Reformation Day

Martin Luther

Today is the 491st anniversary of the day in 1517 when Martin Luther tacked his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, starting, in effect, the Protestant Movement. The 95 Theses (written in Latin) protested the Catholic Church’s practice of Indulgences, or the selling of forgiveness to sinners for money. Luther realized that there needed to be a reformation from within the church because he knew that Jesus Christ had already paid for the sins upon the cross.

Church Door

Reformation Day is actually celebrated as a civil holiday in some countries in Europe and is usually mostly recognized by the Lutheran Church in the USA and is celebrated the Sunday before October 31.

Castle Church

The prayer for us is that God would reform our own hearts into something that looks like Jesus. May He make our hearts wholly His. My He help us to realize that Christ’s action on the cross is sufficient and that we don’t have to “earn” our way to Heaven.

For more information on Reformation Day, go to this website. Click on pictures for a larger image.

Gas Below $2.00!!!!

My sister, Pam, just called me to say that gasoline in Coweta, OK, (about 10 miles to the west of Wagoner) was selling for $1.99 a gallon!

What is it in YOUR neck of the woods!

An Honest Question for Obama Supporters

I promise this question isn't bait so that I can flame you. I really want to know:

Why do you support Obama even though he supports partial-birth abortion?

Zoo Pics

A couple of pics from the Zoo Trip. If I can figure out how to download them from my fancy new camera phone, I'll have some more.


The Little Darlings ready to board the bus.


Actual classroom learning experience!

Salt & Light

Jesus called us the "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world".

Let's see what happens when we actually become salt and light!

Heat in the house tonight!

Well, the boys from "Alright Heating and A/C Inc." were at the house this morning to fix our furnace. After about thirty minutes of wrestling with frozen connections (rust, not ice) they finally removed the "smart valve" and replaced it with a new one.

I found out that anything with the word "smart" in it, means you can translate that to mean "expensive". I mean $302.00 expensive! Add on another $90 and you got yourself a bill!

Well, to be honest, we don't have to pay for it; that is a church parsonage maintenance issue. At least we'll have heat in the house tonight!

Praise the Lord!

Digital TV Conversion PSA

This is something fun I found from my friend, Steve Heartsill.

Frost on the pumpkin

Boy! Did it get cold last night! This morning, it was 25 degrees!

We pulled in our house plants and un-hooked the water hoses. Even at 8:30, there was thick frost still on my windshield.

Brrrr.

Our furnace is SUPPOSED to be fixed this morning. We bought a small space heater and had everyone sleep in our room last night. It was a toasty 70 degrees in there this morning!

Just in from the NWS

Statement as of 3:57 AM CDT on October 26, 2008

... Freeze watch in effect from Monday evening through Tuesday
morning...

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a freeze watch...
which is in effect from Monday evening through Tuesday morning
for the following counties...

In Arkansas...
Crawford... Sebastian.

In Oklahoma...
Pushmataha... Choctaw... Pawnee... Tulsa... Rogers... Creek...
Okfuskee... Okmulgee... Wagoner... Cherokee... Muskogee... McIntosh...Sequoyah... Pittsburg... Haskell... Latimer... Le Flore.

A widespread and potentially significant freeze is expected Monday
night... with temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s forecast
across much of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas. Isolated
areas across far southeast Oklahoma may experience a hard freeze
during this timeframe.

A freeze watch means freezing temperatures are possible. These
conditions could kill tender vegetation. Later forecasts should be
monitored for potential freeze warnings.

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I already scraped frost from my windshield on Saturday morning.

Oklahoma 58 - Kansas State 35

Wow! It started off like dynamite, but settled down in the second half. I don't think I'll ever understand the KSU onside kick they attempted so early in the game...

Boomer Sooner!

Headed to the zoo

I volunteered to chaperone my daughter's 7th grade field trip. I thought I was going on an overnight trip that included the Tulsa Zoo. I was wrong. It is an overnight AT the Tulsa Zoo.

Was sure we'd be spending the night at some nice little motel, eating pizza; you know, all the fun stuff of a field trip.

Nope.

We're spending the night in a conference room. On the floor.

Yippee.

Anything for the kids.

Something new from Blogger!

Hey, there is a cool new feature on Blogger. It is called "the embedded comment form". You know how when you comment on a post, it opens up another window or tab? Well, this new feature is within the post itself.

I have already implemented it on BoyneBlog. Try it out for yourself!

To see how to do it on your own Blogger Blog, go here.

36 degrees!

My indoor-outdoor hi-lo memory digital thermometer registered 36 degrees for a morning low today!

Due to the fact that we couldn't get our furnace to come on, it was 62 degrees in our bedroom!

Coming Home from Vacation

Usually, the last day of vacation isn't fun. But ours was.

First, we went to Krispy Kreme! (Yea for us)

Then, we worshiped at First Baptist Church, Branson.

Then, on the way out of town, we found gas for $2.27/gallon! (we later saw it for $2.21)

Then, we decided to have lunch at the Bass Pro in Springfield.

Wow! What a place. We have a Bass Pro in Broken Arrow, but it is rinky-dink compared to the original!

We had a late brunch at Hemingway's. If you get the opportunity to have Sunday brunch at Hemingway's, I highly recommend it!

Vacation Time!

Last week, the kids had fall break and Sally and I took a couple days off and we all headed to Branson, MO! I found a great deal on a hotel, The King's Quarters, which I would highly recommend. (I am rather reluctant to recommend it, however, because I don't want my secret to get out) Call the hotel direct for a better-than-internet price. There are many, many pluses of this hotel. Sally was impressed with its cleanliness. I was impressed with the price. The only real downside was that only one of the elevators was working. It was busy during checkout on Sunday morning.


We ate well and played hard. Thursday, we played Putt-Putt and went to the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum. Below is a limo with a jacuzzi.


I was a little put out with my children and putt-putt. We played twice and the second time, both kids scored THREE holes-in-one and I didn't even score one! Good for them!