The boys, keeping themselves busy, made it down to the Bay Area for some interleague action. Ryan discovered nachos (he ate more than Jake and I combined). Jake was disappointed things did not go his way, for the Giant's lost and his favorite players, Omar Vizquel and Tim Lincecum were not playing, but that is baseball.....and also like life: things do not always go our way.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Giants @ A's
Susan is in Philadelphia for her grandmother's funeral; she has been gone for three days, with one more to go - we are ready for her return. 
The boys, keeping themselves busy, made it down to the Bay Area for some interleague action. Ryan discovered nachos (he ate more than Jake and I combined). Jake was disappointed things did not go his way, for the Giant's lost and his favorite players, Omar Vizquel and Tim Lincecum were not playing, but that is baseball.....and also like life: things do not always go our way.
The boys, keeping themselves busy, made it down to the Bay Area for some interleague action. Ryan discovered nachos (he ate more than Jake and I combined). Jake was disappointed things did not go his way, for the Giant's lost and his favorite players, Omar Vizquel and Tim Lincecum were not playing, but that is baseball.....and also like life: things do not always go our way.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Mt. Shasta 2008
The Crummett "boys", for the the first time together, climbed Mount Shasta. You can find the locations referenced below here.
From the trail head (7,880 ft.):
From the trail head (7,880 ft.):
From our camp at Lake Helen (10,400 ft.):
Rob climbing along "the heart" (12,000 ft.):
Coffee break at Red Banks (12,400 ft.); thanks to Sam for packing up a thermos:
Sam possing at Thumb Rock (12,923 ft.):
From here the weather deteriorated into blizzard conditions and thus I did not pull the camera out much as we made our way to the summit. We estimated the winds were gusting at least 70 mph near the summit, for we were occasionally on all fours - holding on with with our crampons and ice axes.
The summit (14,162 ft.):
Sam finding a little break from the wind and snow:
From the small percentage of God's creation that I have witnessed, Mt. Shasta is one of my favorites. From this trip, the mountain displayed a little of God's character: beautiful, very large, not easy to get to know, powerful, respect requiring, joy giving, discipline demanding and sometimes painful. I am a small man with a big God.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Mount McLoughlin
My brother Rob and I climbed Mt. McLoughlin (located between Klamath Falls and Medford Oregon) a couple weeks ago. There was so much snow that we had to park and hike an extra mile from the trail head. The weather did not give us much of a view, for it rained/snowed/hailed on us most of the trip. A couple photos from the summit:
Hopefully we, along with an additional brother (Sam), will be on the summit of Shasta this weekend.
Hopefully we, along with an additional brother (Sam), will be on the summit of Shasta this weekend.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The rains came down and the floods went up....in Iowa
Currently I am in Williamsburg Iowa to visit the Wriglesworth's: the Iowa River, taking it's path through the University of Iowa in Iowa City, is predicted to crest this weekend above historic levels (Hannah is pointing out the expected high water mark below) . Fortunately, Chad's office is on the fifth floor in the English building and we helped Chad remove some of his books that may be damaged from the humidity.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Fundamentalists
Though I would not refer to myself as a fundamentalist, I was raised for the most part, under a fundamentalists banner (like John Piper) and there are aspects of it that are great.
John Piper gives 20 reasons he does not take potshots at fundamentalists:
1. They are humble and respectful and courteous and even funny (the ones I've met).
2. They believe in truth.
3. They believe that truth really matters.
4. They believe that the Bible is true, all of it.
5. They know that the Bible calls for some kind of separation from the world.
6. They have backbone and are not prone to compromise principle.
7. They put obedience to Jesus above the approval of man (even though they fall short, like others).
8. They believe in hell and are loving enough to warn people about it.
9. They believe in heaven and sing about how good it will be to go there.
10. Their "social action" is helping the person next door.
11. They tend to raise law-abiding, chaste children, in spite of the fact that Barna says evangelical kids in general don't have any better track record than non-Christians.
12. They resist trendiness.
13. They don't think too much is gained by sounding hip.
14. They may not be hip, but they don't go so far as to drive buggies or insist on typewriters.
15. They still sing hymns.
16. They are not breathless about being accepted in the scholarly guild.
17. They give some contemporary plausibility to New Testament claim that the church is the "pillar and bulwark of the truth."
18. They are good for the rest of evangelicals because of all this.
19. My dad was one.
20. Everybody to my left thinks I am one. And there are a lot of people to my left.
John Piper gives 20 reasons he does not take potshots at fundamentalists:
1. They are humble and respectful and courteous and even funny (the ones I've met).
2. They believe in truth.
3. They believe that truth really matters.
4. They believe that the Bible is true, all of it.
5. They know that the Bible calls for some kind of separation from the world.
6. They have backbone and are not prone to compromise principle.
7. They put obedience to Jesus above the approval of man (even though they fall short, like others).
8. They believe in hell and are loving enough to warn people about it.
9. They believe in heaven and sing about how good it will be to go there.
10. Their "social action" is helping the person next door.
11. They tend to raise law-abiding, chaste children, in spite of the fact that Barna says evangelical kids in general don't have any better track record than non-Christians.
12. They resist trendiness.
13. They don't think too much is gained by sounding hip.
14. They may not be hip, but they don't go so far as to drive buggies or insist on typewriters.
15. They still sing hymns.
16. They are not breathless about being accepted in the scholarly guild.
17. They give some contemporary plausibility to New Testament claim that the church is the "pillar and bulwark of the truth."
18. They are good for the rest of evangelicals because of all this.
19. My dad was one.
20. Everybody to my left thinks I am one. And there are a lot of people to my left.
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