How to Tell If You're Raising PKs.

Occasionally I reminded that the children we are raising are not um... normal. They are pks. Pastor's kids. The following questionairre formed from real-life Blosser family experiences may help you identify if you too are raising PKs.


1. Your four year old recieves an expensive gift in the mail from a family friend. What is the occasion?
A. a birthday
B. Christmas
C. Reformation Day

2. Your firstborn is just a year old and notices snow falling for the very first time. What does he exclaim?
A. snow!
B. pretty!
C. manna!

3. When arriving at an outdoor party wherein many people are gathered beneath a large colorful tent, your two year old says which of the following sentences?
A. Oh look! A tent!
B. Oh look! A circus!
C. Oh look! A Tabernacle!


(if you answered "c" to any or all of the above there is reason to be concerned).

just like old times

Last night I saw Bill Mallonee play at a little bar around the corner from my house.  I sat there with my friend Jeff and it occurred to us that we'd been following Mallonee's career for about 18 years.  That's a long time.  We felt old.  

ESV study bible

I know study Bibles.  I've got study Bibles.  I use to sell study Bibles, when I worked at a bookstore in St Louis where I got an employee discount.  Which I used to buy more study Bibles. I've got the Literary Study Bible, the Serendipity Study Bible for Personal and Small Group Study, the NIV study Bible, the Nelson Study Bible, the New Geneva Study Bible, the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible, the Thematic Study Bible, the Thompson Chain Study Bible, and somewhere around here I have my old Student Study Bible from highschool.   After a while it began to take a bit more to impress me in the way of study bibles.  I guess study bibles are like most things in life.  There are always several ways to do it well, but a million ways to do it poorly!  I still love my old Thompson Chain.  I've gotten great use out of the Thematic Study bible and the Spirit of the Reformation's cross referencing of historical protestant confessions has saved me hours of work.  The NIV study Bible has been for  quite a while your best bet for an all around resource.   But with the release of the ESV study Bible it looks like the NIV Study Bible is about to be eclipsed.  The video below is a cheesy little promotional thing, but I must say I'm impressed.  Check it out.  

Rashad Evans defeats Chuck Lidell

I thought this doctored photo was hilarious.  I've posted it along with the original for your enjoyment.  (The original is the one on bottom, in case you couldn't tell).