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Vote, Vote, Vote!!!

Thanks to their punk rock prowess and the tireless fingers of their loyal fans, Pierced3 has made it all the way to final round of the USAA Garage Band Playoff! But they need your help to nab the grand prize: $2500, a professional video and photo shoot, and tons of free buzz! (I believe their […]

If You Say So…

Every now and then a passage of Scripture sneaks up and smacks me upside the head, hits me in a way that I never saw coming. It happened today with Matthew 27:11. Pilate is questioning Jesus, and asks, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Now, in the predictable, oft-read and oft-quoted NIV, Jesus replies […]

Thanksgiving Recipes

The holiday season (known by my family as “that month when Jenny cooks”) is upon us, and for a girl who was born without the Betty Crocker gene, I do have a couple killer recipes up my sleeve. (I’ve gotta compensate for the rest of the year somehow.) I posted my holiday mainstays last year–wild […]

Questions, Conservativism, Anabaptists and Orthodoxy

I’m one of those people who likes to understand things. Not just know the commonly accepted answer and be able to parrot it back–to actually get underneath the hood of a concept and become intimately familiar with how it works. (Which is, incidentally, why I struggled so much with math. I didn’t get it, and […]

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And Round One Goes To…

Pierced3, for their fantastic song “Just Drive!” *mad cheering and clapping* Way to go, girls–two more rounds to go!!! Edited to add: Rumor is, they took it by a landslide. Like, a 71% of the total landslide. 🙂 Go girls–and go fans!!! Read more at http://jennyraearmstrong.blogspot.com.

Girls Rock!

I’ve talked before about Pierced3–an uber-talented, uber-adorable sister act Aaron has been working with since they were 8, 11, and 13. (They’re 11, 14, and 16 now.) Spunky, quirky, vegetarian homeschoolers who write, play and sing feel-good punk rock–what’s not to like? They’ve entered their song “Just Drive” in the USAA Garage Band Playoff, and […]

Emerging Women

My article “Bumper Sticker Theology” is up at Emerging Women today, under the heading “It’s Been a Rough Year.” It’s nothing my “blog buddies” haven’t read before–it’s the same article I posted here about a year ago, and that appeared at TheOoze.com and in Geez Magazine–but if you’ve never been to Emerging Women before, the […]

The Conservative Bible Project? Oh No They DI’INT!!!

You had to know it was coming. I’m just shocked that anyone calling themselves Christians could be so brazen about their agenda. The Conservative Bible Project is, evidently, the backlash against “politically correct” translations of scripture. It will, among other things, “provide a framework against liberal bias,” “utilize powerful conservative terms,” “express free-market parables,” and, […]

Little Seed Inside the Prune…

God is chasing me. I know this, because everywhere I turn, I am being accosted with the message to press on. (Toward what goal I am not particularly sure, but happily I am one of those people who is pretty content to live “in the journey.” I have lots of practice with that. :-D) Motivational […]

Book Review: You Were Born for This

“The Prayer of Jabez” got a bad rap. While many Christian preachers and publications were decrying it as a “bless ME, God” book–a lite version of the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel taken to the masses–millions of people inside and outside the church were learning that there is a God who is intimately interested in […]

The First Day of the Rest of My Life

Well, today is one of those days when the entire world shifts suddenly under your feet, and you’re standing in an entirely different spot than you were the day before. This morning the whole family walked down the hill, and Aaron and I watched Carter, our third child, get on the schoolbus with Jamison and […]

It’s My Kind of Town

Well, it’s finished! (Or half-finished.) No, not my book–after many all-nighters pulled by my amazing (if I do say so myself) husband, Arise the Dawn’s pre-release CD is ready to go, just in time for their show in Gurnee, Illinois this Friday. (6 p.m. at the Village Church of Gurnee, if you’re in the Chicago […]

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Tis a Gift to be Simple…???

I have a new life strategy. I’ve been rather overwhelmed lately by a neverending morass of tiny things, both good and bad, that are battling for space in my life, my mind, and my schedule, including (but not limited to): My parent’s upcoming move. (Not tiny, but it definitely tops the list.) School shopping. Paid […]

Book Review: "40 Minute Bible Study" Series by Kay Arthur

The 40 Minute Bible Study series from beloved Bible teacher Kay Arthur and the teaching staff of Precept Ministries tackles important issues in brief, easy-to-grasp lessons you can use personally or for small-group discussion. Each book in the series includes six 40-minute studies designed to draw you into God’s Word through basic inductive Bible study. […]