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Posted on April 13, 2021April 8, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 12, 2021April 8, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 10, 2021April 5, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 9, 2021April 1, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 8, 2021April 1, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 6, 2021April 1, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 5, 2021March 23, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 4, 2021April 1, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 3, 2021March 29, 2021

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…

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