chalmers-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113803855481771375Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:44:00 +00002006-01-23T12:49:14.830-05:00I hope to some day revisit my posts on the Lord's prayer and finish that up, but in the meantime I encourage you to listen to these messages on the Lord's prayer by Dave Hatcher. They are very encouraging and Dave is a gifted preacher.http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/teach-us-to-pray.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113759572644304383Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:45:00 +00002006-02-03T20:06:13.616-05:00I have enjoyed reading the insights at Dominion Family blog for awhile now, especially as Cindy has been reading I'll Take My Stand. Check out this post on homeschooling and reading.http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/homeschool-and-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113750386242322418Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:02:00 +00002006-01-21T00:10:52.923-05:00I started reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot last night. I received the book for Christmas, as it was on my wishlist. It is a Barnes and Noble Classics edition. I really like the B&N Hardcover editions, they are attractive books and are very reasonably priced. I usually take the dust jacket off when I am reading the book, especially if it has some sort of portrait of the character. Better to http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/idiot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430685.post-113716610992506800Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:09:00 +00002006-01-13T11:13:20.440-05:00I won't say I'm sorry for not posting, but you know I am. Plenty of stuff going on, but not much to speak of here. We had a great New Year's Eve with my family and some friends, and have been trying to get back into the swing of things after the Holidays (it's not a bad word). I have been working on a new garden plot on the south side of our house, and the children have been very diligent in http://www.annarbour.net/christo/2006/01/misc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ctroutma)