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…
You’re bigger!
When I teach about growing in the Christian Life, I like to use these charts: I'm not sure who came up with these charts. The…
Unrequited love
Unrequited adjective: (of a feeling, especially love) not returned or rewarded: he's been pining with unrequited love. Poor Peppermint Patty. She had it bad for Charlie…
Sufficient
"Welcome, Prince," said Aslan. "Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?""I--I don't think I do, Sir," said Caspian. "I'm only…
He is Risen!
One of my favorite Easter traditions goes like this: One person says, "He is Risen!" You answer, "He is Risen Indeed!" At church we do…
Holy Saturday
I think it's hard to imagine how crushed the disciples must have felt after the crucifixion of their Lord. But today, it's worth trying to…