Matt and Nancy Heerema

Catholic Town Opens in Fla.

This is extremely odd.

ABC News: City of God: Catholic Town Opens in Fla.

Monaghan has said his goal is to help as many people as possible get to Heaven. And he hopes these homeowners will have a head start.

How are you going to help people get to heaven if you only allow Catholics into […]

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Couscous and dirt

So tonight I decided to make couscous (a first for me) as a side dish with our grilled Iowa chops for supper. (Mmmm-mmmmm!) (Matt did a splendiferous job of grilling, thank you my dear.) I’ve been on somewhat of a mission to have Elena try as many new foods as possible that […]

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ABC News: ‘Heretic’ Minister: Nobody Goes to Hell

ABC News recently posted an article about Carlton Pearson renouncing historical Christianity, stating that no one goes to hell.

The article seems to applaud him for sticking to his conscience, and makes believers out to be lunatics; removing him from the pulpit “he built” for this heresy. It’s a rather sad story (the part about […]

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Blog review: Reforming the Feminine

Some of you have picked up on Matt’s appreciation lately for Mark Driscoll’s teaching from Mars Hill Church in Seattle. I often end up adopting Matt’s preferences, so I, too, have been enjoying some of Driscoll’s books (Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church and The Radical Reformission: Reaching […]

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Making Elena Smile

I’m not extremely affectionate with Nancy in public, but I am more so around the house. One sure fire way to make Elena smile is to give Nancy a hug and a kiss. This always causes her to get a big grin, and giggle slightly, and sometimes even clap.

She’s […]

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Deep Thoughts From Vacation #1: Cabela’s

The first major stop on our way up north is always Cabela’s in Owatonna, MN. Probably the greatest outdoor outfitter shopping experience in existence. It’s the Apple store of sporting goods. The main problem? I could spend $25k there and still not feel “outfitted”.

(note: this includes the brand new $16k fishing […]

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