Christian health
“The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God’s presence stamped deep on his soul,…
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Better friend
Have you enjoyed a dear friend? One with whom time seems to go by too quickly? One you long to see, and ache for when…
“As you wish.”
The 1987 film The Princess Bride is an intergenerational classic with universal appeal. A loving grandfather comes over to read a book to his sick…
Advice and orders
In C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, there's a Dwarf named Trumpkin who is very important to the story. He's presented as a cooperative and wise leader--happy…
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I've never read Douglas Adams's humorous science fiction novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but it's been recommended to me more than once. I'll…
Not there yet
"Are--are--are you," panted Shasta. "Are you King Lune of Archenland?"The old man shook his head. "No," he replied in a quiet voice, "I am the…
Through the noise
If you want beautiful music to fill your home--you have to be willing to put up with noisy practice. My oldest children are reaching a…
Half full?
Do you tend toward optimism or pessimism? J.I. Packer explains the difference between blind optimism and genuine Christian hope: Optimism hopes for the best without…
My tail!
One of my favorite scenes in C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, is when the ever-chivalrous mouse, Reepicheep, mortally wounded in battle, is brought (lying on a…
Evergreen
My office faces the woods. There's a tall-as-me pine tree in the foreground--in the middle of the bushes before the trees. In the winter he…