Sea Isle 2010

Oilpaint

Just discovered a free plugin for Photoshop (Pixelbender) that did a pretty good job on this picture we took at Estes Park.

Fireworks at the Lake

Independence Day 2010

Video proof of what would otherwise be hard to believe.

The video keeps restarting about half way through. Not sure what the deal is with that. Here's a link to the mpeg.

Scenes from RMNP

It has taken me a bit to want to post these pictures. When the real thing was more freshly in my mind, these pictures looked quite pitiful. That place is amazing. I also regret having seen so very little. Guess we'll have to go back.

Eli's BIG Brothers

We were able to meet with Eli's brothers on Sunday. We had a very good time. I think we should start storing up food now.

And Beyond

The Expanding Universe

If the universe is expanding as science tells us it is, then what must it look like at the outer boundary of the universe as the material presses into nothing? What concept of that process do we have? As I think about this and correct me where I am mistaken, "expansion of the universe" is a naturalistic phrase? it seems to imply that the universe is only getting larger in boundary but doesn't it rather imply that at the outer edge there is an ongoing act of creation? Is it otherwise possible for something to expand into nothing? Has anyone thought of this before or seen it dealt with elsewhere?

One potential problem is that on the seventh day God rested from His work. I think there is a way to deal with that problem because God continues to create human souls and so resting on the seventh day does not imply a total cessation of creation on the part of God. I also think of the doctrine of God's upholding all things by the word of his power. This is, I believe, where Edwards gets his doctrine of continuous creation. If I remember correctly, Edwards thought that God preserving creation is like Him creating it anew every instant of time. If God were in the next instant to not will creation to exist, it would cease to exist that quickly.

All of this is just one more thought that adds to our consciousness of the greatness of God. God sends His Son to die on a speck of the universe, proving his love to each and every individual sinner whom He has called on that speck, knowing them intimately. In His spare time, as it were, He is continually creating around the entire expanse of the universe. Amen.

Recent Pics

We've been really bad about maintaining our pics this long winter. Here's a few that I do have uploaded online from recent months.

Eli loves anything LEGOS. This set is a Christmas present from Gammie.







Valentine's Day morning.









We went to the lake last weekend to get a little sun.







While eating snow, Eli lost his first tooth. It surprised everyone because we didn't even know it was loose. A couple of days later he lost the adjacent tooth. Now he can quite easily drink his juice through a straw without opening his mouth.



Our little Paduan.