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A Christian’s Thoughts on Pride Month

By Jason Baareman June 1, 2021Blogging, Jesus, Uncategorized

In our social and cultural context in the United States, we have arrived at that time of year when government officials, corporations, organizations, companies, and individuals all bow their knee to gender ideology and declare their support for the LGBTQ+ by hanging rainbow flags and tweeting statements of support.…

Year End Book Review 2014

By Laura Baareman December 23, 2014Books, Goals, Jesus1 Comment

So it has been a really long time since I have blogged. Being a father and a husband takes a lot of time away from sharing tales of adventure from the life of the Baareman's and believe there have been plenty. It's just hard to keep up. But the…

Year End Book Review 2013

By Laura Baareman December 27, 2013Books, Jesus

Well, it's that time of year again to reflect on my reading material from the past year and try to convince you to read some of it. The tradition continued this year and I was able to meet my goal of 5 books this year, so still batting 1000!…

Year End Book Review 2012

By Laura Baareman December 29, 2012Books, Goals, Jesus

Per usual I have successfully achieved my resolution of reading five books per year. This is usually the only resolution I make and I am still batting 1.000. It seems to be a very manageable goal so why change what's working. I not only meet the goal but I…

Jason’s Year End Book Review 2011

By Laura Baareman January 7, 2012Books, Goals, Jesus

2011 Book ReviewIf you follow our blog, you will know that I really don't like to make resolutions. But every year I have a goal of trying to read at least 5 books. In 2010 I accomplished this feat, however, this past year (2011) I came up just shy…

A Mere Mortals Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street

By Laura Baareman October 28, 2011About Us, Jesus3 Comments

It certainly is interesting times that we live in. Sometimes, when I talk with my Dad, he mentions that what is occurring right now seems similar to the late 1960's to early 1970's. Given that I have noticed so many landmark historical local and global events and protests, I…

Some Verses to Encourage You to Read the Bible

By Laura Baareman September 21, 2011Jesus, Linky Parties1 Comment

I'm linking up with Kelly's Korner today with the topic: "Show Us Your Life: Favorite Bible Studies & Devotional Books."As a Christian, it is really important for me to get to know Jesus Christ more and more each day. I know that one of the best ways to do…

Blogging Challenge – Day 15 – Bible Verse

By Laura Baareman March 22, 2011Blogging Challenge, Jesus1 Comment

At Bible Study tonight, Jason read this entire chapter aloud. It was pretty awesome - you should read it too.Psalm 119 (NIV)א Aleph1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek…

Better Late than Never – Fun on Jesus’ Birthday

By Laura Baareman January 14, 2011Family, Jesus2 Comments

So the whole reason that I started this blog was to keep track of what we do in our day to day live - to keep the memories alive so to speak. So, with that goal in mind, here's a brief recap of the awesomely long Christmas break Jason…

Yuletide Greetings

By Laura Baareman December 24, 2010Christmas, Jesus

We just wanted to wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas!-Jason and LauraFor to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the…