Atticus Pics

As promised, pics of the birthday boy! Note: these are not actual pics from his birthday, as we are not celebrating until Saturday. But these are all recent…

Happy Birthday, Atticus!

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been one year today since I made the following post:

Atticus James Kubecki was born January 31, 2007, at 4:17 PM EST. He weighed 7 lbs, 14 oz. at birth, and measured 20 inches. Mom and baby (and Dad, too!) are doing fine. Please pray for the continued health of the baby and Mom, as well as for his big sister McKaylyn, who spent the day in bed sick. (And praise God for friends like Chad and Jenny who are taking care of Mc during the delivery and hospital stay!)

We are all so very thankful to the Lord that He has blessed our family for the past year. We love you so much, Atticus, and we can’t wait to see what the next year brings!

(Note 1: I’ll post a recent picture later this evening, but I don’t have it with me.)

(Note 2: Yes, McKaylyn got better. She came and saw us at the hospital later that evening.)

Fathers, Husbands: Shepherd YOUR Flock!

Pulpit Magazine has a new post (from an old article) on pastors being shepherds. And while the article is written primarily toward pastors, there are also lessons here for all men, who are called to shepherd their wives and children.

Some points from the article:

• Shepherds are Rescuers: “A pastor does that by pointing the lost toward Jesus, the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep.”
• Shepherds are Feeders: “The pastor’s goal is not to please the sheep, but to feed them—not to tickle their ears, but to nourish their souls. He is not to offer merely light snacks of spiritual milk, but the substantial meat of biblical truth.”
• Shepherds are Leaders: “An effective pastor does not herd his sheep from the rear but leads them from the front. They see him and imitate his actions.”
• Shepherds are Protectors: “Christians need similar protection from error and those who spread it. Pastors guard their spiritual sheep from going astray and defend them against the savage wolves that would ravage them”
• Shepherds are Comforters: “A faithful pastor adjusts his counsel to fit the need of the person to whom he ministers.”

Men, how are you shepherding your wife? Your children?

Shepherding the flock of God is an enormous task, but to faithful pastors it brings the rich reward of the unfading crown of glory, which will be awarded by the Chief Shepherd Himself at His appearing (1 Peter 5:4).

Doug Bookman: Ten Important Insights Basic to a Proper Understanding of the Life of Christ

Dr. Doug Bookman has just completed an excellent series on his new blog, The Rabbit Trail, on “Ten Important Insights Basic to the Proper Understanding of the Life of Christ.” As Dr. Bookman puts it,

The child of God is much advantaged to come to grips with the life lived by his Savior.  I would suggest that the insights to be listed here are essential to a proper understanding of that most wonderful of all lives, and thus that the believer is well advised to consciously and deliberately include these realities in his conception of that life.

You can read the entire series here.

Roe v. Wade is 35 Today

The US Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, which legalizes abortion in the United States, is 35 years old today.

I myself am about 35 1/2 years old. Which means that had I been conceived about 7 months later than I was, my mother could have marched off to the doctor today and legally ended her 9-month pregnancy.

There’s an excellent article from Baptist Press which quizzes you on some of the essentials of Roe v. Wade – what it allowed and what it did not. Check it out – you might be surprised.

Between Two Worlds, Justin Taylor’s blog, has collected a couple of resources for this date which far exceed any that I could put together:

• Roe v. Wade, 35 Years Later: An Interview with Robert P. George – “Robert P. George is a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, and is the director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton. His most recent book, coauthored with Christopher Tollefsen, is entitled Embryo: A Defense of Human Life”
• This is Abortion – WARNING: This is a video which includes very graphic images of aborted fetuses.