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artwork
biking
biology
Brazil
camping
- Exploring the Olympic Pennisula
- Kayak Camping Ross Lake
- Kayak Camping: Deception Pass & James Island
- Kayak Camping: Shaw, Lopez, James Islands
cello
- A Solo Cello Recital - Rachmaninoff Sonata
- A new cello, and Oblivion performance
- A new cello, and a Rachmaninoff performance
- Bioluminescence and Cello Music
- Cello Recital - Anthem
- Cello Recital - Berceuse & Serenade
- Cello Recital - Cavatina - after a rainy day walk
- Cello Recital - Debussy & Järnefelt
- Cello Recital - Elegy & Cradle Song
- Cello Recital - Handel Trio Sonata
- Cello Recital - Kummer Duet
- Cello Recital - Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel
- Cello Recital - R. Vaughan Williams
- Cello Recital - Schindler's List
- Cello Recital - Sicilienne & Summertime
- Cello Recital - Two Swans
- Cello Recital - Vedro con mio Dileto
Christianity
- Christian Response to AIDs
- Christian Theology Details
- Following Jesus from the Perspective of Relationships
- God, Man and Jesus
- Is Christianity Exclusive?
- Questions and Answers on Christianity
- Why I am Still a Christian
creativity
evidence
- Problems with Standard Cosmology
- The Expanding Universe
- The Multiverse God
- The Probability of Life
- Why I am Still a Christian
evolution
- A Matter of Scale
- A Question of Purpose
- Convincing Nay-sayers of Evolution?
- Darwinian Evolution and the Gaps
- Darwinian Metaphysics
- Developing My Origins World View
- Evolution as Fact
- Evolutionary Definition of Species
- Except When It Doesn't
- Genetic programming and evolution
- Highly Complex Genome
- Natural Selection is not an Agent
- Predicting Economics and Evolution
- Search in Living Systems and Conservation of Information
- Squirrel Diversity
- The Atheistic God
- The Probability of Life
- What is Evolution? What is Love?
- What is Science?
family
- 2021 Family Vacation
- A Story of Larry
- Adventures of Grampi, Cami and Eli
- Alan Starts at Philips
- Alan going to Clarkston
- An Unlikely Memorial
- Austin's character doodle
- Becoming a better person
- Bethany's Fire Academy Graduation
- Early Sayings of Cami
- Early Sayings of Eli
- End of the long hot summer
- Eulogy for my Dad
- Family Newsletter 2006
- Fiber, Fever & a New Class
- Grove Favorite Recipes
- Grove Holiday Recipes
- Hudson's Stay with Us
- Larry Graduates!
- My Uncle Stan's Passing
- Naria readings
- Park Afternoon
- The Birthday Candle Joke
- The Story of Larry
family stories
- An Unlikely Memorial
- Audio Memories from Brazil
- Call's Trip East
- Glider Rides
- Growing up not in America
- Harry Go Home!
- Leslie Grove's life story
- Leslie's Life Change
- Memories of the Ellingsons
- On Being an MK
- Stories from Leslie's childhood
- The Story of Larry
- The Story of how Carolyn and I Met
food
gospel
- A Passion for God
- A Story of Forgiveness
- Atheists and morality
- Avoid Spiritual Complexity
- Better Explanations from a Value System Perspective
- Bullet summary of the gospel Value System perspective
- Can We Know Theology?
- Commandments: Old and New
- Distinctive aspects of the gospel Value System perspective
- Doctrine and Maturity
- Fixing buggy human hardware
- Following Jesus from the Perspective of Relationships
- Forgiveness Q&A
- Forgiving like Jesus
- God Never Tricks Us
- Great Books and Great Authors
- How are People Saved?
- How should Christians view sin?
- How should we Love God?
- How to become a follower of Jesus
- How to recognize a Christian
- Is Christianity Exclusive?
- Jesus calls us to make Disciples, not Converts
- Jesus describes love
- Learning our values through emotions
- Motivation and Christianity
- Our Obedience
- Principles vs Good Rules
- Questions and Answers on Christianity
- Reason and the Greatest Commandment
- Tax collectors and a mindset of learning
- The Commands of Jesus
- The Essential Good News of Christianity
- The Seven Principles of Good Relationships
- The Significance of the Blood
- The Simple Good News
- The Value System of God is significant to me
- They Got the Gospel
- Truth, Not Lies
- Understanding Sin
- Value System of God & Theology Q&A
- We All Believe Things
- What is God's Primary Motivating Value?
- What is Leadership?
- What is Spirituality?
- What is a Value System?
- What is the Value of Doctrine?
- What law?
- What would Jesus do?
- Why Be Concerned About Relationships?
- Why I am Still a Christian
- Why the value system of God matters
guest post
hiking
- Exploring the Olympic Pennisula
- Hiking the Chief at Squamish
- Hiking the Enchantments 2002
- Hiking the Enchantments 2010
- Hiking the Enchantments 2012
- Kayak Camping Ross Lake
house
intelligent design
- Book: Return of the God Hypothesis
- Everybody Believes in the Supernatural
- Highly Complex Genome
- Search in Living Systems and Conservation of Information
- The Probability of Life
Japan
kayaking
- A bear? Over there!
- Adventure on the Sammamish River Slough
- Bioluminescence and Cello Music
- Kayak Adventures, High and Low
- Kayak Camping Ross Lake
- Kayak Camping: Deception Pass & James Island
- Kayak Camping: Shaw, Lopez, James Islands
- Kayak loop I-90 and 520
- Kayaking Kachess Lake
- Kayaking Upstream
- Kayaking a Marathon
- Kayaking by Nisqually Wildlife
- Kayaking through the Ballard Locks
- Kayaking to Lummi Island
- Kayaking trips 2011 - 2016
- Kayaking trips 2023
- Kayaking trips 2024
life
- A Good Bounce
- A Story of Larry
- April Snows
- Checking out the iPhone
- Christmas with Family
- Cognitive Surplus & Sharing of Creativity
- Family Newsletter 2006
- Fiber, Fever & a New Class
- Grovelife website refresh
- Hudson's Stay with Us
- I did get an iPhone
- Larry Graduates!
- My unexpected hospital adventure
- Off-Grid Solar Project
- Park Afternoon
- Performance Appraisals at Work
- Power: A Big Wind Storm
- Snow in California
- Summer is Busy
- The year of the Berries
- Unexpected Roof Consequences
- What is Vacation?
metaphysics
- A Question of Purpose
- Darwinian Evolution and the Gaps
- Darwinian Metaphysics
- Developing My Origins World View
- Evolution as Fact
- The Atheistic God
music general
nature
origins
- Competitive Origins World Views
- Developing My Origins World View
- Everybody Believes in the Supernatural
- Making Worlds
- Quantum Determinism
- What is Science?
philosophy
- Darwinian Metaphysics
- Developing My Origins World View
- Free Will and Biology
- God, Man and Jesus
- Interesting things I have read
- Learning our values through emotions
- Making Worlds
- Reasonable Beliefs
- The Multiverse God
- Two Kinds of Explanations
- We All Believe Things
- What I promote
- What is Leadership?
- Where does math come from?
- Why Be Concerned About Relationships?
pictures
- 2005 Japan Trip
- 2011 Germany Trip
- 2012 East Coast Trip
- A bear? Over there!
- Adventure on the Sammamish River Slough
- Adventures of Grampi, Cami and Eli
- April Snows
- Austin's Artwork
- Biking Home from the Mountains
- Christmas with Family
- Exploring the Olympic Pennisula
- Glider Rides
- Granite Carvings
- Grove Family Portraits
- Hiking the Chief at Squamish
- Hiking the Enchantments 2002
- Hiking the Enchantments 2010
- Hiking the Enchantments 2012
- Kayak Camping Ross Lake
- Kayak Camping: Deception Pass & James Island
- Kayak Camping: Shaw, Lopez, James Islands
- Kayaking Kachess Lake
- Kayaking Upstream
- Kayaking by Nisqually Wildlife
- Lake Quinault
- Melanie's fiber creations
- Off-Grid Solar Project
- Our House Addition Adventure
- Park Afternoon
- Past Banner Images
- Replacement Plumbing
- Snow in California
- State Edwards Seminary Tour
- The Dunking Tree
- The Story of Larry
- Touring St. Edwards Lodge
- Unexpected Roof Consequences
- View of Mt. Rainier
projects
- Autonomous Robot
- Grovelife website refresh
- More House Power
- Off-Grid Solar Project
- Our House Addition Adventure
- Replacement Plumbing
- Weave Software
- Without Water
reading
religion
- Considering Atheism
- Considering Islam
- Considering Judaism
- Muslims and Christians and God
- Religion & Society
- Why I am Still a Christian
school
- Alan going to Clarkston
- Bethany's Fire Academy Graduation
- Larry Graduates!
- Luther College Orchestra
- My Last Class
- Religion & Society
science
- Competitive Origins World Views
- Everybody Believes in the Supernatural
- Global Warming Decided?
- Highly Complex Genome
- Predicting Economics and Evolution
- Problems in the World of Science
- Problems with Standard Cosmology
- Quantum Determinism
- Science and the Lawgiver
- Science is Limited
- The Answers of Science
- The Expanding Universe
- The Multiverse God
- The Probability of Life
- Two Kinds of Explanations
- What is Science?
snow
software
spirituality
- Avoid Spiritual Complexity
- Book: Return of the God Hypothesis
- Everybody Believes in the Supernatural
- Following God, Across Time
- God and Personal Pronouns
- Reasonable Beliefs
- The Value System of God is significant to me
- What is Spirituality?
studying bible
- A Promise
- A Story of Forgiveness
- Book of Matthew summary
- Jesus describes love
- Serving God vs Killing
- What law?
theology
- Better Explanations from a Value System Perspective
- Can We Know Theology?
- Christian Theology Details
- Doctrine and Maturity
- Forgiveness Q&A
- God, Man and Jesus
- How should Christians view sin?
- How to recognize a Christian
- Questions and Answers on Christianity
- The Atheistic God
- The Essential Good News of Christianity
- The Significance of the Blood
- Theological Definitions
- Understanding Sin
- Value System of God & Theology Q&A
- What is the Value of Doctrine?
thinking material
travel
- 2005 Japan Trip
- 2011 Germany Trip
- 2012 East Coast Trip
- How I came to own a 2017 MST and the adventures that ensued therein
- Lake Quinault
urban exploring
walking
- Cello Recital - Cavatina - after a rainy day walk
- Lake Quinault
- State Edwards Seminary Tour
- The Dunking Tree
- The year of the Berries
work