So, while bored and waiting for the baby, I dove into facebook this weekend, and let me tell you, it’s a sweet site. I’m a bit addicted at the moment, so friend me on facebook, or at least share Trying to Follow.

I don’t know how I managed to read a parenting book around my sophomore year of high school, but I did. The book was called Promises to Peter, by Charlie Shedd. It had some interesting perspectives on things, but the reason I remember it a decade later (funny that I’m old enough to say that) is that the idea of making promises to your new born was intriguing and commendable to me. Here, are the original promises to Peter (the author’s son) from the book:
“First, I pledge that I will …

A while ago I picked up the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It got me thinking and one of the big things I had a dilemma with, particularly as it relates to real estate, are these thoughts below:
When I think only about the financial side of the real estate business, it’s quite tempting to try and jump in. And that’s when I step back and think about some of the social implications.
I’ll start with a typical example. Pick up your average ‘Make millions in Real Estate’ book and one of …

I’ve added a Videos Page. And a Poll to decide were to Donate this Month’s Comment Love, go to an individual post and look at the side bar to vote were.

If you haven’t noticed or known already, there’s quite a few changes going on at my house. For those who know me well, and those who don’t here’s a brief update/insight into Ariah’s Life and Blog these days.
In less then one month our little household community will begin to disband. It’s been an exciting year, and a life changing one. I’ve spent the last ten months in a house hold with 8 other people, two of them young children. It’s been an incredible time and I think it has shaped …

Joanna, at Keeping Feet, wrote a great piece called Sick of Stuff, which I thought was worth checking out. Here’s a snippet:
Christian author and theologian Richard Foster puts it this way:
The lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is time we awaken to the fact that conformity to a sick society is to be sick.
I stole that quote from my pastor’s sermon a couple weeks ago. The topic is Practicing the Economics of God’s Kingdom, and the second catalyst he talked about to encourage us to change …

It looks like I finally got these bad boys working. These little posts are called ‘asides’ and the only place you’ll find them is right here on the blog, they won’t be in your email subscriptions or rss, sorry. Basically they will give me the opportunity to post random thoughts, weblinks and more through out the day, without worrying about bombarding your inbox. They’ll be quite short in nature, so this one is a little odd. Following the post you’ll see a number in parenthesis (0), that’s the number of …

Hopefully this is the last time I do this. Hopefully successfully.